This taste of loneliness is clearest in the album’s master-piece. Statement from the band: Due to the continuing need for social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic, The Hard Promises – A Tom Petty Tribute originally scheduled at The Pageant on Saturday 6/13 is officially cancelled. The Heartbreakers also recorded the hit "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" for Nicks' album Bella Donna around the time Hard Promises was recorded. Hard Promises Band - "Long Time" at The Gig - Duration: 8:54. Its original working title was Benmont's Revenge, referring to the band's keyboard player, Benmont Tench. Artist's Bio The Hard Promises are: Jimmy Griffin / guitar & vocals Michael Eisenbeis / guitar Kevin Gagnepain / bass John Gore / keyboards John Pessoni / drums. Now Thad Cockrell’s Playing ‘The Tonight Show’, Inside ‘The Show,’ Blackpink’s First-Ever Livestream Concert, Read These ‘Bridgerton’ Books While Waiting for Season 2 to Stream on Netflix. 5 5. Editors’ Notes With his commercial prospects bright after the success of Damn the Torpedoes, Tom Petty battled his record company over their practice of using new albums from major artists to hike retail prices on consumers.He held the line, and Hard Promises was released at the standard rate; Petty earned press accolades before the album hit shelves. 10 tracks (39:37). But, like much of Hard Promises, “Insider” is rescued and transfigured by Petty’s newly soulful singing. Petty was looking forward to meeting him when he came in. In the last verse, Tom Petty screws his voice into anguished knots as he confronts the toughest possible truth: that all his charms and qualities won’t add up to the person the woman wants, that he’ll always be almost, but not quite, loved. Tom Petty’s just old enough and successful enough to have to start grappling with rock & roll adulthood. Blair went on to play with the band through its first four albums, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, You're Gonna Get It!, Damn the Torpedoes and Hard Promises. The Who has been older than their audiences for so long that Pete Townshend’s sardonic reminders have become a ritualized ingredient of the celebration — and the band still plays “My Generation.”. And if, objectively, his whispery croon (at first apparently intended as a scratch vocal) supports Nicks’ intermittent gasp like a friendly shoulder — well, that says a lot about the kind of vulnerability and interdependence that “Insider” is, after all, concerned with. ... Buy The Hard Promises tickets from the official Ticketmaster.com site. Its original working title was Benmont's Revenge, referring to the band's keyboard player, Benmont Tench. Hard Promises is comprised of five veteran Central New York musicians featuring current and former members of Kane, Benny Mardones’ Hurricanes, The Shop, Zoid, Joe Bonamassa Band, Tickets, Custom Taylor, and Jake Fake and the Liars. Label: Backstreet Records - 5160-1,MCA Records - 5160-1 • Format: Vinyl LP, Album • Country: Australia • Genre: Rock • Style: Rock & Roll And it’s not an easy thing to do. Tom Petty's love affair with the more pop-oriented output of the Byrds and Dylan at their mid-'60s prime continued to find an increasingly wide audience in the '80s--and damned if some people didn't persist in calling it "new wave." Listen free to Tom Petty – Hard Promises. Bruce Springsteen may have made the transition into adult wisdom on The River, yet his stage persona is straight from Born to Run, and so are the tunes the crowd cheers most. Go figure. It stars Sissy Spacek and William Petersen. Refunds will be given at the point of purchase. 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