Father John Misty Honors Tom Petty In Phoenix
By Andy Kahn Oct 5, 2017 • 8:34 am PDT
Father John Misty held a concert last night at Phoenix’s Orpheum Theatre. Frontman Josh Tillman took time during the show to perform a solo acoustic cover of a song originally recorded by Tom Petty.
Touring in support of the Father John Misty album Pure Comedy, which came out on Sub Pop earlier this year, the LP’s first four songs also served as Wednesday’s opening segment. The main set was filled out with a few selections from 2012’s Fear Fun and several from 2015’s I Love You, Honeybear. At one point Tillman was left on stage alone with his acoustic guitar to perform a cover of “To Find A Friend,” from Petty’s 1994 solo album Wildflowers.
The cover was captured by CactusChad, watch the audience-shot video here:
Setlist
- Pure Comedy
- Total Entertainment Forever
- Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution
- Ballad of the Dying Man
- Nancy From Now On
- Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins)
- Strange Encounter
- Nothing Good Ever Happens at the Goddamn Thirsty Crow
- Only Son of the Ladiesman
- When the God of Love Returns There'll Be Hell to Pay
- When You're Smiling and Astride Me
- True Affection
- This Is Sally Hatchet
- Bored in the USA
- To Find a Friend
- The Memo
- I'm Writing a Novel
- Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings
- I Love You, Honeybear
- Real Love Baby
- So I'm Growing Old on Magic Mountain
- Holy Shit
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