Hey, folks, it's Joe. Like many of you, I suspect, I'm pretty devastated by the loss of Tom Petty.

So as a tribute to Tom, we're going to replay our episode with Steve Ferroni, the drummer for the

Heartbreakers. But first, I wanted to share some stories about how Tom and the band have influenced

my life. I was born in 1980 1980 and as a result, I can't

remember a time when I wasn't aware of the music of Tom Petty. When Full Moon Fever came out,

I remember seeing it on CD format at my friend Dan's house. His father had recently purchased it and was still in the long

CD box that they used to have so that the CDs would fit into record bins. One of my early

cassette single purchases was into the Great Wide Open and of course I still remember every frame of the video which starred

Johnny Depp. When I was 14, I was fully immersed in punk rock and had little but disdain for

any sort of mainstream music or anything on a major label for that matter. But I had to make an

exception for wildflowers, which is a perfect record.

And the first collaboration between our guest today, Steve Ferroni, and Tom Petty.

One of the greatest concerts I've ever seen happened in 2010, shortly after my dad got sick.

I was in a terrible place in my life.

I was under a lot of stress, and almost on a whim, I splurged and bought really great tickets

to go see Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers play at Marcus Amphitheater in Milwaukee.

I was blown away at the incredible tightness of the band and how they achieved the perfect balance between polished professionalism and sloppy rock and roll.

The most striking thing to me was the fact that their set comprised over two hours of nothing but hits. It was astounding.

So when I had a chance to interview Steve Ferroni for this show, I was ecstatic. Lots of people

live by the philosophy that you should never meet your heroes because it will always let you down.

But when I met Steve, he couldn't have been cooler, or more generous, or more gracious.

He and I both smoked Cuban cigars throughout the interview, and afterwards he was nice enough to mail me a book that meant a lot to him.

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