January 27, 2011
The Best of BARE II: The Maldives - “Wildflowers” (Tom Petty Cover)
I swear, Sound on the Sound is not turning into an All-Tom-Petty-All-The-Time blog. Just for today, apparently.
Perhaps inspired by their friend’s new Petty themed band, The Maldives chose “Wildflowers,” a 1994 Petty penned song for one of their performances at last weeks BARE. And since today is apparently all about Petty confessions, I have to admit “Wildflowers” is my favorite Tom Petty song. (Which considering I proved last night that I know all the words to his biggest hits, is saying something indeed.) With The Maldives’ core vocal trio of Jason Dodson, Seth Warren and Kevin Barrans performing Wildflowers acapella, I had a chance to see one of my favorite bands put a new spin on one of my favorite songs. That’s the epitome of the best a cover song can be, in my mind, so this performance was easily one of my favorites from the night.

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