{"name":"Tom Petty","title":"Tom Petty","id":2161,"slug":"tom-petty","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/2161/?format=json","bio_short":"Thomas Earl Petty (born 20 October 1950 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American musician, singer, composer and songwriter. \n After working with his early bands <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Sundowners\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">The Sundowners</a>, <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Epics\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">The Epics</a>, and <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Mudcrutch\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Mudcrutch</a> (which also included future Heartbreakers members <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Campbell\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Mike Campbell</a> and <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Benmont+Tench\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Benmont Tench</a>) he began his recording career with <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Tom+Petty+and+the+Heartbreakers\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers</a> when the band broke onto the national music scene with their 1976 self-titled debut album.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/TomPettyTP.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":23047,"title":"A Face In The Crowd","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/a-face-in-the-crowd/"},{"id":13092,"title":"A Thing About You","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/a-thing-about-you/"},{"id":24878,"title":"Cheer Down","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/cheer-down/"},{"id":2432,"title":"Free Fallin'","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/free-fallin/"},{"id":24185,"title":"Into The Great Wide Open","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/into-the-great-wide-open/"},{"id":22990,"title":"I Won’t Back Down","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/i-wont-back-down/"},{"id":23053,"title":"Learning To Fly","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/learning-to-fly/"},{"id":24175,"title":"Mary Jane's Last Dance","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/mary-janes-last-dance/"},{"id":22975,"title":"Running Down A Dream","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/running-down-a-dream/"},{"id":12066,"title":"You Got It","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/you-got-it/"}]}