but here, I think it actually *works*

Before he comes on, that rendition was moving on a sleepy time schedule, with Petty practically reading "Goodnight, Moon" to the audience.

And I generally like Petty well enough...

But P just sort of sees that vulnerability in the moment - the sort of weakness of the performance - and explodes it. He *totally* cheezes it up, physically and musically, and virtually every lick he runs in there is from his standard repertoire...

but it *totally* works. particularly that run of deep muddled distortion about halfway through his solo...

my only complaint: he didn't one or two refrains sooner. He got weak in the last one esp.

I never saw Petty as salty here, though - he looks like overall he's enjoying it...

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~