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The Tom Petty Project

The Tom Petty Project

By: Kevin Brown
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This is the weekly podcast that digs into the entire Tom Petty catalog song by song, album by album and includes conversations with musicians, fans, and people connected with Tom along the way.


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Wirtten, produced, and performed by Kevin Brown for 8NINETY8 Productions.


(This podcast is in no way affiliated with the Tom Petty estate.)

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  • Freddie Mercury
    Jun 10 2026

    I’m thinking of this as part of a new occasional series that I can return to called “Origins” and will be about the songwriters and/or musicians that have shaped my musical tastes. Future episodes will definitely include people like Ray Davies of The Kinks, Edward Van Halen, Justin Currie of Del Amitri, Peter Gabriel, Annie Lennox, Mark Knopfler, Steve Earle, and Paul McCartney, as names that spring immediately to mind. To be honest, I can easily see Brian May also getting his own episode at some point! I don’t have any sort of plan for how frequently these episodes will drop, I’ll just sit down to write them when opportunity and desire overlap at the right time.


    To kick off the "Origins" series, I need to talk about the guy who stands at the top of the musical mountain for me; Freddie Mercury.


    Songs : https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9JRklgBG7NzIJ5_KbvGMNbc0Yh859gL4



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    Listen: https://pod.link/1580769475


    All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com


    A special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research.


    The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way.


    Producer: Kevin Brown

    Executive Producers: Paul Roberts, Steve Ursell

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    31 mins
  • Ankle Deep
    Jun 3 2026

    Let’s talk about the lyrics to this one first. Tom goes on to say “You don’t have a lot of room to write a story in a song. So you have to be economical with your lines.” and we’ve remarked on that on so many occasions with Tom’s story songs - he usually gives us brief flashes of narrative before either zooming out, changing the POV or switching to a characters thoughts rather than their actions. This one is a pretty tight, compact three act play though and Tom’s economy works really well.


    Song : https://youtu.be/OGWiNlHXiYQ


    ADDITIONAL LINKS

    Judge Timbers' tutorial: https://youtu.be/PwACALHy878


    Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show.


    Follow: https://linktr.ee/tompettyproject

    Listen: https://pod.link/1580769475


    All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com


    A special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research.


    The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way.


    Producer: Kevin Brown

    Executive Producers: Paul Roberts, Steve Ursell

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    23 mins
  • This Old Town
    May 27 2026

    We’ve talked a few times this season about the fact that the album wasn’t finished when Tom played the songs for Paul Zollo. In the book, he tells Paul, “I still haven’t figured out where to put it in the sequence. Right now I have it at the end, but I don’t think it’s the perfect ending.” Earlier, he says “That was written in the middle of all the other things” and I wonder if he hadn’t written The Golden Rose at this point, because that’s the obvious album closer. Had he not written that song, I do actually think This Old Town would be a good way to go out.


    Song : https://youtu.be/psD0J-C11u8


    ADDITIONAL LINKS

    Judge Timbers' tutorial: https://youtu.be/hgWAwudaj-A


    Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show.


    Follow: https://linktr.ee/tompettyproject

    Listen: https://pod.link/1580769475


    All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com


    A special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as much fun to research.


    The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in any way.


    Producer: Kevin Brown

    Executive Producers: Paul Roberts, Steve Ursell

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-tom-petty-project.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    24 mins
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Interesting and informed podcast. Promises a song by song analysis of Petty’s catalogue, presumably in the same spirit as Revolution in the Head did for The Beatles. I’ve been obsessed with TP&THBs since 1978 - the band I’ve seen most times live. Will listen with interest to how this develops. Excellent start. By the way, how did the narrator end up in Canada?

Excellent opening episode

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