In the middle of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' five-night stand at Chicago's Vic Theatre, TP sat down for an extensive interview with XRT radio. The full interview is uploaded here with pictures from the Vic shows, found on the old Gone Gator fan site. Below are descriptions of what's talked about in the interview:
"Black Leather Woman" discussion 1:13
changing the setlist for the Vic run 1:45, 18:30
blues music 3:20
recording at Chess Studios: 4:00
on Elvis: 5:33
on Lisa Maria Presley 10:22
on The Beatles 11:20
TP's dad destroying Elvis records collection 12:24
Contemporary rock music 13:12
Guns and Roses 14:25
Nirvana 15:29
thoughts on radio 16:40
fan potentially suing TPHB for not playing enough hits at The Vic 17:40
TP describes the first night at The Vic 18:50
band dynamics and praising of Heartbreakers 19:00
Why play theater shows? 22:00
The founding of The Clubhouse 22:30
on Bob Dylan 24:00
on 'Playback' 31:00
on TP's social life 33:00
the least rock and roll thing TP does 33:30
on George Harrison 35:00
TP's favorite album in his own repertoire 36:00
how do you know when you wrote a good song? 36:40
on ticket pricing 38:40
why Chicago? 43:55
on writing new songs 45:22
on The Allman Brothers 47:00
on Booker T and the MGs 52:00
question about dreaming as theme in music 53:08
on music videos 54:40
on producing in the future 57:45
on Radiohead 59:15
on The Zombies 59:45
on major record companies and 'The Last DJ' 1:01:40
on the Iraq War 1:08:20
on TPHB's first album cover 1:13:35
on pain and songwriting 1:16:45
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