http://showhype.com/music/tom_petty/ The Web's top Tom Petty news from ShowHype - find more at http://showhype.com/music/tom_petty/ en ShowHype http://backend.userland.com/rss http://images.dailyradar.com/media/img/showhype/logo_120x60.png http://showhype.com/music/tom_petty/ 120 60 http://showhype.com/article/john-mayer-talks-about-teaming-up-with-taylor-swift/ <p>ET has the latest... John Mayer 's highly anticipated Battle Studies , his first new album in three years, hits stores today and we have the music sensation talking about his all-new tracks and his team-up with Taylor Swift . &quot;Keeping with the Tom Petty context, I'd written a song that was really straight up, melodic, to-the-point chorus and I was thinking that if I, in my little imagination, that I'm Tom Petty when I'm singing this song, then who's Stevie Nicks ?&quot; he tells the Fuse network. &quot;And I'm very strange about getting other people to perform on my records because I want those records to be around forever and I don't know what someone else is going to do in their life. I was confident that this was not a gimmick just to sell a record and that was evidence by her coming in and us having a great time in the studio. Where she is is just fantastic.&quot; Mayer goes on to say that he's excited to play his new music for his fans -- and to mix up some of his&nbsp;...</p><p>Find more top entertainment news, videos, and blogs on ShowHype: <a href="http://showhype.com/music/">Music</a>, <a href="http://showhype.comhttp://showhype.com/music/john_mayer/">John Mayer</a>, <a href="http://showhype.comhttp://showhype.com/music/taylor_swift/">Taylor Swift</a>, <a href="http://showhype.comhttp://showhype.com/music/tom_petty/">Tom Petty</a>, <a href="http://showhype.comhttp://showhype.com/music/stevie_nicks/">Stevie Nicks</a></p> http://showhype.com/article/john-mayer-talks-about-teaming-up-with-taylor-swift/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:04:00 +0000 Music John Mayer Taylor Swift Tom Petty Stevie Nicks