Petty Fest returned to New York City this week for the fifth year in a row boasting two nights and an expanded lineup featuring artists from across the rock 'n' roll spectrum.
Fans young and older packed the Music Hall of Williamsburg on October 5 and the Bowery Ballroom on October 6 for an experience which manages to come across as part legitimate concert and part raging and sometimes unhinged party.
The glue of the event and the reason everyone is gathered is the incredible music of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. And your Petty Fest hosts are The Cabin Down Below Band â a very impressive seven piece who bring deft musicianship and unbridled enthusiasm to over 30 tunes from the Petty canon.
These guys played their hearts out on every song, offering up the grooves and nuances needed to rewardingly deliver cut after cut - from rockers to ballads, deep album tracks to epic hits.
The set was masterfully constructed by Cabin Down Below Band bassist, show MC, and Roilling Stone senior editor Austin Scaggs and featured plenty of peak moments throughout. Check below for the setlists from both nights as well as the talent lineup.
The vocalists, both lead and in the background, are a revolving door of musicians and actors representing the finest of New York City and beyond's music and comedy scene. We're talking Norah Jones, Nicole Atkins, Jesse Malin, Ryan Miller of Guster, Jon Herington of Steely Dan, Tad Kubler of the Hold Steady, Will Forte and Jason Sudekis of Saturday Night Live, Michael Cera, Jack Dishel, James Iha, Reeve Carney of Carney and Broadway's Spiderman, Cory Chisel, Justin Long, Chris Chu of Morning Benders, Har Mar Superstar, Jessie Baylin, Tyson Ritter of All-American Rejects â and many more.
Plus throw in guest drumming spots at various points in the night by Patrick Carney of The Black Keys, Nathan Followill of Kings of Leon and Fabrizio Morretti of The Strokes, and you've got one killer lineup of talented people, all in the house to celebrate the music of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers with a room full of fired up fans.
Indeed, even the artists are fans at Petty Fest, helping to create a celebratory vibe that blurs the line between performer and audience and permeates everywhere and everyone in the house for over three hours.
Anything That's Rock 'N' Roll (w/Patrick Carney from Black Keys:)
Time To Move On - The Cabin Down Below Band featuring Norah Jones
Video and photos courtesy of Shine A Light Productions.
Here are the setlists from both nights and the lineup.
The Cabin Down Below Band is:
Alex Levy - Guitar & Vox
Austin Scaggs - Guitar & Vox
Reno Bo - Guitar & Vox
Matt Romano - Drums
Dave "Moose" Sherman - Keys & Vox
Pete "Keysdog" Remm - Keys
Jay Barclay - Guitar
October 5 â Music Hall of Williamsburg, New York, NY
Cabin Down Below - Alex Levy
Listen To Her Heart - Reno Bo with Cory Chisel
The Waiting - Jack Dishel (Only Son)
Only A Broken Heart - Norah Jones
Learning To Fly - Justin Long
Here Comes My Girl - Tad Kubler (The Hold Steady)
Honey Bee - Jon Herington (Steely Dan)
I Won't Back Down - Alia Shawkat
Don't Do Me Like That - Michael Cera
Even The Losers - Antony Ellis with Will Forte
Wildflowers - Ryan Miller (Guster) with Norah Jones
Yer So Bad - Jonny Corndawg
Runnin' Down A Dream - Mikki James
Breakdown - The Sheepdogs
Don't Come Around Here No More - Alex Levy
Walls #2 - James Iha
Anything That's Rock 'N' Roll's Fine - Reno Bo with Patrick Carney (The Black Keys)
Jammin' Me - Sammy James Jr. (Mooney Suzuki)
A Face In The Crowd - Ben Trokan (Robbers On High Street)
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around - Jessie Baylin & Nicole Atkins
Refugee - Har Mar Superstar
It's Good To King - Cory Chisel
Love Is A Long Road - Jody Porter (Fountains Of Wayne)
Time To Move On - Norah Jones
I Need To Know - Jesse Malin
American Girl - Tyson Ritter (All-American Rejects)
You Got Lucky - Jason Sudeikis & Will Forte
You Don't Know How It Feels - Chris Chu (The Morning Benders) with Fab Moretti (The Strokes)
You Wreck Me - Austin Scaggs
Mary Jane's Last Dance - Norah Jones, Nicole Atkins, Jessie Baylin, Adriel Harris
Free Fallin' - Nicole Atkins & Everyone
October 6 â Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
Cabin Down Below - Alex Levy
Listen To Her Heart - Reno Bo with Cory Chisel
Learning To Fly - Justin Long
Here Comes My Girl - Tad Kubler (The Hold Steady)
Even The Losers - Antony Ellis (5 O'Clock Heroes) with Will Forte
Only A Broken Heart - Norah Jones
Yer So Bad - Jonny Corndawg
Honey Bee - Jon Herington (Steely Dan)
Jammin' Me - Sammy James Jr. (Mooney Suzuki) with Tad Kubler
Wildflowers - Ryan Miller (Guster) with Norah Jones
I Won't Back Down - Alia Shawkat
Breakdown - The Sheepdogs
Don't Come Around Here No More - Alex Levy
Something In The Air - Reno Bo
You Wreck Me - Austin Scaggs
Walls #2 - James Iha
Anything That's Rock 'N' Roll's Fine - Reno Bo with Alex Levy and Patrick Carney (The Black Keys)
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around - Jessie Baylin & Nicole Atkins
The Waiting - Jack Dishel (Only Son)
Runnin' Down A Dream - Mikki James with Jon Herington
A Face In The Crowd - Ben Trokan (Robbers On Hight Street)
Love Is A Long Road - Jody Porter (Fountains Of Wayne)
It's Good To Be King - Cory Chisel
Refugee - Har Mar Superstar
American Girl - Tyson Ritter (All American Rejects)
Mary Jane's Last Dance - Norah Jones, Nicole Atkins, Jessie Baylin, Adriel Harris with Nathan Followill (Kings Of Leon)
Time To Move On - Norah Jones
You Got Lucky - Will Forte
Into The Great Wide Open - Reeve & Zane Carney
I Need To Know - Jesse Malin
You Don't Know How It Feels - Chris Chu (The Morning Benders) and Everyone
Free Fallin' - Nicole Atkins and Everyone
