The late Tom Petty‘s first group was a bust. Well, sort of.
The son of a Florida insurance salesman, Petty quit high school to start Mudcrutch at age 17 with Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench. The three of them – later rechristened with new members as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – ended up as rock and roll legends anyway, selling millions and millions of albums. All it took was a little tinkering, a lot of patience and the ability to take a proverbial punch.
Read More of Nick DeRiso's tribute @ Ultimate Classic Rock: Tom Petty Never Abandoned His Values, Or His Band, Over a Remarkable Career
