Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench hope the reunited Mudcrutch will be a full time band, to be a real band. Not a one off reunion tour type of thing. In the 70’s Tom Petty’s previous band, Mudcrutch was shortlived but they are back possibly full time. Mudcrutch will play a bunch of California dates, but hopefully do way more after the Heartbreakers tour.
Billboard reports:
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003788232
Why bring Mudcrutch back after all these years even the band never made an album? Well, I’m sure Petty’s original vision with Mudcrutch was to be a succesful touring band to make an album all the time. But since the band broke up, that’s what made the Heartbreakers.
I’m willing to bet that Tom Petty’s dream was to make Mudcrutch big and huge, not the Heartbreakers. Petty’s been wanting to make Mudcrutch big ever since but never had the opportunity until now.
Kev
K'Brocking 
Kev, once again you are SOOOOOOO right! Correct me if I’m wrong, but Mudcrutch were from Gainesville, Florida. This is a far cry from the “media” centers (not THOSE media, though plenty live in them) like L.A, NYC, or Butte, Montana. Tom Petty coulda worked his good looks and made a decent buck on the chicken wire, “glossy” photo magazine speads that have permeated our country like a fart snuggling up to your girlfriend underneath the covers on Thanksgiving night.
Isn’t it a waste of time to register different screen names under different e-mails? Haven’t your anonymity gotten old already? Apparently not…
Kev
As a matter of fact, it “haven’t”.