Rolling Stone — Tom Petty kicked off an American tour this month with his old band Mudcrutch, but don't buy a ticket to the show expecting to hear "American Girl," "Free Falling" or any of his other big hits. This is a Mudcrutch tour, and they're doing Mudcrutch ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The recent re-reunion of Mudcrutch, the early-1970s Florida rock band that Tom Petty, guitarist Mike Campbell and keyboardist Benmont Tench played in before they moved to Los Angeles and created the Heartbreakers, has reconvened the original lineup, ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The recent re-reunion of Mudcrutch, the early-1970s Florida rock band that Tom Petty, guitarist Mike Campbell and keyboardist Benmont Tench played in before they moved to Los Angeles and created the Heartbreakers, has reconvened the original lineup, ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Tom Petty and his Mudcrutch band mates will get a head start on their upcoming U.S. reunion tour with a pair of shows next week in Northridge benefiting L.A.’s century-old Midnight Mission. Mudcrutch predates the Heartbreakers, dating from the... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Tom Petty and his Mudcrutch band mates will get a head start on their upcoming U.S. reunion tour with a pair of shows next week in Northridge benefiting L.A.’s century-old Midnight Mission. Mudcrutch predates the Heartbreakers, dating from the... more info

Consequence of Sound — Tom Petty's side project churns out some superb songwriting spread across pop, rock, and country. more info

Chicago Tribune — Mudcrutch is the band that couldn't be denied. Tom Petty started as a bass player in the Gainesville, Fla., quintet in the early '70s, and the band had promise and chops. Its lineup included guitarist Tom Leadon, brother of the Eagles' Bernie Leadon.... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — If a filmmaker were to tell the story of Florida rock group Mudcrutch, it would go something like this: Rock 'n' roll-loving teenagers form a band and head for Hollywood in search of fame, only to fall short and disband. Flash ahead three de... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — If a filmmaker were to tell the story of Florida rock group Mudcrutch, it would go something like this: Rock 'n' roll-loving teenagers form a band and head for Hollywood in search of fame, only to fall short and disband. Flash ahead three de... more info

Rolling Stone — Back in 2007 when Tom Petty got his Seventies band Mudcrutch back together to make their first studio album, they had a simple agenda: to capture the live dynamic for which they'd been renowned during their early days in Gainesville, Florida, and ... more info