Tom Petty? It’s About Time!

In the annals of rock music, Tom Petty (with or without his Heartbreakers) sometimes gets overlooked. All he did was crank out great songs, year after year, in an era when punk, reggae, disco, and outrageous arena rock strode the musical landscape. But Petty’s lyrics were so fully informed by the angst of growing up in America, discovering the hard truths of life, and his bandmates always loaned an inventive hand, whether rocking hard or strumming to ballads. So this week’s wog finally pays tribute to Petty, in a short, albeit soulful walk. I’m working on a Petty UberWog, but until then...Walk on! AT Pogwogging.com.