ha i like TenchTone ... he should sell a pedal or something.
it really was fortuitous that Petty stumbled across both Campbell and Tench so early on — he lucked out!
― tylerw, Thursday, 28 September 2023 19:47 (seven months ago) link
Here's the ultimate (not on youtube) Tench clip, playing with Stevie Nicks on SNL in 1981 and stuck doing the more or less sequenced synth part on "Stand Back."
https://vimeo.com/302604378
What a trooper.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 September 2023 20:12 (seven months ago) link
It's actually a great performance, considering how little he, Liberty DeVito and Waddy have to do. And whatever Stevie's condition might have been at the time.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 September 2023 20:15 (seven months ago) link
Waddy Wachtel is the ugliest man ever born.
I see Tench is playing Prince's two-finger part.
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 September 2023 20:24 (seven months ago) link
I'm not really a fan of Nicks's solo work, especially after the first two albums, but the stuff she cut with the Heartbreakers is usually enjoyable. I know she said she wished she was in Petty's band instead of Fleetwood Mac, but whether or not she was exaggerating for effect, you can hear how she could've fit in very well with that group.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 28 September 2023 20:30 (seven months ago) link
Not just "Stop Draggin' My Heart" which is basically her vocal grafted on a pre-recorded track, there's a handful of other stuff where Campbell, Tench, maybe Lynch or Epstein are backing her up.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 28 September 2023 20:32 (seven months ago) link
Heh -- I tend to think her first two solo albums are wooden and sodden until she introduces the synths.
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 September 2023 20:33 (seven months ago) link
To be fair, "Edge of Seventeen" and "Stand Back" are by far my two favorites from those albums, and they're both driven by synths.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 28 September 2023 21:19 (seven months ago) link
that SNL performance!!!!!
― fpsa, Thursday, 28 September 2023 23:05 (seven months ago) link
this was my birthday gift, thank you so much <3
― fpsa, Thursday, 28 September 2023 23:06 (seven months ago) link
Watch "Nightbird"!
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 September 2023 23:07 (seven months ago) link
Yeah, holy shit what a performance that is.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 29 September 2023 04:52 (seven months ago) link
seriously, thank you for posting that performance -- (A) what a bunch of weirdos (B) that guy who shows up to dance aggressively with Stevie, what is that?!
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Friday, 29 September 2023 15:25 (seven months ago) link
i guess he is there to demonstrate what it means to "stand back!"
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Friday, 29 September 2023 15:26 (seven months ago) link
damn waddy catching strays! leave waddy alone!!!!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 29 September 2023 15:31 (seven months ago) link
Did Flip Wilson host SNL?!?!
― brownie, Friday, 29 September 2023 15:36 (seven months ago) link
Yes, in 1983: https://www.onesnladay.com/2019/02/09/december-10-1983-flip-wilson-stevie-nicks-s9-e8/
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 September 2023 15:40 (seven months ago) link
Huh, I think I put it at 1981, probably because that's when the video puts it, but yeah, 1983!
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 September 2023 16:19 (seven months ago) link
― tylerw, Thursday, September 28, 2023
"he got lucky" was RIGHT THERE
was it Tench who said Tom Petty's greatest strength as a musician was talking people out of going to college? (Campbell wasn't headed that way; Tench very much was and his family was not thrilled at the time)
― poster of sparks (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 October 2023 19:31 (six months ago) link
lmao that is kinda true
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 October 2023 20:16 (six months ago) link
Headed back down southGonna see my daddy's mistressGonna buy back her forgivenessPay off every witness
One more time down southSell the family headstonesDrag a bag of dry bonesMake good on my back loans
So if I come to your doorLet me sleep on your floorI'll give you all I haveAnd a little more
Sleep late down southLook up my former mentorsLive off Yankee wintersBe a landlord and a renter
Create myself down southImpress all the womenPretend I'm Samuel ClemensWear seersucker and white linens
Spanish moss down southFind the heroes of my childhoodWho now can do me no goodCarve their names in dogwood
Chase a ghost down southSpirits cross the dead fieldsMosquitoes hit the windshieldAll documents remain sealed
I'll give you all I haveAnd a little more
― scott seward, Friday, 9 February 2024 16:58 (two months ago) link
i love petty. highway companion is so good.
― scott seward, Friday, 9 February 2024 16:59 (two months ago) link
did you guys do a petty listening thread? alfred? VegGrrl? i would totally participate in that. group + solo.
― scott seward, Friday, 9 February 2024 17:00 (two months ago) link
i don’t think we ever did a listening thread that I know of (unless i missed it)
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 9 February 2024 19:55 (two months ago) link
group + solo + mudcrutch
― scott seward, Friday, 9 February 2024 20:02 (two months ago) link
petty listening thread
yes please!
