I'm a Bloom County fan from way, way back and I love this tribute!!!!

Along with the old daily Doonesburys and Calvin and Hobbes.

He's St. Francis, I'm convinced.

the sweetest, most lovely tribute I have ever seen given a singer.

Most of us here on DU grew up with Tom Petty. Am I right?
I can't believe he's gone at 66. And that's my age too!

n/t.

Trove of his music. Always have loved him.

Felt the same way about Tom that I did about Lemmy...I just thought he was always going to be there, an album every year or two, touring endlessly, just...there.

I think it was the simplicity, more than anything else, that made him a legend. He was just a kid from the South who said "I'm going to be a rock & roll star," and he made it happen. Makes me think of Elvis driving that truck for Crown Electric, and one day he just pulled it to the curb, took out the keys, and said "I'm not driving this truck any more."

That was Tom. Simplicity, vision, determination, and that fire inside.

Still hasn't sunk in 100%.

Sigh...................

we can't back down.

Thanks Tom, we kinda did need a rallying cry in these troubled times in America.

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and taped it to my office door. Listening to Tom on his XM channel right now.

Still remember this one, from another sad day: