![]() So I honked my horn, and he turned around, and we pulled over.” So I’m at the traffic light, and I look over to my left, and there’s Jeff Lynne, who I’d only just recently seen in England. ![]() “ was the only place open on Thanksgiving Day. “I was going to drive down to the Sav-On in Beverly Hills and buy a dozen ball mitts so everybody could play ball,” he tells author Paul Zollo in Conversations with Tom Petty. Deciding that a game of softball was the best way to blow off steam, Tom got into his car and went out in search of baseball mitts. The Pettys, who’d already spent half a year in someone else’s home, were getting restless. The house was still under construction by the time Thanksgiving rolled around. He liked to bring people together.See an updated Behind The Song Meaning on Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down” ![]() Tom Petty would never want a song of his used for a campaign of hate. “Trump was in no way authorized to use this song to further a campaign that leaves too many Americans and common sense behind,” Petty’s family said at the time. “Both the late Tom Petty and his family firmly stand against racism and discrimination of any kind. Politicians have a long history of using music in their campaigns from artists who don’t agree with them, and modern Republicans have a particularly unfit fascination with “I Won’t Back Down.” In 2020, Petty’s estate sent a similar cease and desist letter to Trump, who played the song during a rally for his second presidential campaign. Lake, Tom also wrote ‘Even Losers Get Lucky Sometimes.’ This is not one of those times. Using this song to promote your warped values is not only illegal as outlined above, but an insult to Tom’s memory, his lyrics and music, and the tens of millions of fans who cherish his legacy.” Not backing down to hatred violence and an attack on our democracy,” Wixen wrote. “Tom sang ‘I Won’t Back Down’ at the America: A Tribute to Heroes benefit for concert for the victims of 9/11 attack. Thank you to all of the fans who brought this to our attention and who help us protect his legacy every day.” We are exploring all of our legal options to stop this unauthorized use and to prohibit future misappropriations of Tom’s beloved anthem. “The Tom Petty estate and our partners were shocked to find out that Tom’s song “I Won’t Back Down” was stolen and used without permission or a license to promote Kari Lake’s failed campaign,” the late artist’s family said in a November 17th statement. Lake posted a video using “I Won’t Back Down” to social media, implying that she refused to concede the position to Hobbs, but it was later taken down. The Republican candidate - who was endorsed by Donald Trump and spouted misinformation about the 2020 election throughout her campaign - lost her gubernatorial race to Katie Hobbs, a Democrat Lake has said should be imprisoned for helping “steal” the presidency from Trump. Tom Petty’s estate has sent a cease and desist notice to failed Arizona gubenortial candidate Kari Lake over her use of Petty’s song “I Won’t Back Down.” The post Tom Petty Estate Hits Kari Lake with Cease and Desist Over “I Won’t Back Down” Usage appeared first on Consequence.
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