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Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty (born October 20, 1950) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and was a founding member of the late 1980s supergroup Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch. He has also performed under the pseudonyms of Charlie T. Wilbury, Jr. and Muddy Wilbury.
He has recorded a number of hit singles with the Heartbreakers and as a solo artist, many of which remain heavily played on adult contemporary and classic rock radio. His music, and notably his hits, have become popular among younger generations as he continues to host sold-out shows. Throughout his career, Petty and his collaborators have sold 60 million albums.
Tom Petty was born and raised in Gainesville, Florida, and attended Gainesville High School. His interest in rock and roll music began at age 10 when he met Elvis Presley. In the summer of 1961, his uncle was working on the set of Presley's film Follow That Dream in nearby Ocala, Florida and invited Petty to come down and watch the shoot. He instantly became an Elvis Presley fan and soon traded his Wham-O slingshot for a box of Elvis 45s. In a 2006 interview on the National Public Radio program Fresh Air, Petty said that he knew he wanted to be in a band the moment he saw The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. One of his first guitar teachers was Don Felder, a fellow Gainesville resident, who would later join the Eagles. As a young man, Petty worked briefly on the grounds crew for the University of Florida, but never attended as a student. An Ogeechee lime tree that he planted while employed at the University is now called the Tom Petty tree.
Actors: George Stover (actor), Don Dohler (writer), Don Dohler (producer), Don Dohler (director), Shawn Doyle (actor), Joe Ripple (actor), Doug Ulrich (producer), Anne Frith (actress), Richard Ruxton (actor), Shannon Bucci (actress), Jamie Bell (actor), LauraLee O'Shell (actress), Barry Murphy (actor), Joel Denning (producer), Kimberlee Suerth (actress),
Plot: Witness the return of Baltimore's greatest alien terror in this monstrous saga. Watch in horror as alien space specimens escape to pillage the countryside, leaving pandemonium in their wake!
Keywords: alien, biker, bikini, cyborg, doctor, female-sheriff, gunfight, maryland, multiple-murders, spaceshipActors: Robert Gaillard (director), Robert Gaillard (actor), Thomas R. Mills (actor), James Morrison (actor), W.A. Tremayne (writer), Maurice Costello (director), Maurice Costello (actor), Dolores Costello (actress), Helene Costello (actress), Eulalie Jensen (actress), Edwina Robbins (actress), Ethel Corcoran (actress), Estelle Mardo (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Jack Nelson (actor), Chester Withey (actor), Ann Little (actress), Charles Giblyn (director), Thomas H. Ince (director), Harrington Reynolds (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,I walk straight now but with a sway
Please consider where I’ve been
I’m burning oxycotins now
Instead of heroin
Please consider where I’ve been
Please consider where I’ve been
I ain’t got nothing and I can’t have both
Please consider where I’ve been
When I was a young man and married man
I’d tell you don’t ever tie that knot
But now I’m old and my girl left home
I ain’t happy with what I got
Please consider where I’ve been
Please consider where I’ve been
I ain’t got nothing and I can’t have both
Please consider where I’ve been
[2x]
I got a Cadillac appetite
And a chitling income true
And sure as shit, I’ll drink my fill
Before the evening’s through
Please consider where I’ve been
Please consider where I’ve been
I ain’t got nothing and I can’t have both
Please consider where I’ve been
Well, my girl got me like tile work
And laid me the first time right
So she could walk all over me
For the rest of her damn life
Please consider where I’ve been
Please consider where I’ve been
I ain’t got nothing and I can’t have both
Please consider where I’ve been