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Podcast: The Tom Petty Project
Episode: Lost Children
Description: In a 2006 Rolling Stone interview, Tom credits Ron Blairβs return as being pivotal for the band saying, βThe band has a good family atmosphere that wasn't there for a while. It came back about a year or two ago. I think when Ron Blair returned, it really bonded us back together in a weird way. If he hadn't been there, I am sure it would have been the end of the whole thing when Howie died. Ron stepped in and had this huge enthusiasm through the whole thing.β He goes on to say βWhen he first quit, he didn't q...