Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Outside Lands Festival, Golden Gate Park San Francisco
While in sunny California for work I managed to get along to day two of the three-day Outside Lands Festival in Golden Gate Park. I've never been a massive fan of all day events - so I only went along for the last half of the day - but managed to catch little bits of Ben Harper, Primus, and Cake (who were fantastic) before settling in to grab a good spot for Saturday night headliner Tom Petty.
I've been going through something of a Tom Petty resurgence lately - thanks in no small part to the excellent Peter Bogdanovich documentary 'Running Down A Dream', but not unlike Tom Waits - I've never seen Tom Petty live as he isn't a frequent visitor to Australia (I think his last tour was in 1986 with Bob Dylan) and doesn't even visit the UK a lot either.
So on a lovely Sat evening I settled in for two hours of well-loved hits, including a brief interlude where Steve Winwood came out for a couple of songs - including a blistering "Gimme Some Lovin".
Pretty much every great Tom Petty song you could imagine got an airing - the only disappointment being he didn't play "The Waiting" - but he did include a few more obscure songs like "Even The Losers" and The Travelling Wilbury's "End Of The Line", the latter giving the rest of the Heartbreakers a chance to shine as they alternated lead vocals. I also liked hearing some of the more recent stuff, like "Saving Grace" from 'Highway Companion' and "Honey Bee" from 'Wildflowers'.
I've been going through something of a Tom Petty resurgence lately - thanks in no small part to the excellent Peter Bogdanovich documentary 'Running Down A Dream', but not unlike Tom Waits - I've never seen Tom Petty live as he isn't a frequent visitor to Australia (I think his last tour was in 1986 with Bob Dylan) and doesn't even visit the UK a lot either.So on a lovely Sat evening I settled in for two hours of well-loved hits, including a brief interlude where Steve Winwood came out for a couple of songs - including a blistering "Gimme Some Lovin".
Pretty much every great Tom Petty song you could imagine got an airing - the only disappointment being he didn't play "The Waiting" - but he did include a few more obscure songs like "Even The Losers" and The Travelling Wilbury's "End Of The Line", the latter giving the rest of the Heartbreakers a chance to shine as they alternated lead vocals. I also liked hearing some of the more recent stuff, like "Saving Grace" from 'Highway Companion' and "Honey Bee" from 'Wildflowers'.
The encore included a lengthy take on Them classic "Gloria" - including a spoken interlude about Petty trying to woo a lady who looked down on him for being a "dope-smokin' long-haired rock n roller". A great night.
You Wreck Me
Listen To Her Heart
I Won’t Back Down
Even The Losers
Free Fallin
Last Dance Mary Jane
End Of The Line
Can’t Find My Way Home (w/Steve Winwood)
Gimme Some Lovin’ (w/Steve Winwood)
Saving Grace
Breakdown
Honey Bee
Learning To Fly
Don’t Come Around Here No More
Refugee
Runnin’ Down A Dream
Gloria
American Girl
