Tom Petty vs Australia

The guys allow a letter to lead them on a journey from Tom Petty and Dylan, all the way back to Ol Blue Eyes (and the time he almost caused an international crisis by not watching his mouth.)

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SHOW NOTES

https://www.noise11.com/news/benmont-tench-explains-why-tom-petty-the-heartbreakers-never-returned-to-australia-after-the-dylan-tour-of-the-80s-20211018

https://www.thepettyarchives.com/archives/newspapers/1980s/1980-03-23-sydneysunherald

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers/1980/capitol-theatre-sydney-australia-7bd98e20.html

Damn the Torpedos tour concert program: https://www.ebay.com/itm/276603584662

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Confessions_Tour

https://stevienicks.info/2017/11/04/stevie-nicks-reveals-how-she-almost-got-kicked-out-of-australia/

Knockin On Heaven’s Door - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkQ8wh1K88o

https://www.thepettyarchives.com/archives/magazines/1980s/1986-03-27-rollingstone#:~:text=By%20the%20second%20Sydney%20show,'%20on%20Heaven's%20Door%22%20finale.

https://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?p=1217756

https://stevienicks.info/1987/10/23/fleetwood-mac-dirty-dancing/

Petty: The Biography: https://www.amazon.com/Petty-Biography-Warren-Zanes/dp/0805099689

Tom Petty: The Life and Music: https://www.amazon.com/Tom-Petty-Gillian-G-Gaar/dp/0760392617/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Nicks#Artistry

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Accents

https://www.thepettyarchives.com/archives/newspapers/1980s/1986-04-12-readingeagle

https://themusic.com.au/features/10-times-international-music-stars-clashed-with-australia/UjnoREdGSUg/23-10-25

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110718797

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra

https://www.rtbuvic.com.au/clarrie-oshea/

https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2016/04/18/regrets-he-had-a-few/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_gold_rushes

https://www.actu.org.au/history-of-australian-unions/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarrie_O%27Shea

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