Tom Petty resides high in my personal rock canon. Damn the Torpedoes and Hard Promises were formative, seminal albums for me; albums I’ve listened to hundreds of times.
So I was very excited to learn this morning, via a post by John Gruber, that he’s releasing a rock-doc this month called Running Down the Dream. The DVD will be released on October 16. I’ve pre-ordered mine.
Here’s the trailer:
And here’s a great video about The Waiting (I love Tom playing the guitar intro over and over):