Tom Petty

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It's an oft-told story: A young Tom Petty lucks his way onto the movie set for Elvis' Follow That Dream. The lightning bolt that is rock 'n' roll struck him and, at that moment, his future was defined. But, it was actually the arrival of The Beatles in 1964 that really turned Petty's head and convinced him that music was the way out of Gainesville, Florida for him and his friends. Author Paul Zollo extracted this bit of information and much, much more from the legendary rocker. Read all about Petty's earliest garage gigs all the way up through his worldwide superstardom. Told by Petty himself, this is the true story of Tom Petty.