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THE INDUCTION OF TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS AND THE TALKING HEADS IN THE RRHOF

 

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MARCH 18, 2020… EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS WERE INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. THE CLASS OF 2002 ALSO INCLUDED THE TALKING HEADS.

THE PERFORMANCE FROM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS MARKED THE LAST TIME BASSIST HOWIE EPSTEIN WOULD PUBLICLY PLAY WITH THE BAND. HE WAS IN HORRIBLE SHAPE DUE TO A HEROIN ADDICTION AND WOULD DIE A YEAR LATER. IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST AND LAST TIME STAN LYNCH PLAYED WITH THE BAND SINCE HE LEFT THE GROUP IN 1994. 

THE TALKING HEADS WERE INDUCTED AND DAVID BYRNE ACTUALLY LIFTED HIS PERSONAL EMBARGO ON A TALKING HEADS REUNION. HE HAD TURNED DOWN MEGA MILLION DOLLAR OFFERS IN THE PAST TO GET BACK TOGETHER WITH THE GROUP, BUT MADE THIS ONE EXCEPTION FOR THE INDUCTION CEREMONY, AND THE GROUP KILLED IT.

PETTY ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

PETTY TAKING THE STAGE TO PERFORM

TALKING HEADS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

THE TALKING HEADS PERFORMING 

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