She Was an American Girl

I grew up in the same town as Tom Petty.

My brother is 10 years older than me (he will be 49 this month!)

 and was a big musical influence in my life.  

So it's no surprise that I'm a big Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers fan.

One day I hope to see them in concert, 

but until then a great substitute is a good cover band 

playing in Tom Petty's hometown.

It's almost poetic.

Heavy Petty
Gainesville 2012

It was a free outdoor concert.  I have been to many of them; 

my friend who went with me had never been to one.  

It's a very laid-back, hippy-flower-child atmosphere.  

My friend is decidedly not a laid-back, hippy-flower-child guy.  

But kinda like when he got me out of my comfort zone and onto roller coasters....
he ended up having a BLAST.

Sometimes two people who are different can compliment each other,
sometimes they can drive each other crazy.
We'll see how this goes.....

Heavy Petty
Gainesville 2012

At the end, they ran off the stage...he said "Aww, they didn't play your song!"  

I said "They'll be back.  They'll come back and sing Last Dance for Mary Jane and American Girl."

And they did exactly that.  It was great!

image credit The Fab Lab

....raised on promises....