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Benmont Tench on life with Tom Petty

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

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The First Time I Heard Frosty the Snowman

The first song he ever remember hearing was Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red Nose reindeer. As soon as the Beatles hit, I was in Panama. Tom Petty and Mudcrutch stood out even from Randall Marsh on the drums and Tom Ledin on rhythm guitar or on actually second lead guitar. There was always something warm but intimidating about Petty.

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