Lil Lighter news now

 

 but still sad however.

Mudcrutch Co-Founder Tom Leadon Dead At 70

MARCH 27, 2023

"Tom Leadon, a co-founding member of Tom Petty’s first band Mudcrutch, has died. “It is with great sadness, but profound love and gratitude for his life, that the family of Tom Leadon Nashville, Tennessee, and Gainesville, Florida, announce his passing on March 22, 2023 peacefully of natural causes,” read a statement posted by Leadon’s brother Mark on social media."

"Born in 1952, Leadon met Petty in Gainesville, Florida in high school. Around 1970, they formed a band called the Epics, with Leadon on lead guitar on Petty on bass. The Epics evolved into Mudcrutch, with Randall Marsh on drums and eventual Heartbreaker Mike Campbell also on lead guitar. Leadon left Mudcrutch in 1972 and moved to Los Angeles, where his older brother Bernie Leadon had recently formed the Eagles. Hearbreaker Benmont Tench replaced Leadon in the Mudcrutch lineup. (Petty would later credit Leadon with inspiring his own eventual move to LA.)

"In the ’70s, Leadon played bass in Linda Ronstadt’s band..."

"Though he eventually moved to Nashville and taught guitar, Leadon did join the Mudcrutch reunion in 2007, which featured himself, Petty, Campbell, Marsh, and Tench. The reunited Mudcrutch toured intermittently until Petty’s death in 2017."

(Thats when I first heard about 'em )

Great song...great record...