Birthdays & Obituaries

Watch Father John Misty’s Josh Tillman perform a cover of a Tom Petty song last night in Phoenix.

Watch and listen to Keller Williams performing covers of classic Tom Petty songs.

Last night’s Spafford show in Vermont ended with a triple encore featuring cover debuts of three classic Tom Petty songs.

Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold began Tuesday’s encore with a stunning solo rendition of Tom Petty’s “Don’t Come Around Here No More.”

Watch Old Crow Medicine Show cover several classic Tom Petty songs at their show last night in Sydney, Australia.

Watch Dave Matthews, Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris and Patty Griffin performing Tom Petty’s “Refugee” last night in Seattle.

Watch Mike Gordon and his band perform Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” on Tuesday night in Michigan.

Watch Jeff Tweedy lead Wilco through a powerful rendition of “The Waiting” in honor of the late Tom Petty.

Bruce Springsteen talks about his long-in-the-making new album and penned a note about Tom Petty, a man with whom he shared a “deep kinship.”

Read a beautiful note about the late great Tom Petty written and shared by guitarist John Mayer.

Dave Matthews, Gov’t Mule, Jack Johnson and several other band performed tributes to Tom Petty at their respective shows last night.

Legendary rocker Tom Petty is in critical condition and on life support according to a report from TMZ.

In honor of what would have been late Blind Melon vocalist Shannon Hoon’s 50th birthday, watch the band make their ‘Saturday Night Live’ debut.

Today marks 30 years since the untimely death of talented bassist Jaco Pastorius.

Watch high quality video footage of Jim Croce,, who passed away on this date, performing live in 1973.

Johnny Sandlin, who produced albums for The Allman Brothers Band, Widespread Panic and others, has died at the age of 72.