The Tom Petty Project

01/17/2026

Fantastic news for Jake! So many people are gonna get to hear his voice and I’m sure he’s made some great connections! ❤️ 🤘🏻

Hey! Some cool news I wanted to fill you in on:

As most of you know, I’ve been having a blast recording the new record, and with that release on the horizon, my management and I were looking for some fun ways to introduce the music to a bigger audience. So, I’m excited to announce that I’ll be part of the upcoming season of on ABC! Was an honor to head down to Nashville and play for the great team they have along with a lot of other singer/songwriters. The season premieres on January 26th.

01/14/2026

It’s that time of year for me to look back at what I was listening to in the past twelve months and give you some recommendations! I’ve listened to a ton of music in the past year, plenty of which was new to me. Gainesville exposed me to a ton of new indie artists, some of whom I’ve had the good fortune to speak to. I did decide to limit this to only vinyl albums I bought this year, rather than being albums that were released this year. Also, I should call out the Live Anthology RSD release which I picked up but, I’ll most likely be talking about that record as part of a review of the Live Anthology somewhere down the road, so I haven’t included it in this year’s list! Plus, you already know it!

Available now whever you spin your vinyl!

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01/12/2026

Have Gun, Will Travel : Voyager Golden EP

Appropriately, on 10" gold vinyl as homage to the Voyager 1 golden record, this is just a fantastic little EP. Clocking in at right around 22 minutes, it's tight, focused, and impeccably performed.

I'm an absolute sucker for a concept record, which I told Matt Burke (the creative wiz behind the songs on this album) when he was on the podcast, and it's a set of six that I'm always going to listen to as one "piece". That's not to say there aren't great standalone songs, but as a whole it's so much more rewarding. Big hooks, earworm melodies, and a band that can do "it" live as well as they do on record all combine to make for a compelling, captivating EP. And who doesn't love a bit of space exploration in their rockin roll?!

Go stream it and if you like what you hear, go spend a few sheckels over on Bandcamp, of which, the majority goes back to the artist. So you're supporting indie artists as well as getting a great record.

And remember, everything is made of stars.

https://hgwtmusic.bandcamp.com/album/voyager-golden-ep

01/10/2026

A couple of new tee designs up in the store for you folks! First of all, we needed a Spike tee! Next up is a faithful recreation of the Happy Hour Pool Hall tee that Tom is wearing on stage in the photo.

Both designs are currently on sale!

store.tompettyproject.com

01/09/2026

Steve Ursell is back to run through my ten questions and give me his thoughts on his favourite album, which version of Walls he prefers, and which song he'd want to cover with the Heartbreakers. Steve picks a fantastic British artist to cover a Tom Petty song, he picks a great gig to want to go back to see, and a certain autobiography may have coloured his choice for favourite Heartbreaker, other than Tom!

Available now wherever the three lions roar!

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01/07/2026

This week, before we wrap up the last song from The Last DJ, I’m sharing a conversation that I had with an English gent that I met through my Queen podcast and someone I’ve gotten to know a little over the last two or three years named Steve Ursell.

Steve has basically been discovering Tom’s catalogue in real time through this podcast, so I thought it would be really interesting to talk to someone who wasn’t a Pettyhead three years ago but has come to love the Heartbreakers in a fairly short space of time.

We get into that journey into Petty and how the podcast has played a part in that discovery. We chat about Pink Floyd, Rush, and Queen, and we ruminate on the decline of tastemakers in the world of rock and roll, and on whether we’re ever going to see a grunge or Britpop–style movement again in the years to come: especially with the decline of free-form radio and the rise of the all-powerful algorithm.

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01/04/2026

Robin is back to give me her answers to my ten questions!

You wouldn't necessarily think that World of Warcraft would play a significant role in defining Robin's favourite album. She drops a bombshell on me about a couple of singers she just doesn't jive with and her answer to my question about which song she'd join Tom and the boys on stage for is perhaps the best answer anyone's given yet to any I've asked! Oh and Robin divulges a daring escapade which brought her in direct contact with one of Mike's Telecasters!

(Note - I'm fixing an editing mistake - the episode might show as an hour twenty two, but it's around thirty one minutes!)

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01/03/2026

Today’s bonus episode is a fantastic chat with another artist I was very fortunate to see perform down at the Tom Petty Weekend in Gainesville. Robin Vincent, whose band, Robin Shakedown was one of the most vibrant, energetic and very, very cool acts from the weekend. I just had to reach out to see if she’d be willing to talk to me about her love for Tom and his music and subsequently, found and fell in love with her latest EP, Floor Goddess, which is an epic roller coaster of melodies, hooks, emotion, and righteous anger.

Available now, wherever you shake it down!

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12/31/2025

In Conversations with Tom Petty, author Paul Zollo says “Another song from that album which is really nice is “Have Love Will Travel,” which has three sections to it.” Tom replies “Yeah, it was almost a summary. We’re getting farther down the line in the story. The DJ comes back into the picture. And there’s a girl named Maggie, that shows up, which is a little hard to understand, because I’d written this whole song that introduced her, but I didn’t use that in the end.”

Available now, wherever you travel.

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12/31/2025

I want you to know you were the one

12/28/2025

Hi all! I had a very busy day yesterday with shoveling and friends in from out of town! It was a very late night these old bones!

I didn't have a chance to post out the episode that dropped yesterday with the brilliant Matt Burke from Have Gun, Will Travel, which is his answers to my ten questions. Check it out, it was a lot of fun!

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