More Than A Petty Face

Tom Petty may look like a thin lipped Appalachian but he can sure rock some mean tunes. It's hard to find a Tom Petty song that you don't know all the lyrics too. Tom Petty wasn't always with the heart breakers. His first band was The Epics, followed by Mudcrutch (possibly the best band name ever). Mudcrutch eventually ended and Tom Petty joined up with The Drunks - After that they where Tom Petty and NIGHTRO, then Tom Petty and The King Bees, followed by Tom Petty and Heart Breakers. Thankfully they stopped there.

"American Girl" was one of the Tom Petty songs I covered in college and it was always a crowd favorite. I think everyone liked it so much because it offered something to each listener. The girls had a relatable character and the brief fantasy of being the American girl in the song. The boys had that same character to remind them about the girl next door to accompany a different fantasy of theirs. And the inbreed Appalachians had the sweet eye candy that is the mildly androgynous Tom Petty.