Stan Lynch Signs With Sony

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers founding member Stan Lynch has signed a publishing contract with Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville.

Lynch, who left the Heartbreakers in 1994, is a 2002 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

“Stan brings a little something more to the table,” said Arthur Buenahora, Sony/ATV Tree's Senior Director of Creative Services and Production. “His breath of experience reaches outside the Nashville realm.

Lynch has worked with Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne, Aretha Franklin, The Eurythmics, Roger McGuinn, Stevie Nicks, Del Shannon, T Bone Burnett, Warren Zevon and Freedy Johnston, among many other well-known acts.

He has also made a name for himself as a songwriter and producer.

In 1985, Lynch began a writing and producing relationship with Don Henley that garnered several Grammy nominations and two ASCAP Pop Music Awards. He also collaborated on The Eagles "Hell Freezes Over" album, which has sold more than 10 million records, and co-produced tracks on Henley’s “The End of the Innocence.” Some of his writing credits include songs with The Byrds, Ringo Starr, The Mavericks, Matraca Berg, Trick Pony, James House, Meredith Brooks, Toto, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, June Pointer, Eddie Money, and Restless Hearts, among others.

In a statement, Lynch said, “[Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville] is already putting me together with some of its great writers. This is a huge mitzvah.”

Buenahora said he is not concerned about whether or not Lynch will make it in country music.
“This is uncharterd territory for Stan, but to him music is music,” he said. “Stan is talented in whatever he does.”