I was 25 years old when Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' 'Refugee' came crashing through my car radio speakers and then buried itself in my heart. It happened in my nowhere hometown of Wichita Falls, Texas, near 11:30 PM and never had I heard a song so intense, so driving, so utterly attuned to my life's situation at that time. I was stunned by the music, the vocals and those incredible lyrics... ' You DON'T... HAVE... to LIVE like a REFUGEE'. I was driving the country backroads, chugging beers,  feeling alone and before the song was over I had pulled to the shoulder so to weep like a child. It was obvious to me then that this guy GOT it - he got US - this Tom Petty guy was the real deal and someone who could champion us as we would champion him. Champion him, we did. I rushed out the next morning, bought 'Damn The Torpedoes', 'You're Gonna Get It' and the self-titled debut. After hearing them, I fell in unconditional love with this