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Damn the Torpedoes

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on 6 MusicLatest broadcast: on 6 Music

To mark the recent passing of Tom Petty, a chance to hear the Heartbreakers' frontman discuss his breakthrough 1979 release Damn The Torpedoes with Richard Skinner. This was the band's third studio album, and their first to go top 10 in the US, reaching No 2. It included the hits Refugee, Here Comes My Girl and Don't Do Me Like That.

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