1. Stanley Joseph Lynch was born on May 21,1955 and is an American musician, songwriter and record producer.
17 Facts About Stan Lynch
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Stan Lynch was the original drummer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for 18 years until his departure in 1994.
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Stan Lynch was always involved in fights at school so his friends reasoned that the high-strung youth might be able to rip the aggression with drums.
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Stan Lynch started to work with various Florida bands, among them Styrophoam Soule and Road Turkey, and when he was 15 he met Ron Blair, who was six years older than Stan Lynch.
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Stan Lynch moved to Los Angeles, and hooked up again with Blair, during a recording session set up by Benmont Tench in 1976.
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Stan Lynch expressed displeasure on several occasions with playing drums at Heartbreakers concerts on tracks that were actually from Petty's solo albums, which he had not played on.
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Acts Stan Lynch has produced include The Band, the Eagles, Don Henley, Jackopierce, Joe 90, Scotty Moore, and Sister Hazel.
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Tim McGraw recorded "Back When", a song Stan Lynch wrote with Stephony Smith and Jeff Stevens, for his album Live Like You Were Dying.
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Stan Lynch reunited with his former bandmates in 2002 when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, playing "American Girl" and "Mary Jane's Last Dance".
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Tom Petty had the following to say about Stan Lynch, included in his 2005 book, Conversations with Tom Petty:.
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Stan Lynch was like our main harmony singer in the days before Howie.
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Stan Lynch reminded me sort of [like] Keith Moon in a way.
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Stan Lynch was so powerful I used to say he had this fifth gear that he could go into and just really make everything explode.
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Stan Lynch was really good at that, and he knew the songs really well.
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In 2022, Stan Lynch accepted an invitation from Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell to fill in for drummer Matt Laug for several shows on tour with Campbell's band the Dirty Knobs.
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Stan Lynch stated he would be open to playing with the other three original members of the Heartbreakers in the future.
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Stan Lynch was involved in a five-year relationship with actress Louise "Wish" Foley whom he met while he and the rest of the band were on set shooting a production for the Tom Petty song "Don't Come Around Here No More".