Your Spine Will Tingle When You Hear Tom Petty’s Unforgettable Final Words To This Country Star
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“I’m So Heartbroken And Sad.”
Rock legend Tom Petty’s death last year at the age of 66 left a generation of musicians at a loss, struggling to accept the fact that one of rock’s most loved figures was gone like a thief in the night. As tributes poured in from every corner of the musical spectrum in the days and weeks following Petty’s death, there was one musician who held tight to his own precious memories of Tom Petty; country star and vocal powerhouse Chris Stapleton, who’d only recently had the tremendous honor of performing with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, joining the band for three Midwest shows over the summer.
A lifelong fan who cites Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell as his favorite guitar player of all time, Stapleton’s dreams of one day rocking with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers came to fruition and proved to be an overwhelming success, leaving both fans and each other itching for a chance to do it again sometime soon.