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    Arroyo Seco Weekend 2017

    Pasadena, CA

    June 24, 2017

     

    Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers kicked off the third leg of their 40th Anniversary tour at the inaugural Arroyo Seco Weekend festival in Pasadena, CA.

     

    In the shadow of the fabled Rose Bowl stadium, Tom and the guys headlined after sets from Alabama Shakes, Dawes, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Meters and many more.

     

    “Into The Great Wide Open” made its tour debut, an apropos choice considering Arroyo Seco was the first Southern California show of the tour.

     

    Before the show, Tom and the band huddled in the dressing room, running through the song with acoustic guitars, an electric piano and drummer Steve Ferrone pounding out the beat on a coffee table. They talked through the arrangements and discussed harmony vocals with the Webb Sisters.

     

    “Let’s run through it,” Mike Campbell said, with that, Tom started singing.

     

    Eddie waited til he finished high school
    He went to Hollywood, got a tattoo
    He met a girl out there with a tattoo too
    The future was wide open

    They moved into a place they both could afford
    He found a night club he could work at the door
    She had a guitar and she taught him some chords
    The sky was the limit

    Into the great wide open
    Under them skies of blue
    Out in the great wide open
    A rebel without a clue

     

    Rockin’ Around With You

    Mary Jane’s Last Dance

    You Don’t Know How It Feels

    Forgotten Man

    You Got Lucky

    I Won’t Back Down

    Free Fallin’

    Into The Great Wide Open

    Don’t Come Around Here No More

    It’s Good To Be King

    Crawling Back to You

    Wildflowers

    Learning to Fly

    Yer So Bad

    I Should Have Known It

    Refugee

    Runnin’ Down A Dream

     

    You Wreck Me

    American Girl

     

     

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