This Old Town

This Old Town

From The Tom Petty Project by Kevin Brown

May 27, 2026 · 24 min · Season 14 · Episode 12

About this episode

The episode discusses the song 'This Old Town' and its potential as an album closer for Tom Petty's work.

We’ve talked a few times this season about the fact that the album wasn’t finished when Tom played the songs for Paul Zollo. In the book, he tells Paul, “I still haven’t figured out where to put it in the sequence. Right now I have it at the end, but I don’t think it’s the perfect ending.” Earlier, he says “That was written in the middle of all the other things” and I wonder if he hadn’t written The Golden Rose at this point, because that’s the obvious album closer. Had he not written that song, I do actually think This Old Town would be a good way to go out. Song : https://youtu.be/psD0J-C11u8 ADDITIONAL LINKS Judge Timbers' tutorial: https://youtu.be/hgWAwudaj-A 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 much fun to research. The Tom Petty Project is not affiliated with the Tom Petty estate in…

People in this episode

Host: Kevin Brown

Topics covered

  • album analysis
  • songwriting
  • music history
  • Tom Petty
  • This Old Town

Keywords

  • This Old Town
  • Tom Petty
  • Paul Zollo
  • album sequence
  • songwriting

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