Stevie Nicks w/ Tom Petty at Bonnaroo

[pmtravis]

Now this seems more plausible, especially since she's actually on tour with him. What's that song they sing together?

[skirob]

Now this seems more plausible, especially since she's actually on tour with him. What's that song they sing together?
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around

[pmtravis]

Ah, thanks! I couldn't find that one in my head.

And we've found further confirmation on Petty's site that she'll be there. She'll be my gypsy!

[jeffx]

i'd rather see stevie than pearl jam anyway.

if they do "stop draggin'" i will be most pleased.

[Cracko]

Stevie Nicks has aquited herself well. I was never a big fan of her voice mixed with Fleetwood Mac. When I first heard "Stop Draggin my Heart around" I thought damn. Stevie and Tom. That's the duo it should have been the whole time.

Now look. Stevie tours with Tom and the accolades flow. She gets lifted from a has been harlot to a rock icon. I hope she knows Tom bassically saved her ass.

Tom is a talented, driven Impresario whose energy and music are stronger now than when they were released.

Also (for me) he seems like the hardest working guy in show business.

The result, he is popular with the boomers, and the kids of today think he's one of the best thing to come out of the 70's/80's. His music is ageless

Bottom line: I like him, always have.

[gypsy]

i am a big, big, unabashed tom petty fan. he's written at least a handful of perfect songs ("american girl" being the most obvious, but also "don't do me like that," "even the losers," "straight into darkness," others i could name), and the combination of his voice** and that chiming guitar is one of my favorite things in rock'n'roll. also agreed that he and stevie complement each other very nicely. i'm sorry i got to bonnaroo too late to see 'em.

**i know some people who don't like the voice. i guess i'm a sucker for a good nasal whine. i remember a friend of mine from high school who listened to basically no pop music at all was over one day when "i won't back down" came on mtv. he listened to it intently for a few minutes and said, "so it seems like the singing is the main attraction here, right? it's very distinctive." i congratulated him on his perceptiveness.

[gypsy]

(and also of course it's not just the voice but the singing itself. he obviously learned/borrowed a lot from dylan, but the dude knows how to bend or slur a word to give it all kinds of suggestive nuance. like the way he rushes the words together in the verses of "don't do me like that," giving this kind of tossed-off conversational flow to it -- "i was talkin' with a friend of mine/ said a woman had hurt his pride/ told him that she loved him so an'/ turned around an' let him go" etc. etc. anyway, my point is that he's a terrific singer. i also like the way he modulates his florida drawl, exaggerating it for effect or clipping it depending on the mood of the song.)

[rikki]

Also (for me) he seems like the hardest working guy in show business.

An illusion perpetrated by his corporate handlers, who kill him and replace him with a doppelganger every 7 years or so. We are currently on the fourth or fifth Tom Petty. I've lost count.

[kag]

Stevie Nicks? "Has been harlot?"

Ok, first of all, Stevie Nicks is pretty much universally recognized as having written some of the best rock and roll songs, ever. SOngs that other folks keep coming back to. She has one of the most iconic voices in popular music. And "harlot"? WTF? That's so sexist.

[TallGirl]

I believe Tom Petty/Neil Young and Bob Dylan are one in the same.

[Mac Comer]

I would have rather just seen Tom Petty...but their performance together was outstanding

[Rose]

No Kidding KAG! Harlot, I think not! For heavens sake, Just listen to her words. And how many times has she graced the front of Rolling Stone? So she was in fleetwood, but she has written and also done her fare share of solos. She also did the famous duet w/ Don Henley on Leather and Lace which she wrote.......