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.
Jake Owen is a fan of Tom Petty. The singer says he's long called his fellow Floridian an influence, but after hearing the rocker's comments about country music, he had to take a step back.
On May 26, Tom Petty took a swipe at modern country music from the stage of the Beacon Theater in New York City. He called today's country "bad rock with a fiddle," and further expanded on those comments during a recent interview.