We chose to purchase a late 1960s orange Volkswagen bus – a hard top – and drive across the country for a month. We were no better than any of the party goers, but we thought there was something better out there for us. Certainly we could join our compadres on the sand, not remember much amidst alcohol-induced hazes, and dodge police that would be all over us at age 18. Originally, I was set to join them, but God had different plans for me.Ī few months prior to the end of the spring semester, my best friend and I decided we would do something special, something different, and something memorable.
Most of my friends were set for a trip to the coast and Senior Beach Week in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. I was a senior in high school, graduating in May of that year, and as many of us do, I was planning that final pre-college summer. Tom Petty, though I was a fan long before this point, takes me to memories of 1997 specifically, and the best experience of my life. But, as someone that covers pop culture as part of my living, it’s impossible not to comment on Tom Petty’s influence and what he will always mean to me. Again, as I said about Bobby Heenan, I’m not someone that will lay out Petty’s iconic four decade career in the same way someone like Steven Hyden would, so I urge you to read his piece over at UPROXX.
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