My first post of 2018 is a melancholy one. As we close out 2017, it is still hard to
believe that Tom Petty is gone.
I saw TP open for Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead
(how about that for a lineup!) in 1986 at RFK Stadium in Washington DC. As I think back now, I wonder who would be
the opening act, if Jerry and Tom were alive today.
Certainly, Petty could speak the
same words of Theoden, King of the Mark,
leader of the Rohirrim, from the epic Lord of the Rings trilogy, as he lay dying on the Fields of Pelennor.
Theoden who had doubted his legacy, spoke to Meriadoc the Hobbit, “I go
now to my fathers, and even in their mighty company I shall not now be
ashamed.”
Rest in Peace, Tom Petty. Your music will last forever.
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