Tom Petty

In February of 2016 Chris Stapleton was one of the hottest "new" names in country music. And Maren Morris was widely unknown.

Tom Petty was a rock icon.

The City of Austin has named today, October 20th as “Tom Petty Day,” which would have been to rock legend's 67th birthday.

Last week in concert in Illinois, Chris Stapleton paid tribute to Tom Petty covering "Learning To Fly.”

The pride of Raleigh, NC, American Aquarium, paid tribute to the late Tom Petty in concert just days after his death on Oct. 2.

Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit were performing at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Monday (Oct. 9), less than a week after the death of Rock icon Tom Petty.

Two of country music's brightest new stars combined forces to annihilate the Tom Petty classic, "Free Fallin'." In February, at the Ryman Auditorium, GRAMMY winner, Chris Stapleton, and Maren Morris performed the classic rock song to a crowd that was more than happy to join in and turn the powerful ballad into a sing-along...

And we all thought Tom Petty did an amazing job with the original. Kris Kristofferson not only covered one of the Heart Breaker's most famous songs, he did the song justice; and made it, the proverbial, his own.