LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APR 24, 2020…ON THIS DATE 31 YEARS AGO, TOM PETTY RELEASED HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM (AWAY FROM THE HEARTBREAKERS). THE ALBUM WAS ‘FULL MOON FEVER’ AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS BILLED AS A SOLO PROJECT, IT FEATURED MEMBERS OF THE HEARTBREAKERS, PLUS ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE TRAVELING WILBURYS ! THE ALBUM WAS HUGE FOR PETTY IN TERMS OF SALES, TO DATE IT HAS SOLD OVER 6 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE. IT ALSO PRODUCED 4 HIT SINGLES ‘RUNNIN’ DOWN A DREAM’ ‘YER SO BAD’ ‘I WON’T BACK DOWN’ AND ‘FREE FALLIN’ HERE’S A TREAT. PETTY PERFORMING ‘FREE FALLIN’ AT THE SHORELINE AMPHITHEATER CIRCA 1994