― fact checking cuz, Saturday, 10 February 2024 01:23 (two months ago) link
I'm not a fully paid-up member of the church of Dolly Parton, but this (from a Petty tribute album) is really fucking good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2qvHyFVm20
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Saturday, 6 April 2024 19:43 (three weeks ago) link
beautiful looking forward to this album, lotta good ppl!!
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 6 April 2024 20:13 (three weeks ago) link
“Petty Country” Track List:“I Should Have Known It” by Chris Stapleton“Wildflowers” by Thomas Rhett“Runnin’ Down A Dream” by Luke Combs“Southern Accents” by Dolly Parton“Here Comes My Girl” by Justin Moore“American Girl” by Dierks Bentley“Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” by Lady A“I Forgive It All” by Jamey Johnson“I Won’t Back Down” by Brothers Osborne“Refugee” by Wynonna Judd & Lainey Wilson“Angel Dream No. 2” by Willie Nelson & Lukas Nelson“Learning To Fly” by Eli Young Band“Breakdown” by Ryan Hurd feat. Carly Pearce“Yer So Bad” by Steve Earle“Ways To Be Wicked” by Margo Price feat. Mike Campbell“Mary Jane’s Last Dance” by Midland“Free Fallin’” by The Cadillac Three feat. Breland“I Need To Know” by Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives“Don’t Come Around Here No More” by Rhiannon Giddens feat. Silkroad Ensemble and Benmont Tench“You Wreck Me (Live)” by George Strait
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 6 April 2024 20:15 (three weeks ago) link
Honestly, the only other things I want to hear from that list are Jamey Johnson and George Strait. It's a real tragedy what happened to Jamey Johnson (short version: he fell, hit his head, and can't write songs anymore). I kinda like Midland but I don't like "Mary Jane's Last Dance."
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Saturday, 6 April 2024 20:23 (three weeks ago) link
fuck i didn’t know that about Jamey Johnson, such a great songwriter. i love his albums!
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 6 April 2024 20:25 (three weeks ago) link
Seeing that Steve Earle is doing’ Yer So Bad’, I have to wonder if is in a bluegrass style?
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Saturday, 6 April 2024 20:31 (three weeks ago) link
Not enough women tbh
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 6 April 2024 20:37 (three weeks ago) link
margo price & mike campell have played together quite a bit, looking forward to hearing their cover
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 6 April 2024 20:40 (three weeks ago) link
Is there a tribute album Margo *isn't* on? Petty, Sleater-Kinney, Roky...
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 6 April 2024 21:11 (three weeks ago) link
I mean, she's cool and all, but it's just funny that she's on so many of these.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 6 April 2024 21:14 (three weeks ago) link
Good manager?
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Saturday, 6 April 2024 21:26 (three weeks ago) link
...and good taste. She's also on the Billy Joe Shaver and Bobbie Gentry/Delta Sweete tributes.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 6 April 2024 21:30 (three weeks ago) link
Wow didn’t know petty wrote “ways to be wicked”. Did he put it out before the lone justice version?
― that's not my post, Saturday, 6 April 2024 21:51 (three weeks ago) link
At least Phoebe Bridgers is not on this. Surprised Isbell isn't.
There's some Luke Combs song my daughter plays that is just the dumbest, stupidest song ever, like he didn't have the courage of his convictions to go full "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk."
Johnny Cash did a great "Southern Accents," and of course Petty and crew are all over those albums.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 6 April 2024 22:10 (three weeks ago) link
Lou Barlow covered Hope You Never on his podcast last week, it sounds exactly like one of his own songs from around 20 years ago
― PaulTMA, Saturday, 6 April 2024 22:21 (three weeks ago) link
Silkworm did a cool version of “Insider” on a 90s Petty tribute 90s. It’s worth checking out.
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Saturday, 6 April 2024 22:51 (three weeks ago) link
Cash told Petty that he felt that "Southern Accents" was a better anthem than "Dixie," and Petty replied that he couldn't really believe that, but then Cash told him that it was true because "Dixie" was a terrible song.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 7 April 2024 00:05 (three weeks ago) link
lol
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 7 April 2024 00:06 (three weeks ago) link
Damn never knew that about Jamey Johnson
― Comfortably numbnuts (Heez), Sunday, 7 April 2024 00:10 (three weeks ago) link
The Petty version didn't come out until his box set in the mid-'90s.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 7 April 2024 01:28 (three weeks ago) link
adding my name to the list of those who didn't know that about jamey johnson. damn damn damn.
― fact checking cuz, Sunday, 7 April 2024 16:26 (three weeks ago) link
I assume Jimmy Iovine was the connection with Lone Justice. Campbell actually plays on the Lone Justice track, and Benmont Tench is on two other songs on the album.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 7 April 2024 17:09 (three weeks ago) link
Tench and Maria McKee dated for a spell too.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 7 April 2024 17:21 (three weeks ago) link
― poster of sparks (rogermexico.), Monday, 8 April 2024 02:05 (three weeks ago) link