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Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Howard Norman Epstein was an American musician best known as a bassist with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Known for
- Heartbreakers Beach Party — Self2024
- Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free — Himself (archive footage)2021
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream — Self (archive footage)2007
- Live Aid — Self2004
- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - High Grass Dogs - Live from the Fillmore — Himself1999
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Live at the Docks, Hamburg — bass, vocals1999
- Behind the Music — Self1997
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: 400 Days — Self1995
- Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: Playback — Self1995
- Tom Petty: Going Home — Self1994
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1955-07-21
- Active to
- 2003-02-23
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- Listeners
- 37
- Total plays
- 590
Howard Norman Epstein (July 21, 1955 - February 23, 2003), was a musician best known for his work with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Epstein was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and grew up in a musical household, but didn’t start playing the bass until a couple of years before joining the Heartbreakers. His father, Sam, was a top local record producer who worked with various Rock and Soul groups in the 50s and 60s. Howie got to hang around the studios watching his father work <a href="https://w
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Epstein
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Milwaukee
- Place of death
- Santa Fe
- Occupation
- composer
- Instrument
- guitar
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- date of birth
- 1955-07-21
- date of death
- 2003-02-23
- cause of death
- drug overdose
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