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Day Seventy One (Year Eight)

Today was a rough day.  Today we lost a legend, both as a musician and a songwriter.  Tom Petty is gone, at age 66.

This one hurts.  For the last 40 years, Tom and his band, The Heartbreakers, have been at the forefront of American rock and roll.  Both his voice and their sound were uniquely "them."

He's a writer that has stood brilliantly, both on his own and with others, he's a writer whose work has continually inspired me and brought me great joy, and the fact that his voice has been cut short fills me with sadness.

Needless to say, there will be an awful lot of Heartbreakers (and solo) music cranked up in my house for the foreseeable future.

"You belong among the wildflowers, you belong in a boat out at sea.  Sail away, kill off the hours.  You belong somewhere you feel free."
                                                                               - Tom Petty, "Wildflowers"

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