14. Doc Crotzer Discusses Tom Petty, Wildflowers

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Doc Crotzer joins me as my guest for this episode of You, Me and An Album to discuss Tom Petty’s second solo album, Wildflowers. Doc is a director, producer and editor who has worked on movies and on numerous TV series, including Glee, Sons of Anarchy and Good Behavior. In addition to discussing Tom Petty, we talked about Doc’s latest movie project, his role in writing and performing a theme song for a fantasy baseball podcast and his “appearance” in Rookie of the Year.

A couple of corrections: My apologies to Steve Ferrone for mispronouncing his name. Also, I made a comparison between Only a Broken Heart and R.E.M.’s Diminished, but the song I meant to compare it to was actually Parakeet, also from R.E.M.’s Up album.

Thanks to Doc for digging up these Tom Petty clips that were referenced on the show!

Tom Petty on SNL (featuring Dave Grohl): https://www.facebook.com/nashvilleguitarstore/videos/throwback-to-1994-snl-tom-petty-featuring-dave-grohl-on-drums-you-dont-know-how-/10155876812454382/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYhYOdsqK5Y&feature=youtu.be

Foo Fighters’ version of Honey Bee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hixoRjxKIQs

Social Distance Sessions (Good Vibrations): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWCkCSO8h9I

0:59 Doc joins the show

1:19 Doc’s connection to Rookie of the Year

3:13 The movie that Doc is working on now

4:40 Why Doc wrote a theme song for a fantasy baseball podcast

7:26 Which three underrated albums does Doc recommend?

9:41 Why did Doc choose Wildflowers for this episode?

11:01 Al had issues with Tom Petty’s music when Wildflowers came out

16:39 Are Tom Petty solo albums really all that different from his albums with the Heartbreakers?

18:42 Wildflowers is a whole different album when the title track doesn’t come first

Track by track breakdown (not in order)

19:45 Wildflowers

22:11 You Don’t Know How It Feels

26:38 Find a Friend

29:10 House In The Woods/Cabin Down Below

31:30 Honey Bee

37:00 Time to Move On

39:27 You Wreck Me

42:09 It’s Good to Be King

47:19 Only a Broken Heart

51:07 Don’t Fade on Me

52:06 Hard on Me

53:08 A Higher Place

54:21 Crawling Back to You

56:56 Wake Up Time

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