Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers- Damn the Torpedoes 45th- 10-21

The third album Damn the Torpedoes from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers was the breakthrough effort for the Gainesville FL “Refugees” who found themselves in Hollywood, establishing them as one of America’s finest bands while staking out a major claim for Artist rights and control in the larger music business.

The late Tom Petty joined me to discuss the real stories, some incredible, behind the making of Damn the Torpedoes which included essential songs “Here Comes My Girl”,”Don’t Do Me Like That”,”Even the Losers”, and “Refugee” as we celebrate the landmark album’s forty-fifth anniversary here In the Studio the week of October 21. –Redbeard