[dontlookdown]

Most people I know who are big Petty fans are also big FM fans. And the idea of any of the musicians playing together is a fantasy come true.
(I showed up at Stevie’s first two tours because it meant being able to see her sing with Benmont Tench and Roy Bittan).
They also tend to be big music people or musicians themselves.
I don’t think they feel like anything has to be categorized or rigid.
Look what’s happened to the remaining members of the Grateful Dead.
They keep on playing because they like to play. New music or not.
Gigsters keep on playing until they can’t anymore.
Bonnie Raitt has never stopped. Until now while she’s going through treatment for a health problem
I’m sure she’ll be back on the road soon.

If this band followed rules imposed on them by rigid closed-minded fans, they’d all be pretty miserable. And they would lose interest in making music on their own terms.

It’s like Joni Mitchell once said “it’s like telling Van Gogh to paint another Starry Night, man”.