This time out, Petty and Campbell teamed with producer Rick Rubin, now successfully established beyond his early hip-hop and rap base.īeyond his fan’s enthusiasm for his client, Rubin’s most consequential contribution to the sessions was his skill at framing the material with an aural intimacy that prefigured Johnny Cash’s transformative American Recording album. Such had been the case when Petty, Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell and Petty’s fellow Wilbury, producer Jeff Lynne, had recorded his first solo set, 1989’s Full Moon Fever. Petty’s decision to produce his first Warner full-length as a solo rather than band album was motivated by the desire for a looser framework less tethered to his then six-piece band. That private drama fueled a prolific burst of songwriting marked by a dark tonal shift. His marriage of 18 years was unraveling, held together only by fraying threads of concern for his daughters and guilt over his career’s impact on his family. But his platinum albums, ticket sales and radio hits had come at a personal cost. Dylan, Harrison, Lynne and Orbison in the Traveling Wilburys, and leading his own best-of-breed Heartbreakers. Now in his early 40s, he was rock royalty himself, standing beside Messrs. There were flashes of rock energy in the reliably fine musicianship and familiar sparks of sardonic humor, but Wildflowers’ most distinctive songs revealed glimpses of defeat and exhaustion new to his work.Īs sessions began in 1992, Petty was no longer the scrappy outsider and rock classicist who led his Gainesville, Fla., bandmates to L.A.’s promised land in the mid-’70s. Records contract, the 1994 set offered 15 songs as varied and nuanced as any he would write, unified by an underlying sense of loss. His 10th album and first under a new Warner Bros. Wildflowers is Tom Petty’s finest hour as a recording artist and darkest as a songwriter. Ten Years After Reissue ‘A Space in Time’ For 50th Anniversary.Gary Rossington Tributes: ‘The Last of the Breed’.Blood, Sweat & Tears Documentary Addresses Fan and Media Backlash.‘The Beatles by Terry O’Neill’ Photo Book Coming.When Ann Wilson & Nancy Wilson Reunited After 3 Years.Genesis Opens 2022 Edition of Farewell Tour: Rewind.Radio Hits in March 1975: Keep on Rollin’.Peter Gabriel Shares North American Dates, Stunning 3rd Track From New Studio Album, ‘i/o’.‘Stranger in Town’ Delivers Rocker Del Shannon’s Entire Catalog: Review.Big Announces World Tour, ‘The Big Finish’ Founding Eagle Randy Meisner Remains Largely MIA.Barbara Feldon, ‘Agent 99’ of ‘Get Smart,’ Writes Memoir. Happy Together 2023 Tour, Lineup Announced.Tom Scholz on Brad Delp: ‘Best Male Studio Singer I’ve Ever Heard’.The Zombies at Levon’s Barn in Woodstock: 2018 Review.Warren Zevon’s Hard-Boiled Asylum Debut: Rock Noir.The Bee Gees and Chuck Berry Performing “Reelin’ and Rockin'” Is What You Need.
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