The Last DJ

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Cut from the Original Analog Tapes by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Studios

The Last DJserved asTom Petty and the Heartbreakers’first album in more than three years and followed their 2002 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The album was co-produced withGeorge Drakouliasand finds mainstaysTom Petty(guitars, bass, piano, ukulele, vocals),Mike Campbell(guitars, bass) andBenmont Tench(keyboards) flanked by longtime associatesScott Thurston(guitar, lap steel guitar, ukulele) andSteve Ferrone(drums).

Playing bass on two tracks isRon Blair, the Heartbreakers’ original bass player who left the band after theHard Promisesalbum.The Last DJalso features special guestsLindsey Buckingham, who lends background vocals on “The Man Who Loves Women,” andJon Brion, who conducts the orchestra as well as arranges orchestrations with Petty on “Money Becomes King,” “Dreamville” and “Like A Diamond.”

The Last DJfinds Petty at odds with the music business and modern pop culture in general – doing what he does best, leaning on his hard earned integrity and fighting for what he believes in. “I saw it as a little audio movie,” Petty told theLos Angeles Times. “There are a few characters and, I guess, a loose concept. But I didn’t want it to be too defined, too nailed down to where it’s all a narrative. I wrote a love song or two. I felt that these people had to have some hope in their lives. By the end of the thing it’s an optimistic view.”

1. The Last DJ
2. Money Becomes King
3. Dreamville
4. Joe
5. When A Kid Goes Bad
6. Like A Diamond
7. Lost Children
8. Blue Sunday
9. You and Me
10. The Man Who Loves Women
11. Have Love Will Travel
12. Can’t Stop The Sun