That said, these are all really strong releases that hold up against the deluge of new major releases.

My other writing gig as album reviewer for Little Village Magazine ends up determining what I listen to the most at any given time as I crash-listen to new Iowa-based or related albums and that is reflected again in my list. I was fortunate to be able to see him during his 40th Anniversary tour this summer in Des Moines and it was kind of full-circle as I was there with my dad and my brothers– just about 30 years after the first Tom Petty concert we saw in Chicago.Īs far as new notable albums for 2017, I’m kind of out in left field again. Petty continues to be something I can put on at any time and never tire of listening to. Petty was someone whose career set a benchmark for everyone who made guitar driven rootsy rock and roll. In that regard I look at Tom Petty as being “my Beatles.” The Beatles were a big part of my musical rearing, but they were already broken up by the time I started striking out on my own musical tastes. Although I had heard the big singles on the radio up to that, Southern Accents was released when I was searching for music that spoke to me. I discovered Petty in 1986 with the release of Southern Accents. The biggest of these is the unexpected passing of Tom Petty which for me was as big a loss as Prince was in 2016. But we found a house that we love and it ends up being kind of perfect for being a place our grandson can come hang out and listen to records with Papa.Ģ017 was another year in a troubling pattern of musician deaths. We bought a house after renting for over six years– the house hunt was a crazy one with lots of ups and downs. For me personally 2017 will represent the year that my wife and I made the biggest steps away from 2011 when I was unemployed for eight months following a 13-year run in IT middle management. 2017 to me felt like a transition year in many ways– personally, politically, culturally and certainly musically.

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