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Nice tribute -
http://www.tampabay.com/news/obitua...cruffy-florida-boy-who-helped-us-feel/2339649
Cridlin: Tom Petty was the scruffy Florida boy who helped us feel
[FONT=&]Tuesday, October 3, 2017 12:44am[/FONT]
For all the losers who got lucky in life, all the scruffy and spindly overachievers who believed in their heart that three chords and the right line could win over the American girl next door, there was Tom Petty.
He was the one who wouldn't back down, who chased that dream into the great wide open, and held it up high with a shaggy, cockeyed smile. He led his band of Heartbreakers from a swampy college town to international fame as one of the longest-running, most successful rock bands in history. He was the boy who grew up crazy about Elvis, and who wound up peers with Bob Dylan and the Beatles.
And on top of all that, Tom Petty was the most beloved, influential and popular musician ever to come out of Florida.
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http://www.tampabay.com/news/obitua...cruffy-florida-boy-who-helped-us-feel/2339649
Cridlin: Tom Petty was the scruffy Florida boy who helped us feel
[FONT=&]Tuesday, October 3, 2017 12:44am[/FONT]
For all the losers who got lucky in life, all the scruffy and spindly overachievers who believed in their heart that three chords and the right line could win over the American girl next door, there was Tom Petty.
He was the one who wouldn't back down, who chased that dream into the great wide open, and held it up high with a shaggy, cockeyed smile. He led his band of Heartbreakers from a swampy college town to international fame as one of the longest-running, most successful rock bands in history. He was the boy who grew up crazy about Elvis, and who wound up peers with Bob Dylan and the Beatles.
And on top of all that, Tom Petty was the most beloved, influential and popular musician ever to come out of Florida.
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