Night Driver

Night Driver

From The Tom Petty Project by Kevin Brown

May 6, 2026 · 24 min · Season 14 · Episode 9

About this episode

This episode discusses the song 'Night Driver' from Tom Petty's album 'Highway Companion' and its thematic significance.

Night Driver is one of those perfect album tracks that you always want to hear on great records. There’s something to be said for albums where any song could basically be a single, but I tend to gravitate more towards albums that are very carefully curated around a central idea and Highway Companion is definitely one of those. This track sits on the second half of the record, coming after the euphoric Big Weekend, as a mood piece and a moment in time for the central character on the album. It’s a wonderfully restrained and melodically comfortable song! Song : https://youtu.be/7Fni5y-8wqo    REFERENCED IN THE EPISODE Judge Timbers' tutorial: https://youtu.be/y-dKJ8bIUGY Jake Thistle Fans Forever : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1DQkHfK9mz/ Don't forget to follow me on social media, like, subscribe, and please, leave a rating if you like the show. Follow: https://linktr.ee/tompettyproject Listen: https://pod.link/1580769475 All music, including the theme song, provided by my very best friend Randy Woods. Check him out at https://www.randywoodsband.com A special thanks to Paul Zollo. Without his book, "Conversations with Tom Petty", this podcast wouldn't be nearly as…

People in this episode

Host: Kevin Brown

Topics covered

  • album tracks
  • music commentary
  • Tom Petty
  • song analysis
  • music history

Keywords

  • Night Driver
  • Highway Companion
  • Tom Petty
  • album tracks
  • music analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Boneless Podcasting Network

Books & works: Highway Companion, Night Driver, Big Weekend

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