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 Tom has done it again June 18, 2008
Michael Mccormick (GA)
A real good CD.If you like Tom's music im sure you will like this one.
 petty July 9, 2008
M. suzie mahoney (pittsburgh, pa usa)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is Tom Petty in his groove. It's very easy listening, very good road-trip music. I liked Highway Companion, this reminds me of it. I'm not sure where the name Mudcrutch came from, or why he didn't publish under his own name, but Tom's fingerprints are all over this CD. It's a great buy.
They Get That Grateful Dead Vibe Going...On Some of the Record July 16, 2008
wm (...onward....thru the fog!)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've always liked Tom Petty, although at times, he tends to be content to flow in the mainstream. Looking at a recent setlist from his current tour, it consists mostly of his big hits. Nothing wrong with big hits, but for me, Petty shines best when he veers off the beaten path a little and does things like The Traveling Wilburys, or jams with Dylan, etc.
I'll confess right now that I haven't purchased every single Tom Petty record because several are kind of mainstream and at times, less than consistent. That said, I do own a handful of his albums that have held up nicely over time.
When this "side project" (it really isn't, in that the lineup is 90% Heartbreakers, but I digress) record came out, some reviewers commented that it evokes an early Grateful Dead vibe, and I read several comparisons to "American Beauty". That being an all time classic record, I decided to buy Mudcrutch.
Jerry Garcia always enjoyed playing the old bluegrass standard "Shady Grove", and recorded it on several albums with his bluegrass buddy David "Dawg" Grisman.
Mudcrutch begins, appropriately, with a good interpretation of "Shady Grove". Then, there's a couple of so-so songs, but the Grateful Dead vibe really kicks in full throttle with "Crystal River". That song, along with at least 3 or 4 more, retains the Grateful Dead spirit, even extending the jams to nearly 10 minutes.
Out of 14 songs on the record, there are 2 or 3 throwaways, but overall, Mudcrutch is Petty and his buddies at their best.
Worth The Wait July 16, 2008
Vinny
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Any true Tom Petty fan will absolutely love what they hear on this recording. Everything I could ask and more. Tom and his buddies of Mudcrutch prove that the "Powers That Be" did'nt know any more back then, about what a great album should sound like than they do now.
 uggg... August 12, 2008
T. JORDAN (Imperial, MO)
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
They should have made this a "Tom Petty" cd to begin with. I was not real impressed. Kind of dissappointed that so many of the songs sounded just like previous Tom Petty songs.
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