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Tom Petty live in Gainesville, FL - Oct 26 1991. 10 mins of lost footage from his hometown return!

October 26, 1991 @ Stephen C. O’Connell Center

I know its not the best video but towards the end I get some nice shots during I wont back down, skip to that before you quit. The Audio is pretty good so just close your eyes on the jerky parts lol... Anyway, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Live at the O'Dome in Gainesville Florida! Recorded Oct 26 1991 during the Into the Great Wide Open Tour! Back in the day I scored a press pass for this concert and managed to get a SVHS camera into the concert. They put us all in the back and let us record 3 songs. I was looking for a 10-15 second clip for the local news so unfortunately some of the video is me trying to move the tripod to a better location. Thats why there is a lot of zooming in and out and moving around, all these fans got in the way! His parents were there which was cool, they were on little platform near the mixing console. His dad used to run the bait and tackle shop in Gainesville. I remember going in and saying "Hey Mr. Petty! How's Tom and the fishin??" Found a review of the night. https://www.thepettyarchives.com/archives/newspapers/1990s/1991-10-27-gainesvillesun

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