Most Popular

  • DISD In the Hole
    Teachers get axed and parents fret as Dallas' school leaders scramble to cover a budget hole
  • Polygamy and Me
    Seven months have passed since the polygamist raid in Eldorado, but for one mainstream Mormon, the effects linger
  • Beer Is Good
    Texas law stifles state's craft brewers
  • How To Piss Off A Member Of Weezer
    Brian Bell isn't so hot on comparisons between past Weezer records and the latest
  • DISD's Confederacy of Jerks
    Extremely pushy parents—Latino, black and Anglo—must rise up to save DISD from itself

Recent Articles

Recent Articles by Jen Paulson

National Features >

  • Riverfront Times

    The Pope of Pork

    Old-school hog farming makes a comeback, thanks to some fine swine from Frankenstein.

    By Kristen Hinman

  • Broward-Palm Beach New Times

    The Lost Season

    Here's how you become one of those people who screams at his kid's coach.

    By Bob Norman

  • SF Weekly

    Border Crossers

    Transgender hookers with rap sheets are successfully fighting deportation--by asking for asylum.

    By Lauren Smiley

  • Houston Press

    Deadly Evidence

    First, Houston's DNA lab became a laughingstock. Then its controversial director was murdered.

    By Randall Patterson

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Steve Winwood

Wednesday, August 27, at American Airlines Center

By Jen Paulson

Published on August 20, 2008 at 11:28am

While Petty and the Heartbreakers are the major selling point of this show, Steve Winwood has his own place in rock history.

His work in bands including the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, and Blind Faith, and his big-time light-rock output in the ’80s, have made him a household name. Now, with a new album out, he’s taking it on the road with the main man: Petty, of course.

Petty, meanwhile, doesn’t always get the credit he deserves as a crafty tunesmith. Sometimes, after you’ve forgotten just how much you love his music, you put on one of his records and remember why you fell for it: his to-the-point lyricism and raw, genuine human emotion. It’s a big deal—there’s something to be said for a rock legend that makes you all cozy-hearted just by the very sound of his warm drawl—and it all comes together on this bill.



Dallas Observer Insiders

  • Local food, music and news blasts
  • Free Stuff
Backpage.com