Tom Petty used the Confederate flag onstage in the '80s - then he took a stand against it

When Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers toured to promote their 1985 release "Southern Accents," the Confederate flag became a part of the marketing and appeared onstage. It's a decision that, two decades later, Petty would call "downright stupid." "I wish I had given it more thought," Petty wrote...

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