Monday, June 28, 1999- The Michigan Daily - 1
.Petty deli~vers the goods at 'Knob'.
By Emily Achenbaum
Dily Arts Witer
The anonymous and the dangerous
Thce stagc swts set for Tomt Petty and
the Hleatbreaikers, who pct'oiiocd at
Pice kicoh in Junte 18, tic diottcli
a little difIferct , i iiad alittlc T ta. t
lietty,'s st daaV 1 I's
"Stor i, nlr ccis Picr T hugr i
*ctrantkcc r toik
lies t db'ic ic ltike iispi
iceorinate i glb s,
andC iti i t and blue i s csthey
Hesar treaker I slowid burnd
as sPin no inchose, cit uing
Julie k8 199 kiol te st ticec
TerPtt g cesilig ovtier
a he th ud lienisces
Heartbeakers Sure li it tesd
little tews-age.
But this is Totim
" Petty. Atnd lie
~tr~shss. was going into
dlvrarock
vitntage black overcoat, took the
stage lie mcodestly opetned with say-
tag, "In case yoc, arrised late, we're
Tomt Petty atid the Heartbreakers,
andc swe'll be yocur designcatecd tmucsicat
enttertaicmcent for the rest of the
es etictg."
lie thcenc pirformiecd "Dcoiii Do Me
Like Thati," a scong that, like Petty citd
h andi. teeds o Intraodccioun cci
Withl licts set cdesignt andc ccol-ais-
a-cuncume deme cciianocr, the cectire
shtowt elt lke lie isas just licacgitng out
acd jamincci g f i is laciiies (ini ti'e
iscitigi t: " i'ts ia ciried andc ithe a cli-
We, especially those siccting Ott the
lassic utider a clioud cif st-poke, cowled
in cigreemcent. Petty tihet ipp ed ititou
"Last Dancce it Miisarv tlane," hisi
presiotis eictccecc coifitoting scispi-
Nothing petty about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' show at Pine Knob.
cncitisilac "Macv Jane" is ccoi actual-
ly about a loug-legged Midiwesternt
gi rl.
Petty follossed wit a sleepy,
secductisve. drassn-ocut version of "1
Wot't Back Dossn.' anid delisered
effortless sersions if favsorites like
"Breakdlossn," "Refugee," ice classic
"'Amtericant (Girl,"'recenti lii 'It's
fioodc to be Kitig" ftrscothle
"Widiclioss " albuti, andci"Learnintg
to Fls."
ITle reniditiontiof'"Lcaritnctetoliv"
ivs a aperfeci cxamtple cii silt tmackes
lItse slccas itiltittprt e tiitc' st
acts like' Pcttv sulch tic.it.'Not ocnis
si lt he tc _l t t cit!, ci cc
Pecso laccs I u clv
andc "Amierican iiiic 1 fetaIturedc
lety,cls playivlis c I igcuiccariis.
I leatareaker Mikc Ca,tibc thetc
ci', ikCentlrsiage ssith twos iisolocs.
itiiltg itlong iistrumtenttai picce
siccicPetty cccomipaiecd ssih an
elecrifsyiharmionitca iac k-up.
But lie Iighlighit of the esvettitig
set to comce. The lights suddenly
wenii down itatidcute of the carted
ssooden chests ontacge wvas illcumsi-
tntted like a mysticcl jack-o-latntern.
Petty opened it, pithed out otte of his
signtture tiphatis, atnd sloswly placed
it ottliis head. TIhle stage seas itnstanct-
ly re-lit its Petty poured himtself itnto
"Dotit C.omie AroutndiIere Nit
MVore",'cicdiing a spuntky guitr bit at
te cnd.'lie scong ended itica
crescendo acid Petty removisedc his tat.
T he lipits isect outonciy to rise
eltest 1, treascicic iccti I on tc
hul ccl 5 ec-tae toccI
a _cc 1 Af t ato g cci !t
- t' c wait ci cit licoce
citric(a isct"Faeecal ili'caepcock
extra tenciiuites.
ali ct h C cci, il t~Citlt
Si ktit.I 'i cclitr 'aticic c cci-
h?_i thecliikaclle i iri c
lidcciitter a l o dsuriugtak
anad don't cii cinythitng in public sitih-
out tcciiiott, thenitchere's the hiand's
cathtartic msicsc that scents to disturb
as muich as te tasks atnd finctily,
theet's thte fact that they hail froti Des
Moties,Iossa.
Des Minies, Iowa? C'ertaiuly
sometiitg like Slipkoot would hate
come ouitiof Los Angeles or New York
or sonte oilier crazy city like that.
The band cotnsists, of two guitar
players, a bassist, a singer, a drcumnner,
twto percssionists, a sattple mcaveti
atnd a D.i. all prefer to go by nuttber
cssignmcets rather than their real
niamtes.
NcumcerTwso, aka Paul Graty, spoke
icc"f'le Michtigcin Daily about his
biand's ratlier untique situtation. "Des
Mointes cs a tcicsshcre hisswn. Nobiocy
tired for cit or vicat sedid tandi ce
saicdc. c, uddcddt
iicopscntuscually large cot-
lecctive o1' tiacetbrs is somaetlhing
tliiitfGraty ficcdsniore of an adsvati-
tage thani a nuisattce. "I tate it
i ceit a bcand sicunds one way ott
their albumttiatid sound comapletely
diff'erent swhen they play live. With
all nitie of us together, we tever
face that problem as we can recre-
ate every little tiny nuatnce we
tmade ott our album," Gray
explained.
With all the different memubers attd
all the differetnt sounds the group is
capable of producing it seemns sonic-
thinug short of a miracle that the group's
tmtusic does tnt conte out a cluttcring
mtess.
Gcray cotmtmeted on this sayitng,
"ste're real good at kttowittg when to
hold backc and wvhett to just let a couple
of us do the work. No otie really has att
ego about it, we just twat to niake thc
best mucsicste eatt."
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