Tonight’s mystery artist has a home studio with a sign taped up on the door that reads ‘Beware: Cranky Hippie’ Any guess who he might be??

I found this little tidbit in an article by Josh Ellis of the Men’s Journal. He was invited up to interview Tom Petty in his Malibu studio back in August of 2014. After driving all the way in from L.A. he wrote:

“On this sunny afternoon, as is frequently the case, Petty is in his home studio, an airy extension off the main house with a cardboard sign taped to the door that reads beware: cranky hippie. There are platinum records on the wall and expensive rugs underfoot, and the air smells like incense and cigarettes. Follow the sound of the distorted guitar into the next room, and there's Petty, a guitar slung around his neck, eyes closed, rocking out with more joy and enthusiasm than can reasonably be expected from a 63-year-old grandfather.”

He went on to write a great article about how kind, cantankerous, fired up and in love with music Petty remains after decades of being on Rock And Roll’s front-lines, but we knew that.

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