Tom Petty may be gone but this urban legend about one of his songs lives on

Though it’s an urban legend that’s been debunked again and again, even in the face of Tom Petty’s death the story that his song “American Girl” was based on the suicide of a University of Florida student persists. The second track on Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ self-titled debut album in 1977 c...CONTINUE READING >>>