A year after his death, video for Tom Petty's "Gainesville" is released.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

A nice tribute by the singer to his hometown.

If you've ever been to Gainesville, you'll see references to Petty everywhere. Multiple murals, signs, artwork, craft beers, etc.

They're holding a birthday tribute concert in his name there later this month.

They're almost as proud of Petty as they are of Gators football in Gainesville. And that's not easy to do.

[Miles Archer]

1. The box set is a worthwhile investment.

Doesn't tell the whole story, by any means, but that wasn't its intention.

I own all of the albums, including the "Playback" and "Live Anthology" box sets.

Tom's like any performer with a long and varied career. Some people will be happy with the single-CD "Greatest Hits," and for everyone else, the new box set provides greater insight for people like me, who already own it all.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. The single Greatest Hits compilation is a go-to for me on all road trips.

Listening to Petty meshes so well with the open road. And not just "Running Down a Dream", which is literally a song about a road trip, but all of it.

I think I might invest in the box set. Petty was just so affable, just so chill, just so cool, in everything that he did. His music was the perfect antedote for this mixed up, crazy world we live in. Maybe that's why I took his passing surprisingly hard (I didn't become a fan until late in his career.)

[lark]

2. Have a friend who went to UF when Petty lived there.

She said he had keggers there quite often in the woods and Petty would play all night. I should have been there too, but had left for California a month before finding out I had a scholarship there that my parents kept from me. Didn't want me going to a big college & hanging out with hippies. Damn!

[Solly Mack]

3. Mudcrutch