Hal Leonard Conversations With Tom Petty

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a Dream, You Dont Know How It Feels, Mary Janes Last Dance, and many others. He was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002 and his work with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, as well as his solo albums and those with the Traveling Wilburys, have been critically acclaimed the world over and have earned numerous Platinum status awards from the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA, as well as Grammys and other major awards. Tom and author Paul Zollo conducted a series of in depth discussions about Toms career, with special focus on his songwriting. The conversations are reprinted here with little or no editorial comment and represent a unique perspective on Toms entire career. Paul Zollo is a singer songwriter, author, and music journalist. Since 1987, hes dedicated himself to interviewing the worlds greatest songwriters. From 1987 to 1997, he was the editor of SongTalk, the journal of the National Academy of Songwriters. Hes currently the senior editor for American Songwriter. Born in Chicago, he studied English and Music at Boston University and is the author of The Beginning Songwriters Answer Book, Songwriters on Songwriting, and Hollywood Remembered. He has written about music for many magazines, including Performing Songwriter, Acoustic Guitar, Sing Out!, Billboard, Variety, and, Musician, and has contributed CD liner notes for artists including Paul Simon, Laura Nyro, Dan Fogelberg, Townes Van Zandt, and Thom Bish
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