Don't Have to Live Like...

...a refugee!

Kudos to my cousin Jeff in Washington DC, who correctly identified the mystery rockstar as (not Neil Young with a bad dye job, not Courtney Love goes acoustic, but...) Tom Petty, his own bad self.

Something that must be noted. Tom has never been the prettiest of ladies in the best of times, but now that he has been doing this gig for 30 years...well...he is really rivaling The Igster (Iggy Pop), Keith Richards and Jeff Tweedy for "Ugliest Man in Rock".

(I can hear you now...C'mon, since when do you have to be pretty to be a rockstar? Look at Gene Simmons for heaven's sake...)

So now having busted on TP for a little bit for things completely out of his control, let me say that as far as the things that he can control, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers put on a fabulous show. No joke at all...it was amazing.


It was well played, a consistent string of hits, a few new songs, the sound and lighting were also fabulous, and they all look great for a buncha guys traipsing around the world on tour for their 30th year!


He did an awful lot of striking the rockstar pose, this being a prime example:


There were a LOT of guitar changes. There were a LOT of LONG breaks between songs.


I guess when you've been doing this gig for 30 years and you've had as many hits as they have, you figure out how it's done...and you take your adoration where you can get it.

Great show guys...thanks for rocking us out!

....parts two and three of this concert to come....