L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — As a twentysomething assistant engineer working at Sound City Studios during the ’80s, Brian Hart worked with the likes of Pat Benatar, REO Speedwagon, Santana, Gentle Giant and Walter Eagan. He also wound up working with Tom Petty and the He... more info

Dlisted — Aerosmith had to cancel a few shows at the tail end of a tour in South America due to “health reasons” relating to Hamptonswear enthusiast Steven Tyler. And since we’re all a little jumpy these days, especially considering that we just lost Tom... more info

Stereogum — I once got busted trying to steal a magazine from my hometown library. The 8/8/91 issue of Rolling Stone apparently had one of those sensors on the last page and it beeped from my backpack on the way out. I was gonna bring it back. I just wanted to t... more info

New York Times — We asked New York Times readers to share a song or set of lyrics by Tom Petty that resonated with them. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The finalists for the 2017 National Book Awards have been announced. BrooklynVegan shared 18 covers of Tom Petty songs. Cloakroom covered Tom Petty's "You Don’t Know How It Feels." Stream and/or download 25 covers of Tom Petty songs at Largehe... more info

Stereogum — Whoever booked the most recent episode of Later... With Jools Holland, the BBC live-music show, put some serious work in. We already posted the performances from Morrissey, Queens Of The Stone Age, and the National, and the show also featured young R... more info

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Metalsucks — Get ready to cry... The post Video: Corey Taylor Covers Tom Petty’s “You Got Lucky” appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Stereogum — Wilco performed at the Toyota Music Factory in Texas last night, and during their encore they opened up with a Tom Petty cover in tribute to the late legend, who died earlier this week. They covered "The Waiting," off Petty's 1981 album Hard Promises... more info

Chicago Tribune — This is not the Tom Petty story that I intended to write. Though I was more than thrilled to catch up with Petty, whom I had interviewed before, I had no clue that this would turn out to be the last, for me and for him — that he would die just a fe... more info