The farewell show on Friday at The Wooly, 20 N. Main St., also will showcase three openers: Stillwater Revival, Sigs Inside and Honorable Mentions. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Shawn Murphy was only a month into his retirement as a journalism professor when he made his first “Tom Petty pilgrimage” to Gainesville this past January. Not owning a smartphone, Murphy, 58 ...