"Soundstage" Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Part 1 (2003)

Director:

Joe Thomas

TV Series:

"Soundstage" (2003)

Original Air Date:

June 2003 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Performance | Rock 'n' Roll | Ampersand In Title | Punctuation In Title | Artist

Cast

Ron Blair	...	Himself
Mike Campbell	...	Himself
Steve Ferrone	...	Himself
Tom Petty	...	Himself
Benmont Tench	...	Himself
Scott Thurston	...	Himself

Directed by
Joe Thomas

Produced by
Christine Davies	....	associate producer
Nicolette Ferri	....	line producer
Randy King	....	executive producer
Candace Komendera	....	assistant producer
Joe Thomas	....	producer

Film Editing by
Skip Masters

Art Direction by
Michael Glascott

Makeup Department
Cindy Surman	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Ron Yergovich	....	production manager

Sound Department
Jim Mancini	....	audio recording engineer
Frank Pappalardo	....	audio recording engineer

Camera and Electrical Department
Roy Alan	....	camera operator
Michael Dalton	....	lighting director
Jim Gedwellas	....	lighting director
Ken Heinemann	....	camera operator
Robert B. Henning	....	jib operator
Al Hilliard	....	camera operator
Ray Moffat	....	camera operator
Mike Prendergast	....	camera operator
Tom Siegel	....	camera operator
Mark Sofil	....	camera operator
Carlos Tronshaw	....	camera operator
Emmett E. Wilson	....	camera operator
Mark Zurawiec	....	camera operator

Other crew
Don DeMartini	....	technical director
Susan Nadler	....	talent coordinator
Sam Patterson	....	talent wrangler
Marvin J. Pienta	....	floor director
Evelyn Shriver	....	talent coordinator

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Good Mix & Musicians Make It An Entertaining Show

This concert looks just beautiful in HD, which is how it's being shown now. It also sounds pretty darn good, too, thanks to the terrific musicians in Tom Petty's band. Mike Campbell on lead guitar and Benmont Tench on keyboards were particularly good, I thought. Petty has never had that good a voice but yet he's interesting to hear and he comes across as a real likable guy. All of the group's members, which also include bassist Ron Blair and guitar-harmonic-harmony vocals Scott Thurston and drummer Steve Ferrone all look like they're having a good time. I suspect they usually do when they're playing.

Everybody has their favorites songs of each artist and group and, at least in this concert, mine was "Melinda," which featured fantastic piano by Tench and an interesting guitar sound from Campbell. You can't go wrong either with rock "oldies" like "Baby, Please Don't Go" and "Born In Chicago," "Red Rooster" and "I Got A Woman." There is a good mix of fast and slow, rock and blues and ballads.....all adding up to an entertaining show.