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The Penguin Discography: On The Street




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On The Street
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Ben(mont) (M.) Tench(, III)

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Running Time 2:10
Performers Tom Petty (Lead Vocal), Tom Petty (Bass Guitar), Mike/Michael Campbell (Lead Guitar), Ben(mont) (M.) Tench(, III) (Piano), Ben(mont) (M.) Tench(, III) (Background Vocal), Danny Roberts (Lead Guitar), Danny Roberts (Background Vocal), Randall Marsh (Drums), Mudcrutch (Produced By), Tom Petty (Produced By), Mike/Michael Campbell (Produced By), Ben(mont) (M.) Tench(, III) (Produced By), Danny Roberts (Produced By), Randall Marsh (Produced By), Rick Reed (Engineered By)
Commentsby Mudcrutch. Recorded live to 2-track in Benmont's parent's living room - Gainesville, FL. This is from the Mudcrutch demo tape carried by Tom to Los Angeles, where it won them a record deal. "Benmont wrote that and it was played live into a two-track tape deck in his parent's living room," Tom says. "His parents are wonderful people. That tape had about six or seven other songs on it and that was our demo that we took to California. That was kinda what got us the deal. That's all live, there's no overdubs or anything. We were really good, really tight, and super-rehearsed." "You couldn't mess with that recording if you tried," Ben laughs. "My parents let us leave the drums set up in the living room and everything. We could play in there up to a certain hour, like six or something. They were great. Somebody found Rick Reed who I think may have run an electronics or stereo shop. He had a van and a 2-track machine and knew how to make tapes. "I haven't heard 'On the Street' in years. I remember I wrote this very pretty melody. It sounded like a mid-tempo Todd Rundgren ballad off of Runt. I was very into Todd. Tom went, 'That's cool, let's do that' and then proceeded to play it twice as fast."
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Playback (1995)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

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2008-08-18