Jamey Johnson Honors Tom Petty With Powerful New Cover Of “I Forgive It All”
on Jun 21, 2024
Country Music’s Biggest Stars Unite To Honor Tom Petty
Jamey Johnson is one of many country stars who helped create the new Tom Petty tribute album, Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty. The album features performers such as George Strait, Lainey Wilson, Dolly Parton, Chris Stapleton, and Johnson.
Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty was released on Friday (June 21). That’s when fans first got the chance to hear Johnson’s version of “I Forgive It All.”
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Released in 2016, “I Forgive It All” was one of the last songs Petty recorded before he died in 2017 at the age of 66. The track reunited him with Mudcrutch, the Southern and country rock group he performed in during the early 1970s.
The group helped launch Petty to fame. He left in 1974 and formed Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. He returned to the band in 2007 and remained their lead vocalist until his death.
“I Forgive It All,” which Petty wrote, landed as the fifth track on Mudcrutch’s album Mudcrutch 2. Its music video was famously directed by Sean Penn and Samuel Bayer, and starred Academy Award-winning actor Anthony Hopkins.
Hear Jamey Johnson Sing “I Forgive It All” By Tom Petty
Johnson pays the utmost respect to Petty in his cover of “I Forgive It All.” His rendition features scaled-back, acoustic instrumentation, allowing his voice to stand out.
Speaking of Johnson’s voice, “I Forgive It All” fits it perfectly. It sounds like a song he’d naturally record, making his cover more powerful.
Fans praised Johnson for his performance, leaving comments such as:
“Another great Tom Petty song interpreted by a great singer.”
“Wow!! I swear your [sic] singing to my soul…. You are so talented.”
“My favorite country singer singing my favorite rock singer. Awesome.”
“Pure, sweet, effortless.”
“Perfect! Thank you…TP thanks you.”
You can hear Jamey Johnson’s tribute to Tom Petty by listening to him sing “I Forgive It All” in the clip below.
