{"product_id":"9781250105196","title":"Petty: The Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e's 10 Best Music Books of 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Petty and Zanes have decided to tell the unvarnished truth, and the result is not only the definitive account of Petty's life, but one of the best rock biographies in recent memory.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e— \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exhilarating and intimate account of the life of music legend Tom  Petty, by an accomplished writer and musician who toured with Petty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo one other than Warren Zanes, rocker and writer and friend, could  author a book about Tom Petty that is as honest and evocative of Petty's  music and the remarkable rock and roll history he and his band helped  to write.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Gainesville, Florida, with more than a little  hillbilly in his blood, Tom Petty was a Southern shit kicker, a kid  without a whole lot of promise. Rock and roll made it otherwise. From  meeting Elvis, to seeing the Beatles on Ed Sullivan, to producing Del  Shannon, backing Bob Dylan, putting together a band with George  Harrison, Dylan, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne, making records with Johnny  Cash, and sending well more than a dozen of his own celebrated  recordings high onto the charts, Tom Petty's story has all the drama of a  rock and roll epic. In his last years, Petty, known for his reclusive style, shared with  Warren Zanes his insights and arguments, his regrets and lasting  ambitions, and the details of his life on and off the stage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis  is a book for those who know and love the songs, from \"American Girl\"  and \"Refugee\" to \"Free Fallin'\" and \"Mary Jane's Last Dance,\" and for  those who want to see the classic rock and roll era embodied in one  man's remarkable story. Dark and mysterious, Petty managed to come back,  again and again, showing us what the music can do and where it can take  us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holt, Henry \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42370386165821,"sku":"9781250105196","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781250105196_p0.jpg?v=1771588452","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.mom\/products\/9781250105196","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}