With his long blond hair and high cheekbones, Tom Petty looked like a central-casting rock star. The nasal whine of his voice, propensity to pick fights with the music industry, and loyalty to the ...

Richard Petty, more than 40 members of his family and select Xfinity Rewards members will serve as the Grand Marshals for this Sunday’s Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Together ...

In the film Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party, there is a scene in which Petty and director Cameron Crowe shoot the breeze in the singer’s home in Encino, California, at 2am. In a basement in ...

You don't need to be a NASCAR fan to recognize a Petty car. Going all the way back to the 1950s when Lee Petty raced in a distinctive blue Plymouth, the family's stock cars have always been ...

Had he not died of an accidental drug overdose in 2017, Tom Petty, the prolific guitar rocker whose radio hits include “Refugee,” “American Girl,” and “You Got Lucky,” would be ...

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released Long After Dark, their fifth studio album, in Nov. 1982. Barely two weeks after the record was out, the band was in the studio taking calls from fans to ...

I’ll give them a seat at the table.” “America was born when we wrested freedom from a petty tyrant,” Harris said toward the end of her impassioned speech, a reference to Republican ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Tonya Mosley. If you've been watching the Apple TV+ series "Bad Monkey," you've heard some great covers of Tom Petty songs, like this one. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I WON'T BACK ...

Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. This week I attended a 30th anniversary screening of “Speed” as part of Beyond ...

A still of Cameron Crowe and Tom Petty from the documentary Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party, released by Trafalgar. (Sacks and Co.) In 1983, Cameron Crowe was an ambitious young music ...

Dylan and Petty toured together in 1986, with the Heartbreakers backing both singers. The band’s next album led off with a song co-written with Dylan, but “Jammin’ Me,” a goofy topical ...