She had a good looking mama, never was around!
Veteran rocker Petty delivers solid concert
By David Lindquist
david.lindquist@indystar.com
Tom Petty drank in the adoration of a sold-out audience Friday at Verizon Wireless Music Center.
An Indiana crowd on an Indiana night: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers played for an adoring crowd at Verizon Wireless Music Center on Friday. - Kelly Wilkinson / The Star
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS
Where: Verizon Wireless Music Center.
Bottom line: It's good to be king.
The veteran rock star raised his hands in victory after most songs, a gesture of coronation to match the 30th anniversary tour he and his Heartbreakers band are playing this summer.
The crowd of 24,000 did its part, as voices pounced on the "Indiana girl on an Indiana night" line from "Mary Jane's Last Dance." And daylight-saving time's dusk arrived just in time -- at 9:45 p.m. or so -- for an impressive sea of lighters to illuminate the lawn during "Free Fallin'."
Petty also saluted the audience from his 2005 show at the venue, which featured his fans persevering during a ferocious thunderstorm. "I've been telling that story all year," Petty said during some onstage banter.
In addition to being a love-in, the concert included a sneak peek at Petty's upcoming solo album, "Highway Companion."
Lead single "Saving Grace" glided on a boom-boom rhythm reminiscent of blues great John Lee Hooker. In effective contrast, Petty used a cool, detached vocal delivery when describing a quest for answers in troubled times.
Electric blues re-emerged as a theme when the group tackled the Yardbirds' "I'm a Man" (which owes its existence to Bo Diddley's "Mannish Boy") and Fleetwood Mac's early-era hit "Oh Well."
The hippie/prog elements were stripped away from "Oh Well" to showcase Mike Campbell's raunchy guitar riffs and Petty's equally rough rhyme of "Don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to."
A sneering attitude has paid dividends in Petty's own catalog, as heard Friday during renditions of "You Don't Know How It Feels" and "You Got Lucky."
But overall, a gracious and appreciative outlook defined the night. And if pride happened to creep into the program, Petty is well-aware that it's not bragging if you can do it.
By David Lindquist
david.lindquist@indystar.com
Tom Petty drank in the adoration of a sold-out audience Friday at Verizon Wireless Music Center.
An Indiana crowd on an Indiana night: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers played for an adoring crowd at Verizon Wireless Music Center on Friday. - Kelly Wilkinson / The Star
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS
Where: Verizon Wireless Music Center.
Bottom line: It's good to be king.
The veteran rock star raised his hands in victory after most songs, a gesture of coronation to match the 30th anniversary tour he and his Heartbreakers band are playing this summer.
The crowd of 24,000 did its part, as voices pounced on the "Indiana girl on an Indiana night" line from "Mary Jane's Last Dance." And daylight-saving time's dusk arrived just in time -- at 9:45 p.m. or so -- for an impressive sea of lighters to illuminate the lawn during "Free Fallin'."
Petty also saluted the audience from his 2005 show at the venue, which featured his fans persevering during a ferocious thunderstorm. "I've been telling that story all year," Petty said during some onstage banter.
In addition to being a love-in, the concert included a sneak peek at Petty's upcoming solo album, "Highway Companion."
Lead single "Saving Grace" glided on a boom-boom rhythm reminiscent of blues great John Lee Hooker. In effective contrast, Petty used a cool, detached vocal delivery when describing a quest for answers in troubled times.
Electric blues re-emerged as a theme when the group tackled the Yardbirds' "I'm a Man" (which owes its existence to Bo Diddley's "Mannish Boy") and Fleetwood Mac's early-era hit "Oh Well."
The hippie/prog elements were stripped away from "Oh Well" to showcase Mike Campbell's raunchy guitar riffs and Petty's equally rough rhyme of "Don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to."
A sneering attitude has paid dividends in Petty's own catalog, as heard Friday during renditions of "You Don't Know How It Feels" and "You Got Lucky."
But overall, a gracious and appreciative outlook defined the night. And if pride happened to creep into the program, Petty is well-aware that it's not bragging if you can do it.
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