Andrea M. Rotondo - Tom Petty: Rock ‘n Roll Guardian

Alright For Now
Words and Music by Tom Petty
Copyright 1989 Gone Gator Music

Angel Dream
Words and Music by Tom Petty
Copyright 1996 Gone Gator Music

Anything Thats Rock & Roll
Words and Music by Tom Petty
Copyright 1976 ALMO MUSIC CORP.
Copyright Renewed

Breakdown
Words and Music by Tom Petty
Copyright 1976 ALMO MUSIC CORP.
Copyright Renewed

Cant Stop The Sun
Words and Music by Tom Petty and Michael
Campbell
Copyright 2002 Adria K Music and Wild
Gator Music

Crawling Back To You
Words and Music by Tom Petty
Copyright 1994 Gone Gator Music

Dreamville
Words and Music by Tom Petty
Copyright 2002 Adria K Music

Free Fallin
Words and Music by Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne
Copyright 1989 Gone Gator Music and EMI
April Music Inc.

Hurt
Words and Music by Tom Petty and Michael
Campbell
Copyright 1978 ALMO MUSIC CORP. and
TARKA MUSIC
All Rights Administered by ALMO MUSIC
CORP.

I Should Have Known It
Words and Music by Tom Petty and Mike
Campbell
Copyright 2010 Adria K Music and Wild
Gator Music

Joe
Words and Music by Tom Petty
Copyright 2002 Adria K Music

The Last DJ
Words and Music by Tom Petty
Copyright 2002 Adria K Music

Learning To Fly
Words and Music by Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne
Copyright 1991 Gone Gator Music and EMI
April Music Inc.

Runnin Down A Dream
Words and Music by Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and
Mike Campbell
Copyright 1989 Gone Gator Music, EMI
April Music Inc. and Wild Gator Music

Running Mans Bible
Words and Music by Tom Petty
Copyright 2010 Adria K Music

Square One
Words and Music by Tom Petty
Copyright 2006 Adria K Music

The Trip To Pirates Cove
Words and Music by Tom Petty
Copyright 2010 Adria K Music

The Wild One
Words and Music by Tom Petty
Copyright 1976 ALMO MUSIC CORP.

Wildflowers
Words and Music by Tom Petty
Copyright 1994 Gone Gator Music

You And Me
Words and Music by Tom Petty
Copyright 2002 Adria K Music

You Got Lucky
Words and Music by Tom Petty and Mike
Campbell
Copyright 1982 Gone Gator Music and Wild
Gator Music

Youre Gonna Get It
Words and Music by Tom Petty
Copyright 1978 TARKA MUSIC
All Rights Administered by ALMO MUSIC CORP.

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M y older sister was the smart one. My younger brother was the funny one. In 1976 at the age of seven, I was just the little girl in the middle. I hadnt yet discovered that special thing that would make me me. My parents dad, a factory worker, and mom, a clerk for the Internal Revenue Service had just announced that wed be moving and I was devastated. We were living in the upstairs apartment of a two-family house with my grandfather and uncles living downstairs. My grandfather was my best friend and I couldnt imagine being separated from him. There was no way Id find a friend like him in our new town. When the day of our dreaded departure came, my grandfather had a gift for me: a red transistor radio. He told me that today was just the first of many challenges Id have to live up to and he was sure Id find new friends. In the meantime, the music on the radio would keep me company.

From that day on, DJs were my constant companions. I was introduced to artists from diverse genres and backgrounds, such as Howlin Wolf, Willie Dixon, Pink Floyd, the Eagles, Gloria Gaynor and The Bee Gees. Most nights Id fall asleep with that radio tucked under my pillow.

To me, radio was an art form. I appreciated all types of music but traditional blues and rock spoke most clearly to me. In time, I came to appreciate one voice above all others though. From the first moment I heard Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers debut record the now classic American Girl and Breakdown I knew we were kindred spirits: the band and I were both on the verge of something. Id twist that radio dial every day in the hopes of hearing a Tom Petty song and in later years Id spend all the money I earned babysitting on the bands albums and singles.

One day in the early eighties around the time that Hard Promises was released I saw a classified ad in Circus magazine. A Petty fan was looking for pen pals that shared her obsession. I wrote her a letter and ended up with a dozen new friends that loved Tom Petty, The Heartbreakers and rocknroll in general. That may seem quaint but back in the day there was no Internet. No Facebook or Twitter. MTV had only just launched in 1980. The only connection I had to music was through the radio waves, magazines and my pen-pal network.

I clearly remember the day that Southern Accents Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers sixth studio album was released in 1985. It had been three years since the bands previous effort, Long After Dark, and I could not wait to listen to the album. After school one day I raced to Newbury Comics in Boston to pick up a copy of the album. I had no way of knowing that one track, Dogs On The Run, would have such a profound effect on my entire outlook on life.

One lyric in particular Theres ways of getting anything I want played over and over in my head. For some reason, this tiny thought stuck with me became my mantra and over the course of the next 29 years, Ive found it to be absolutely true. I learned that if I strategised, made the right connections and worked hard, all that I desired a life beyond my own one-story town was possible.