Warren Zanes is the author of Petty: The Biography. He reflects on the one-year anniversary of Tom Petty's passing with Drew Khan and Sarah Burke on Episode #23 of Bands ‘N Buds. Zanes is also: a Ph.D and professor at several American universities, a Vice President at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, a writer whose subjects range from Jimmy Rodgers to Dusty Springfield to the Wilburn Brothers to the history of Warner Bros. Records, a musician who made three records with 1980s rock and roll band the Del Fuegos and three as a solo artist, a thinker-for-hire who has worked on several high-profile music projects, including, the George Harrison documentary directed by Martin Scorsese, and the Executive Director of Little Steven Van Zandt's Rock and Roll Forever Foundation.

Read his latest Rolling Stone article on Tom Petty: http://bit.ly/2yhUvVv

www.Twitter.com/WarrenZanes

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Music Heard In Episode:

The Passion HiFi - Untouchable - Rap Beat / Instrumental

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