Tom Petty and Me
My Rock 'n' Roll Adventures with Tom Petty
Written by Jon Scott
My 40-year relationship with Tom Petty was filled with serendipitous events and stories. Many of them are in this book. I hope you enjoy them.
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Notable Quotes about Jon Scott
Six weeks before our record was going to be dropped from ABC Records, Jon Scott went to radio stations with a vengeance and got our record played and on the charts. Because of that, we are forever grateful to him.
Tom Petty
It doesn’t matter how good your record is, you gotta have somebody behind it. It doesn’t matter how good it sounds, if
you don’t have a promotion guy behind it, you’re in trouble. But there's this one promo guy named Jon Scott who went on a one-man mission to radio stations and he broke that first Tom Petty record.
Warren Zanes Author, 'Tom Petty'-the Biography
We would not be listening to Tom Petty on the radio had it not been for you Jon Scott.
Mark Felsot Sirius/XM Host and ProducerTom Petty Radio Channel 31
If you’re really lucky, your band will find it’s champion. The key man who opens the doors. For The Heartbreakers, it was Jon. He climbed in the van with us and did the repetitive, heavy lifting that got our music on the Radio. I cannot thank him enough for being there when we needed him. There’s no Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers without Jon Scott"
Stan Lynch Original Drummer – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and Me Book
Tom Petty and Me Canvas Tote Bag
About the Author
Jon Scott was born in Memphis, TN. Following his dreams, he became a DJ in 1967 at America’s most powerful rock station, WMC-FM 100.
In 1974, he realized another dream and went to work for MCA records as a promo man. The very first record that he was given to promote was from a band called Mudcrutch; a single named "Depot Street". Jon liked what he heard and got the record played at a station in Nashville.
However, the label dropped Mudcrutch at that time and Jon moved on to do promotions for artists such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Who, Elton John, Steely Dan, John Mellencamp, Billy Thorpe, Jimmy Buffett and many others.
Along the way, he moved to ABC Records, where he met Tom Petty. Coincidentally, Tom had started out in Mudcrutch. The coincidences and serendipity with Tom and Jon did not end there as a series of events occurred that altered the careers of Jon as well as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
Tom's message to Jon on Debut Album
"To Sizzlin' Memphis Natural Jon Scott. Here's the 1st one OF the 1st one FOR the 1st one. DARE TO BE GREAT."
T.P.