Eddie Vedder streams new version of Tom Petty's Room At The Top

04 September 2024
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Covers of Tom Petty songs by Eddie Vedder, WEEZER, THE WAR ON DRUGS, KURT VILE, LARKIN POE and more will appear on the soundtrack album for new Apple TV+ series Bad Monkey, set for release via HighTower Music on October 4. 

Vedder's cover of Room At The Top was recorded by an all-star band including TOP PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS keyboardist Benmont Tench, AC/DC bassist Chris Chaney, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS drummer Chad Smith, producer Andrew Watt (The Rolling Stones, Ozzy Osbourne, Pearl Jam), singer-songwriter Glen Hansard and PEARL JAM's touring guitarist Josh Klinghoffer (ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers).
 
Vedder had previously performed a cover of the song at the 2018 Oscars ceremony, staged at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The singer has also covered Petty's I Won't Back Down and Wildflowers in concert over the years. 
 
 
Source: loudersound.com