23 Things You Might Not Know About Tom Petty (Rest in Peace Great Musician)

1- Tom Petty was born in Gainesville, Florida, on October 20, 1950

2- His Born Name : Thomas Earl Petty

3- Tom Petty learned to play on a guitar purchased from a Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalogue

4- Age of 17 Tom Petty play bass with his new band, Mudcrutch,

5-He has Grammy Award, 1989, for Traveling Wilburys, Vol. One.

6- Tom Petty was best known as the legendary frontman of the band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

7- Tom Petty has been known to perform under the stage names Charlie T. Wilbury, Jr. and Muddy Wilbury.

8- Tom Petty appeared in The Simpsons episode “How I Spent My Strummer Vacation.

He shows Homer how to write lyrics, and they come up with a song about a sexy girl walking down the street who is concerned with budget problems in public schools

9- Tom Petty Teamed up with Bob Dylan, Beatle George Harrison, Jeff Lynne from Electric Light Orchestra and Roy Orbison in the band The Travelling Wilburys.

10- In 1999, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

11- He is an actor. He has made cameos in films like FM and Made in Heaven, but had a more substantial part in Kevin Costner’s film, The Postman.

Tom Petty in “The Postman”

12- Tom Petty took guitar lessons from Don Felder of The Eagles.

13- Tom Petty was the only blonde member of the Traveling Wilburys.

14- Tom Petty has his own XM radio station.

15- He turned down a chance to record “The Boys Of Summer,” and it became a huge hit for Don Henley.

16- He advocated for marijuana legalization with a song that not everyone liked.

17 -In 1987, his house was destroyed by a fire caused by arson. His trademark hat was destroyed in this fire too.

18 -He was a cartoon character: Tom provided the voice of ‘Lucky’ on the popular fox series ‘King of the Hill’ in 28 episodes from 2004 to 2009 (according to IMDB)

19 -His First solo album, 1989’s Full Moon Fever, charted as high as No. 3 and went triple platinum.

20- Tom Petty Ranked #43 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll.

21- He reunited his old band Mudcrutch in 2008, and they made a great record.

22- He’s a member of Saturday Night Live‘s five-timers club.

23- Tom was 10 years old when his Uncle was working on the set of an Elvis Presley movie in Florida and introduced him to the King, Tom has been an Elvis fan since that day in 1961.