He’s touched a new generation of rockers, and on ECHOES: Remembering the Music of Tom Petty, they pay a moving tribute to his legacy with 23 songs that go deep into his catalog of 16 studio albums. His tales of rebels, misfits and dreamers longing for the good life fit right in. His musical career helped pave the way for the emerging Americana sound of the 1990s as well, with artists such as Ryan Adams, Lucinda Williams and Lyle Lovett not so much following in Petty’s footsteps as they were walking with him, for Petty’s career touched five decades. You can hear some of that influence in his signature hit “American Girl,” which is really more power pop than punk, but there’s a fine line there anyway. Petty was one of the last voices of the southern California music scene, which included Gram Parsons, the Byrds and the Eagles, but at one time he was pigeonholed into the burgeoning punk music rock sound. He was only 66 and despite his plethora of albums as a solo artist, as leader of the Heartbreakers, and as part of other groups, he left a great deal of music in his head. The death of Tom Petty in 2017 shook the American rock scene.
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