Brunswick is the only town I know of named after a bowling ball.
Petty wrote amazing simple songs that just worked and the Heartbreakers were great. But best band? As Zappa said (about guitar players, but still...), "It's not a pushup contest." I was and still am a The Band fan, and when they were past their prime I (and lots of fellow musicians I knew in the 70s) sort of transferred my "fave" label to Little Feat as a live act for sure, as Lowell George was astonishing as an all around singer-producer-guitar player...Steely Dan were amazing but they toured rarely back then, and sort of weren't a band per se after a few albums...Los Lobos kill me, and certainly deserve props as a great American band.
Petty wrote amazing simple songs that just worked and the Heartbreakers were great. But best band? As Zappa said (about guitar players, but still...), "It's not a pushup contest." I was and still am a The Band fan, and when they were past their prime I (and lots of fellow musicians I knew in the 70s) sort of transferred my "fave" label to Little Feat as a live act for sure, as Lowell George was astonishing as an all around singer-producer-guitar player...Steely Dan were amazing but they toured rarely back then, and sort of weren't a band per se after a few albums...Los Lobos kill me, and certainly deserve props as a great American band.