Photo: Jerod Harris / Getty Images Entertainment / Getty Images
Seems like a natural that country artists would want to be part of a project to pay tribute to the late great Southern boy Tom Petty (born in Gainesville, Florida) , who died more than 6 years ago of an accidental overdose of pain meds, and you'll hear 20 of them on the upcoming album "Petty Country", due out May 31st....along with two guys from Tom Petty's band, the Heartbreakers, guitarist Mike Campbell and keyboardist Benmont Tench, Luke Combs, Chris Stapleton, Dierks Bentley, Steve Earle, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, George Strait and more do some of Petty's most famous tunes....Bentley's contribution, his cover version of "American Girl," is already out as a single...here's the song list and artist list from the upcoming album, as well as more info, and Dierks Bentley talking about what a great fit it is for all the country stars performing Petty's songs: https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tom-petty-tribute-album-petty-country/