Unlikely Origin of America’s Hardest-Working Band Revealed

Summary

Adrian Boot Nearly a decade after Tom Petty’s shocking overdose death at 66, his fans are finally getting new insight into the origin story of his legendary band. To mark the 50th anniversary of the Heartbreakers’ debut album, a new box set, Origins 1971-1978 , has arrived. And sure, the new mixes of Petty and co.’s first two albums ( Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and You’re Gonna Get It! ) are fun and sound great. And it’s a kick to hear the early recordings that span the early- to mid-1970s from Petty’s first band, Mudcrutch, and his aborted solo sessions with some of L.A.’s best players…

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