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Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes

16/11/2010

Damn the Torpedoes

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Tom Petty discusses his 1979 release Damn the Torpedoes with Richard Skinner.

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. 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 1.

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