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OT - Tom Petty concert

SoCalTim
SoCalTim Posts: 2,158
edited October 2014 in Off Topic
I went to see Tom Petty last night @ The Forum in Los Angeles. As expected it was an awesome show. My seats were side stage, second row. From my vantage point, I was able to see behind the scenes action. It was actually pretty cool.

I had no idea Tom Petty was such a heavy chain smoker. Between each song, he would walk in back of the drummer and a woman (I think it was his wife) would hand him a cigarette, and he'd take a few drags off it.

The band rotates the guitars between songs, a guy would hand them to an older man just to the right of the drummer (behind a partition) and the man would plug each guitar into some kinda of gizmo and he would tune each one. Each tuning would take about 10 seconds. Needless to say he was busy all night.

Even thou these guys are now in their 60's ... they still got a thing for the women in the crowd. I saw Mike Campbell (lead guitarist) looking at a certain large breasted woman who was sitting in the front row. Finally he looked at a roadie, pointed at the woman. The roadie went down and took her backstage. Probably gonna take her out for coffee after the show. I dunno.

Here's a couple pictures during the show and one during set change.


I've slow smoked and eaten so much pork, I'm legally recognized as being part swine - Chatsworth Ca.
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  • SoCalTim
    SoCalTim Posts: 2,158
    Oh, just noticed. If you look at the left hand corner of picture 2, you will see a well endowed woman who's wearing a blue top. She was the woman who was pulled from the audience. Coffee, yeah ... must have been for coffee.
    I've slow smoked and eaten so much pork, I'm legally recognized as being part swine - Chatsworth Ca.
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  • khristyjeff
    khristyjeff Posts: 163
    Glad you enjoyed the concert.  I saw him in Kansas City in the 90's and it was a lot of fun.  I also remember that he asked all of us to support his friends at Green Peace during the intermission and he was booed loudly.  Apparently for that crowd Green Peace and music just didn't mix.

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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,203
    Crackerjack band, the Heartbreakers.  Their last two albums have been released in Bluray Audio, 5.1 Surround Sound, and they're among my favorites.   B-)
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    Love the older Petty music.
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • Mickey
    Mickey Posts: 19,694
    Crap, thought he died. Glad I was wrong.
    Salado TX & 30A  FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). 

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  • Dobie
    Dobie Posts: 3,448
    edited October 2014
    Are you sure those were cigs? :))
    Jacksonville FL
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  • SoCalTim
    SoCalTim Posts: 2,158
    @Dobie. ... On a serious note good question. The arena did have a heavy Pot aroma.
    I've slow smoked and eaten so much pork, I'm legally recognized as being part swine - Chatsworth Ca.
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  • Jeremiah
    Jeremiah Posts: 6,412
    Coffee?? =))

    He's one of my favorites too. Sounds like a lot of fun :-bd
    Slumming it in Aiken, SC. 
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  • texaswig
    texaswig Posts: 2,682
    Tom petty is my all time favorite. And puts on a hell of a show.

    2-XLs ,MM,blackstone,Ooni koda 16,R&V works 8.5 gallon fryer,express smoker and 40" smoking cajun 

    scott 
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 32,522
    edited October 2014
    I bet the coffee was Chock Full O Nuts.
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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  • td66snrf
    td66snrf Posts: 1,838

    So what you're saying is Tom likes to smoke things like we do?

    Tim in SoCal :)

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  • minniemoh
    minniemoh Posts: 2,145
    I've seen Petty twice and both were among my favorite shows of all time. While both were definitely top 5, he would get bumped by John Mellencamp and Hank Williams Jr. Both of those guys were much better than I thought they would be. 

    And yes, in my experience, a contact high comes free with the price of admission at a Petty show.
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    edited October 2014
    I would question whether or not they were cigs as well.  I've seen him before but it's been 15 years.  Puts on a great show....from what little I remember!! 
    I just saw Garth Brooks here in Atlanta and have to say it was one of the 5 best concerts I've ever seen (and I didn't think it was going to be anywhere near that good going in).  Pretty impressive that he could take 18 years off from touring and pack out arena's the way he has.  

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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,258
    GATraveller said:

    I would question whether or not they were cigs as well.  I've seen him before but it's been 15 years.  Puts on a great show....from what little I remember!! 

    I just saw Garth Brooks here in Atlanta and have to say it was one of the 5 best concerts I've ever seen (and I didn't think it was going to be anywhere near that good going in).  Pretty impressive that he could take 18 years off from touring and pack out arena's the way he has.  
    I'm pumped to see Garth Brooks. He's coming to town next month. He's doing 11 shows while here in Minneapolis. Saw George Strait 4 or so months ago.....amazing!

    "The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan

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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    @WeberWho? - George Strait is THE MAN!!! That is real country music - not that garbage they try and pass off on us today. 
    You'll have a blast a Garth.  I've never heard a crowd soooooo loud before and after every song from start to finish.  Played from 11:30pm - 2:20am and everyone would have stayed had he kept playing.  

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
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