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Heartbreakers
Behind The Song
06.19.25
Tom Petty Wrote a Third Verse to This Heartbreakers Classic Specifically for Grace Jones
By
Tina Benitez-Eves
SAN FRANCISCO – 1977: L-R Mike Campbell and Tom Petty of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers perform live at The Old Waldorf Nightclub in 1977 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Richard McCaffrey/ Michael Ochs Archive/ Getty Images)
Behind The Song
03.12.25
Mike Campbell Believes This Tom Petty Track Defined the Heartbreakers’ Sound, and I Have To Agree
By
Melanie Davis
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09.24.23
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By
Tina Benitez-Eves
Features
07.05.20
The Story Behind The Song, “Southern Accents,” by Tom Petty
By
Paul Zollo