

Check out our collection of all the tributes to Petty in the week after he died, with performances by Coldplay, Dave Matthews, Miley Cyrus, Kesha, Father John Misty and others.
#Tom petty learning to fly tv#
One interview says he saw a pilot on TV talking about how when you learn to fly that landing is the most difficult part. Well I started out down a dirty road Started out all alone And the sun went down. Watch Dylan cover “Learning to Fly” below. Tom Petty said it wasnt about drugs and since he wrote it, lets give him credit for knowing what his own song was about. The album was produced by Jeff Lynne, who was in the Traveling Wilburys with Petty and Dylan, along with Roy Orbison and George Harrison. “Learning to Fly” was the lead single on 1991’s Into the Great Wide Open, the eighth studio album by Petty and the Heartbreakers.

It was written in 1991 by Tom Petty and his writing partner Jeff Lynne for the album Into. It was probably just a matter of time before Bob Dylan, Petty’s mentor, longtime friend and bandmate in the Traveling Wilburys, chimed in with a tribute of his own, and sure enough on Saturday night in Broomfield, Colo.-the night after what would have been Petty’s 67th birthday-Dylan treated his crowd to a rendition of Petty’s “Learning to Fly.” Learning to Fly is a song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. 2, dozens of artists have emerged with tributes and covers of Petty’s songs, from deep cuts to huge hits. Discover Tom Petty & The Heartbreakerss top songs & albums, curated artist radio stations & more. Since the sudden death of Tom Petty on Oct.
