Michael Furlong formed his Tom Petty Tribute show in October 1990, primarily performing in cities on the West Coast. The idea to put a Tom Petty show together originated while he was performing in Vancouver, B.C... The striking visual resemblance between the two was a constant topic of conversation brought up by many people attending other shows he performed.

Word of Michael’s Tom Petty show somehow got back to Tom Petty himself. The result was quite interesting. Michael’s show was mentioned by Tom Petty in his feature “Rolling Stone” article, on the internationally syndicated radio show “Rock Line” and on “MTV’s Top 20 Countdown”. When asked about Michael’s show in the Rock Line interview, Tom Petty replied that he would like to see the show or a video if someone would send it to him. Michael sent him a copy. TP was a bit taken back by the fact that his music career was now reaching such legendary stature, but that for now his character and songs had reached impersonator status.

Michael Furlong’s background in the music business extends way beyond the Petty show however. He has been an accomplished performing musician for nearly 20 years as a songwriter, lead vocalist, guitarist, and producer of his own original music and holds four records to his credit. As a solo artist he has performed on Dick Clark’s “American Bandstand”, Showtime, VH-1 and various other music video shows internationally.

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