Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - 2017-05-30 - Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
May 30, 2017
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
Audience recording, good quality
Available in both Lossless (FLAC) and Mp3 (320 kbps) versions

To wrap up this extended tribute to Tom Petty, we end right back where we started, on the 40th Anniversary Tour of 2017. But before we get there...Following the Hypnotic Eye tour in 2014, Petty reconvened with his old band Mudcrutch once again in 2015, to record their second album. And this time, although Petty wrote and sang lead on most of the songs, each member of the band wrote and sang lead on their own song. The album, Mudcrutch 2, was released in May 2016, and this time it was also supported by a full-scale U.S. tour, the first for Mudcrutch.  I previously posted a great show from this tour (2016-6-20 - San Francisco_available here). After this Mudcrutch Tour, Tom got back with the Heartbreakers and began preparing for their 40th Anniversary Tour in 2017, which was to be a big celebration tour of the history of the band, the culmination of their 40 years as a band. Of course, at the time no one knew that it would be Tom's last. It was a big tour, covering 53 dates (in 24 states, plus Canada and 1 show in London) over 6 months from April to August 2017. Although he never let on to fans, Tom was hurting the whole time, as early on in the tour Tom suffered a fractured hip. But not wanting to cancel the tour and disappoint fans, Tom soldiered on to complete the tour, which he did in dramatic fashion. However, in the meantime, the fractured hip got much worse, and apparently Tom was also suffering from some other problems as well, and subsequently died of cardiac arrest due to accidental overdose of pain medication, just one week after the end of the tour. We all felt the tragic loss of Tom's passing. Truely one of the all-time greats of rock n roll, and just an all-around great guy, who still had a lot more to offer. But he left behind a tremendous body of work and such unforgettable music. I've already posted one of the very last shows from this very last tour (2017-9-22 - Hollywood - here), but here is a show from earlier in the tour, at Red Rocks in Colorado. And it has some special features itself. Although the setlist was pretty much the same through the whole tour, this show had a couple of additional surprises. The show was interrupted by a rain delay (lightning threats caused the show to be stopped in the middle), but after resuming, Tom played a special added song, 'Swingin', from Echo, which had not been played at any show in many years. Later in the show, there was a technical problem with Tom's guitar, and the band played a Jam on 'Johnny B. Goode' while the issue was being dealt with, which then lead to a full-scale rendition of another Chuck Berry song, 'Carol'. For all these songs, this was the only show that they were played at, makng this night even more special than other dates on this sensational tour.  So, here is Tom and The Heartbreakers on their last tour together, on a special night at Red Rocks. In this tribute, I have presented a brief chronology of his extraordinary career through concert shows, a total of 17 shows from throughout all stages of his 40-plus year career. Thank you Tom, for all the great music you created and provided for all of us. We will continue to honor and cherish it, forever. You were a true original and there will never be another quite like you. For the rest of The Heartbreakers, here's hoping that you will still be able to continue on in some form, as one of the best bands around.

Tracklist:
Set 1
1. Intro
2. Rockin Around With You
3. Mary Jane's Last Dance
4. You Don't Know How It Feels
5. Forgotten Man
6. You Got Lucky
7. I Won't Back Down
8. Free Fallin'
9. Walls
RAIN DELAY (about 30 min)
Set 2
10. Swingin' (Only performance this tour)
11. Don't Come Around Here No More
12. It's Good to Be King
13. Crawling Back to You
14. Wildflowers
15. Johnny B. Goode Jam(while they try and fix Tom's acoustic)->
16. Carol
17. Learning To Fly
18. Yer So Bad
19. I Should Have Known It
20. Refugee
21. Runnin Down a Dream
encore
22. You Wreck Me
23. American Girl

FLAC - Tom Petty_2017-05-30_Morrison, CO_FLAC.rar

mp3 - Tom Petty_2017-05-30_Morrison, CO_mp3.part1.rar
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