Music for Monday: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, ‘American Girl’ (live ’78)

"Make it last all night..." (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 1978)

“Make it last all night…” (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 1978)

Happy Monday, musical maniacs. Here’s a good one. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performing “American Girl” live on the UK’s Old Grey Whistle Test in 1978.

American Girl” was recorded on July 4th, 1976, the American Bicentennial, and appeared on Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ self-titled debut L.P. of November ’76.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, ‘American Girl,’ Live, 1978

Previously, on Music for Monday: The Rolling Stones, ‘It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll’ (live ’75)

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