Sarah McLachlan Joins Jimmy Buffett For Tom Petty Tribute In Vancouver

Beach rocker Jimmy Buffett brought his tour to Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia last Friday night. Canadian vocalist Sarah McLachlan was a special guest, joining in on a cover of a Tom Petty classic and more.

McLachlan emerged toward the middle of the main set to join Buffett and The Coral Reefer Band on a cover of “Learning To Fly” from the Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 1991 album Into the Great Wide Open. The set closing “Pirate Looks At Forty” saw the return of McLachlan to augment the classic Buffett ballad.

Buffett and his band finished off the show at Rogers Arena with an encore capped by Petty’s “Wildflowers.” The finale marked the first time Buffett covered the title track to Petty’s 1994 solo LP since 2010. Watch audience-shot video of the pair of Petty covers below:

[Learning To Fly | Captured by dobwat]

[Wildflowers | Captured by Jeff Vrabel]