ZUM TOD DES US-AMERIKANISCHEN MUSIKERS TOM PETTY

03.10.2017 Der am 20. Oktober 1950 in Gainesville (Florida) geborene US-amerikanische Sänger, Songwriter, Multiinstrumentalist und Musikproduzent Tom Petty (Bild) ist am 2. Oktober 2017 in Santa Monica (Kalifornien) gestorben. Weltbekannt wurde er mit seiner Band Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, seinem Solo-Album "Full Moon Fever" und seiner Mitwirkung bei den Travelling Wilburys.

Foto: Larry Philpot - http://www.soundstagephotography.com, 2013 - CC BY-SA 3.0 - Datei: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tom_Petty_2.jpg

Tom Petty, Rock Iconoclast Who Led the Heartbreakers, Dead at 66

"It's shocking, crushing news," Petty's friend and Traveling Wilburys bandmate Bob Dylan tells Rolling Stone in a statement. "I thought the world of Tom. He was a great performer, full of the light, a friend, and I'll never forget him."

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers recently completed a summer tour last Monday with three nights at the Hollywood Bowl.

Kory Grow, Andy Greene

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tom-petty-rock-iconoclast-who-led-the-heartbreakers-dead-at-66-w506651

Despite his lifetime on rock's A-list, Petty didn't actually notch his first No. 1 album until 2014's Hypnotic Eye. Speaking to Billboard around the time of that release, Petty said, "The only good thing about getting older is you get smart enough to avoid unnecessary problems. You know what's worth spending time on and what's not. If I had known that at 20, life would have been so much easier, but you have to experience all these things so you figure out how to find your way through the woods."

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7982021/tom-petty-dead

Tom Petty, a songwriter who melded California rock with a deep, stubborn Southern heritage, died on Monday after suffering cardiac arrest.

Mr. Petty's songs were staples of FM rock radio through decades, and with hits like "Refugee," "Don't Come Around Here No More," "Free Fallin'" and "Into the Great Wide Open," Mr. Petty sold millions of albums and headlined arenas and festivals well into 2017. He played the Super Bowl halftime show in 2008 and entered the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. But his songs stayed down-to-earth, with sturdy guitar riffs carrying lyrics that spoke for underdogs and ornery outcasts.

Jon Pareles

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/03/arts/music/tom-petty-dead.html

"Career-long interest in defending artists' rights"

Petty was outspoken in his protection of the rights of artists, taking issue with record companies on a number of occasions about what he believed to be unjust practices. Earlier this year he was named MusiCares person of the year for his "career-long interest in defending artists' rights" as well as for his charitable work with homeless people in Los Angeles.

Benjamin Lee and Pádraig Collins

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/oct/02/rock-star-tom-petty-dies-heart-attack

Tom Petty: the rock star who was a music fan as much as a musician

Alexis Petridis

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/oct/03/tom-petty-the-rock-star-who-was-a-music-fan-as-much-as-a-musician

Er sang über Themen, die weh tun

Tom Petty war ein intelligenter, hochsensibler Songwriter, der sich in die Mainstream-Hitparaden spielte. Seine besten Lieder gehören heute zum amerikanischen Kanon.

Eric Facon

http://www.srf.ch/kultur/musik/tom-petty-ist-tot-er-sang-ueber-themen-die-weh-tun

Das gebrochene Herz

Dass man bei Petty so rasch ins Aufzählen seiner Kollegen kommt, hat mehrere Gründe: seine eigene Bescheidenheit, sein Talent zur Kooperation und zur Grosszügigkeit, dann aber auch die direkten Einflüsse auf sein Gitarrenspiel und seinen Gesang. Letzterer war in seiner nasalen Insistenz ebenso stark von John Lennon wie von Bob Dylan geprägt, und auf der Gitarre orientierte er sich am schimmernden Klang von George Harrison und dem Byrds-Sänger Roger McGuinn; er war also ein Songwriter unter Einfluss, ein Vertreter des sogenannten Classic Rock.

Jean-Martin Büttner

https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/kultur/pop-und-jazz/das-gebrochene-herz/story/23683033

Tom Petty - ein stilbildender Rockmusiker

Mit Songs wie «American Girl», «Free Fallin'», oder «I Won't Back Down» wurde Tom Petty zum Star. Der Ausnahmemusiker galt als einer der grossen Rock'n'Roll-Rebellen.

Stefan Hentz

https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/rocklegende-tom-petty-ist-tot-ld.1319794

Die Musikwelt ist Free Fallin'

Weltweit zeigen sich Künstler betroffen nach dem überraschenden Tod von Tom Petty. Die Band Coldplay spielte auf einem Konzert spontan seinen Song "Free Fallin'", Musiklegenden aller Genres verneigen sich vor seinem Werk.

http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/tom-petty-so-trauert-die-musikwelt-um-den-rockmusiker-a-1171042.html

Audios / Videos:

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Rockin' Around With You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSHoTvEGE3Y

Tom Petty - Breakdown + Lyrics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=fsKsFU766Io

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Refugee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFnOfpIJL0M

Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UD0c58nNCQ

Tom Petty - Free Fallin'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=1lWJXDG2i0A