Tom
Petty (vocals, guitar); Mike Campbell (guitar);
Benmont Tench (keyboards);
Howie Epstein (bass); Stan Lynch (drums, background
vocals).
Additional personnel includes:
Lenny Kravitz (vocals, bass, drums); Stevie Nicks (vocals);
Jimmy Iovine (spoken vocals); George Harrison (acoustic
guitar,
Jeff Lynne (guitar, synthesizer, bass);
Tom Leadon, David A. Stewart (guitar); Scott Thurston
(slide guitar);
Charlie Sousa (bass), Marty Jourard (saxophone);
Lee Thornburg (trumpet); Al Kooper (piano);
Ron Blair, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Emory Gordy
(bass);
Randall Marsh, Jim Gordon (drums); Phil Jones, Chris
Trujillo, George Drakoulias (percussion); Bangles, Marilyn
Martin [background vocals
In
Conversations With Tom Petty...
Petty discusses the last days of Mudcrutch when
they recorded at Leon Russell's house when the
band recorded "Hometown Blues":
"Yeah, that
was the dying days of Mudcrutch. Mudcrutch's last
hurrah. And that's why there's a couple of them
on the record. And the record didn't really take
shape until Duck Dunn played his bass line. That
was the last throws of me being a solo artist,
was how that track started. "I
did bring The Heartbreakers in, and they overdubbed
to the track. But the basic track was Randall
Marsh, Mudcrutch's drummer, and Duck Dunn playing
the bass and Charlie Sousa, in the last few minutes
of Mudcrutch, we brought him in to be the bass
player, and he really didn't know how to play
the sax, but he was playing it. and it got this
really kind of STAX
sound. "It was on a tape at Leon's house
that someone already used. And I actually engineered
the basic track. Because there was nobody around..."
http://swampland.com/posts/view/title:mudcrutch_tom_pettys_florida_roots
Shelter
Records 5112 Sunset Blvd. Hollywood, CA. Danny,
Denny, Tom, Benmont, Randall, Mike Charlie
Don't
do me Like That - Mudcrutch Version
Recorded at Leon Russell's Home Studio Tulsa,
Oklahoma -
Bass - C. Sousa :)
In
1974, the members of Mudcrutch decided to relocate
to Los Angeles to try to sign with a major record
label. After several rejections, they signed with
Leon Russell's independent Shelter Records. The
band released one single, "Depot Street"
in 1975, which failed to chart. After Danny Roberts
left the group, Petty invited Charlie Souza to take
over on bass guitar and the band continued recording
in Leon Russell's Tulsa studio, and later at his
Encino, California home. Discouraged by the group's
lack of success, the record company broke up Mudcrutch
in late 1975, keeping only Petty under contract.
Several months later, Petty regrouped with former
Mudcrutch members Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench
to form The Heartbreakers along with fellow Gainesville
natives Stan Lynch (drums) and Ron Blair (bass).Read
the story @ LiveYourDreamBook.com
It
was an honor to have worked with Tom.
His music will live forever!
#RockinPeaceTomPetty
History
1970–1975
Mudcrutch was formed in 1970 by teenage Gainesville, Florida
residents Tom Petty and Tom Leadon, who had been playing
together in a band called the Epics. Mudcrutch's lineup
consisted of Petty (bass and vocals), Leadon (guitar and
vocals), Jim Lenehan (vocals), Randall Marsh (drums) and
Mike Campbell (guitar). This incarnation of the band issued
a locally-distributed single ("Up In Mississippi"/"Cause
Is Understood") in 1971, with Petty writing and singing
both songs. Leadon and Lenehan left the band in 1972 and
were replaced by bassist/guitarist/vocalist Danny Roberts
and keyboardist Benmont Tench. Ricky Rucker was a part
of the band for a short time. Mudcrutch became locally
popular and regularly played gigs from central Florida
to southern Georgia. In Gainesville, they had a long stint
as the house band at Dub's Lounge and organized several
well-attended music festivals at "Mudcrutch Farm",
a run-down house on a large lot where several band members
lived.
