Even rock legends have their parenting rules. And when it came to his daughter’s music taste, Tom Petty wasn’t always willing to let her listen to whatever she wanted.
The late singer’s oldest daughter, Adria Petty, recently recalled how her father used music to teach her about songwriting, albums and the artists behind the songs. But there was one popular rock band whose music raised a red flag for him when she was a teenager: Aerosmith.
In a new interview with Ultimate Classic Rock, Adria described how her dad would regularly introduce her to music. He’d walk into her room, drop a CD or vinyl record on her bed and ask her what she thought. After she’d listened, the two would sit down and discuss the music, from the lyrics to the musicians who played on it.
But they didn’t always see eye to eye.
“There were a lot of things I liked in my teens that he was really upset by,” Adria recalled.
In particular, Petty wasn’t thrilled when she started listening to Aerosmith’s 1989 album Pump. One song especially caught his attention: “Janie’s Got a Gun,” the band’s hit about a young woman who shoots her abusive father.
“When I was listening to, like, ‘Janie’s Got a Gun,’ he was like, ‘I need to intervene here,’” Adria said.
Rather than simply tell his daughter to turn off the music, Petty took a different approach. He bought her records by the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Bob Dylan, including Dylan’s 1965 album Highway 61 Revisited.
“I got essential things to listen to because he was getting a little worried,” she explained.
The story offers a glimpse into Petty’s life as a father, as well as the deep love of music he shared with Adria. That influence continues to shape her work today.
Adria is now involved in managing her father’s musical legacy through Petty Legacy LLC, alongside her sister Annakim and stepmother Dana. She’s also helped curate archival releases, including An American Treasure and Wildflowers & All the Rest.
The latest project, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Origins 1971-78, celebrates the 50th anniversary of the band’s debut album with early recordings, live performances and previously unreleased material.
Clearly, Petty believed in passing along the music he loved. He just had a few suggestions when his daughter started exploring the rock radio hits of her own generation.
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