Tom Petty & Gainesville

In an interview with NPR, Tom Petty discussed growing up in Gainesville.

“I was in the redneck, hillbilly part. I wasn’t part of the academic circle, but it’s an interesting place because you can meet almost any kind of person from many walks of life because of the university. But it’s really surrounded by this kind of very rural kind of people that are — you know, they’re farmers or tractor drivers or just all kinds of — game wardens, you name it. So it’s an interesting blend.”

Gainesville, Florida. March 2018.