Previously unseen footage of Tom Petty has been made accessible forward of the launch of the expansive Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Live at the Fillmore (1997) field set.
You can watch the eight-minute clip beneath, as the band performs originals like “Listen to Her Heart” and “Runnin’ Down a Dream,” in addition to covers like Little Richard’s “Lucille” and J.J. Cale’s “Call Me the Breeze.” “The Fillmore is nice and small,” a fan says at one level, “so we can get close to [Petty] and stuff. So we can get right up there.”
The footage is from a celebrated 20-night residency that Petty and the Heartbreakers carried out at the Fillmore in San Francisco. Signature moments included a handful of visitor appearances from the likes of Roger McGuinn and John Lee Hooker, in addition to dozens of covers.
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Live at the Fillmore (1997) is ready to reach on Nov. 25; the field is accessible now for pre-ordering. “It’s a really good illustration of the Heartbreakers just being spontaneous and in the moment without being too rehearsed,” Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell beforehand advised UCR. “I’m really proud of that.”
A portion of the live shows recorded at the Fillmore was included in 1999’s High Grass Dogs, however that is the first time the footage beneath has ever been launched. The run is extensively thought to be one of the band’s most spectacular reside choices.
Petty later mentioned the expertise wasn’t merely one of their musical excessive factors, however “maybe the best time of our lives really.”
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