When Leonard Cohen passed away… John Lennon. Bowie. Prince. BB King. George Harrison..it pulled at the heart and memories.
Some pull harder than others, for various reasons.
The death of Tom Petty at 66 just stopped me cold.
I spent a day with him..the week his first album came out, right in the heart of Hollywood.
Really liked the man. The person.
No BS. Honest. Completely true to the spirit of rock and roll. He felt it was an honor to be passing through life making music and entertaining.

On our next meeting, Tom gave me a signed copy of an album called Official Live ‘Leg..recorded in Boston 1976. On Vinyl. Four tracks on one side and nothing on the other. Only 500 copies pressed.
Al Kooper sat in on organ.
I’m going to play two songs from that album and a whole lot more from other albums.
Also a segment of artists who were friends and admirers that covered Tom’s songs.
Johnny Cash. Linda Ronstadt. John Mayer. Ridley Bent.

Also featured on the show are interviews and music from Sarah Slean and Whitehorse (Melissa McClelland and Luke Doucet)
Sarah is on tour performing music from Metaphysics with a string quartet and Whitehorse have just come from performing Neil Young’s Ohio at the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame – with Neil right in front of them…Row 3.
Lots to talk about.
-TDM
 

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