Highway Companion

I picked up Last DJ.

I picked up Highway Companion.

I picked up Mojo.

I picked up Hypnotic Eye.

the playing the musicianship between everybody on this song is great and man like i said the energy is through the roof i think this song really is a great kickoff for the album because it's really showcasing everyone's ability not only in songwriting singing musicianship yeah it's stellar man i love the way this record kicks off

all right brian

Yeah, so first I want to mention, before this album was Highway Companion.

That really kind of brought me back to Tom Petty.

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Well, it's actually time to start the album, and I just checked, and it's been three months since I covered The Golden Rose as the last song from Highway Companion, so hopefully I remember how to do this.

Before we get into the song, though, there have been a couple of key events this week that I think I should probably touch on.

First of all, the Heartbreakers got back together to accept the Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award and performed a three-song set on the famous stage of the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

MUSIC PLAYS Okay, let's get into it.

So I wasn't a petty head yet when this album came out, but I can imagine that those first five songs that were released before the record itself came out on June 15th of 2010 probably would have raised some eyebrows.

The overall tone and feel is a long way removed from Highway Companion or The Last DJ or Echo, you know, and it's even further from the vibe of the first Mudcrutch album that preceded it by a couple of years.

When the album finally did drop, people who hadn't heard this song must have been slightly surprised to be assaulted with a howling harmonica part straight out of the traps.