Petty’s roots still run deep in the city, and now, thanks to Shawn Murphy, a longtime fan of Petty, fellow fans can trace those roots through the Tom Petty Trail, a digital guide mapping out key ...

Shawn Murphy was only a month into his retirement as a journalism professor when he made his first “Tom Petty pilgrimage” to Gainesville this past January. Not owning a smartphone ...

"It was just surreal," says Murphy, 27, also a musician who plays in local rock acts such as Scantron and The Keefs. When Petty's career-spanning tour lands in Philadelphia for a pair of shows on ...

Luanne and Lucky’s absence would have to be written into the series, because it’s hard to imagine that they would recast both Murphy and Petty. At the same time, their relationship was a huge ...

And how did it get Petty into some hot water with comedy legend Eddie Murphy? Let’s take a look back at this strange but true part of the Tom Petty discography. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ...

In a sad and ironic turn of events, the woman who voiced Petty’s character’s opposite, Luanne Platter, also met a tragically premature death. Brittany Murphy voiced Luanne for the entirety of ...