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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers- I Won’t Back Down- San Francisco 2-6-97

Note how Florida natives the late Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers stood their ground with a six-string rather than a six-shooter. It's a different take on "I Won't Back Down" from San Francisco's Fillmore during a nationwide radio broadcast in February 1997.

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers- You Wreck Me- San Francisco 2/6/97

Tom Petty tore a page from the Buddy Holly school of minimalism with three simple descending chords and a red hot live band, the Heartbreakers, during the impressive Fillmore residency in San Francisco the first week of February 1997.  Mike…

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers- Gloria- San Francisco 2-6-97

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were among the best working bands on the planet even before they did twenty nights at San Francisco's Fillmore early in 1997, and this not-to-be-missed performance of Van Morrison's "Gloria" certainly doesn't…

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers- Don’t Bring Me Down-Boston 1978

When Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers only had two albums of material from which to draw for their club sets ( which often meant several sets a night), the band would reach down at just the right time and throw a change up cover song such as…