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Deep Cut Friday: “Magnolia” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
['Al Shipley']
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Over the course of his career, Tom Petty’s voice blended beautifully with Stevie Nicks, Heartbreakers bassist Howie Epstein, and the other rock legends in the Traveling Wilburys.
“Tony said, ‘You need to write a song for Roger McGuinn, I’ll be back in a few hours,’ and I just made myself write a song,” Petty recalled in Paul Zollo’s 2004 book Conversations with Tom Petty.
McGuinn passed on “Magnolia,” which Petty took as an early lesson in his long career of writing for other artists.
Three more essential Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers deep cuts:“Finding Out”The 1982 album Long After Dark has some of the Heartbreakers’ tightest performances, including the anthemic, uptempo “Finding Out.”
The only Lynne-produced Heartbreakers album, 1991’s Into the Great Wide Open, is slick and sunny, but Mike Campbell frequently spikes the songs with wild, noisy guitar leads to great effect.