Tuesday, October 03, 2017

Tom Petty ....as interpreted by others




With the sudden and untimely passing of Tom Petty at the age of 66 due to cardiac arrest, tributes from many of his contemporaries have been flooding in over the last 24 hours.

We take in some of his best known songs as covered by others, past and present.

Coldplay were joined on stage last night at Portland’s Moda Center by former REM guitarist Peter Buck to cover 'Free Fallin’'.




Indiana alt-rock shoegazers Cloakroom cover 'You Don’t Know How It Feels', today, abbreviating their version to 'You Don’t Know How'.




The Gaslight Anthem took on 'You Got Lucky' on the deluxe version of their 2012 album, 'Handwritten'.




The Foo Fighters covered 'Breakdown' at a secret show in California in 2013.




Stevie Nicks covered 'Free Fallin'' on her 'Enchanted' box set album on 1998.




Pearl Jam covered 'I Won't Back Down' on stage in Milwaukee in 2014.




Goo Goo Dolls covered 'American Girl' on their 2001 album.

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