Wynonna and Lainey Wilson Cover Tom Petty
Wynonna and Lainey Wilson cover Tom Petty’s “Refugee” in the latest release from the upcoming Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty.
The song and a music video of their cover of “Refugee” have been released, and the video shows the two country queens in the recording studio in Nashville getting the song together and recording.
Fellow country superstars like Chris Stapleton, George Strait, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, and Dierks Bentley will pay tribute to rock and roll legend Tom Petty. The new album, dubbed Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty, is slated for release later this year.
Wilson and Wynonna have become good friends. When Lainey won the Female Vocalist award at the recent ACM Awards, she said from the podium that the two had become fast friends and chatted almost daily.
Lainey’s Dreams
Walking the red carpet at the ACM Awards last week, Lainey stopped to chat about those dreams. She said in one interview, “I am still dreaming because the truth is: from the beginning, I have been a dreamer, and I don’t think that will ever stop.”
She added, “I bet you I will be 90 years old, sitting on a couch dreaming about something.”
Lainey went on to say that she feels like her career “Changes and grows” and that her dreams “kind of change” and “doors are opening” that she didn’t even know existed. She added that it “makes me excited.” She feels like she’s gonna be able to be creative in a “lot of different ways.”
The country star concluded that it’s like you “ask and you shall receive,” and sometimes those dreams come “tenfold.” And sometimes, it’s things that “never in a million years” did you even know existed.
Wilson released a new song from her forthcoming Whirlwind album a few weeks ago(5/12). The new song is called “Hang Tight Honey.”
Dierks Bentley
Meanwhile, Dierks Bentley had Petty Country‘s lead release with his cover of Petty’s “American Girl,” out in February (2/23).
Bentley said of the song in a statement, “Petty’s southern roots shined through across his songwriting and storytelling. He might not have ever been considered as country, but you can’t go into a bar in Nashville without hearing this song. It is one of the greatest songs in a life’s work of great American songs.”
He added, “The spirit of this woman, the idea of such relentless hope – and disappointment – ignites such a spark. Jon (Randall, Producer) and I were driven to make that feeling of American roots stand tall.”
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