Tom Petty’s birthday is coming up this Sunday, but let’s get a head start by celebrating today. If you dig into the Journalism section you’ll find Rolling Stone stories from from April, 1978 and October, 1978 . Also, don’t forget about Cameron’s liner notes for Tom’s 2000 greatest hits collection, Anthology. One last thing, Cameron’s first directorial job was Heartbreaker’s Beach Party for MTV and you can view a snippet below of Cameron over at Tom’s house.
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Some of you may not know that Cameron’s first directing gig was for a 1982 1983 MTV special about Tom Petty and the Hearbreakers. As Cameron recently tweeted, this was only aired a few times and MTV pulled it because of all the bootleg footage that was featured in the show. The program’s reputation has grown throughout the years, and it’s something that has been passed around by Petty fans via VHS and DVD conversions. Hopefully someday it will officially see the light of the day.
Above is a short clip I found on YouTube where Cameron and Tom are shooting a dart gun, looking through Tom’s box of archives and just hanging out. This footage was filmed at Tom’s house.
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