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Tom Petty and The Flipside
For fans of the book “Backstage Pass to the Flipside: Talking to the Afterlife with Jennifer Shaffer” they’re aware that Tom Petty was the person who suggested the title for the book.
When he showed up during a session I was filming with Jennifer Shaffer,talking to people no longer on the planet, I hadn’t asked for him to come forward, but he was suddenly there. When I asked him about his experience “over there” he said “Talking to you guys is like trying to get into the VIP room. Your friend Luana here has the clipboard with the list of VIPs who get a backstage pass.”
So the book was named by that conversation.
I noticed in the trades today, that there is a dispuit over Tom’s estate.
From Barron’s:
Breakdown Over Tom Petty’s Estate Offers a Lesson
May 24, 2019
"A disagreement among family members of late singer-songwriter Tom Petty that spilled into the courts underlines the importance of precise language in…