Tom Petty gave us his particular view of American life for over 40 years and, along the way, put together one of the best bands around, in the Heartbreakers. He also made friends and music with some of the heavyweights of music, when he was in the Traveling Wilburys. And finally, he went back and got the old band together for a couple of fine Mudcrutch albums.

And along the way, became one of the more influential artists of his generation.

And all Rolling Stone can do is literally add a single paragraph to the introduction to this volume, and slap a different cover on something they released two years earlier.

Fuck you, Rolling Stone. ( )