My husband died almost 10 months ago. Today was a very hard day for me and a friend sent me the link to this song...he didn't know I was having a hard day, yet here I am...the fact that my husband looked so much like Tom Petty and loved his songs...my friend who sent this link...I know God is watching...and maybe...my husband is, too. RIP Robbie.

Hank covered this one but it was written by a blind country singer named Leon Payne while he was waiting on the side of the highway for a ride back home for his mother's funeral.

@catherinecuffe8681

5 ай бұрын

He was in a Salvation Army homeless shelter for men when he wrote this...

"Ain't that a great fucking song", said with such passion, feeling and meaning. Legend.

Tom Petty is undeniable but this made me appreciate Hanks vocals even more. Hank was channeling pain that can't be captured easily.

@chambeet

Жыл бұрын

Hank absolutely lived this song. Greatest country artist in history. So sad he died so young, but that was Hank.

@darrellsomers5427

Жыл бұрын

Real country music does that 3 chords and the truth !

@RonaldChappell-lp7xx

3 ай бұрын

That was pretty good for tom.

@matthewgabbard6415

2 ай бұрын

Hank’s voice was able to cut right through that old AM radio

Hopefully he's jamming with Hank somewhere.

@charlesblaha6560

4 жыл бұрын

You know he is! Still can’t believe he’s gone

@michaelyoungstrom9412

3 жыл бұрын

He's with Hank.

@izzydeadyet7336

3 жыл бұрын

Great cover! I love hank, my dad loves petty!

@jackobrien4432

3 жыл бұрын

he is all the way. i saw Tom at concert when i was in 2nd grade when hypnotic eye came out

@shogun9224

3 жыл бұрын

The great singer songwriters from every generation are all somewhere jamming together . Rest easy Tom much love

OMG…I was raised on Hank as a young child and grew up with Tom . I used to tease my daughters “ don’t interrupt daddy when he’s listening to Petty “ but tonight on Hanks 100th birthday is the first I’ve heard of Tom Petty doing Hank. Just Awesome bless’em both!

Seven years after the posting & this is the first I've ever heard of Tom Petty doing this cover. Great job!

@HJC1950

3 жыл бұрын

I heard it yesterday for the first time on Sirius XM, forget which channel it was on.

@shelly2599

2 жыл бұрын

Hank Jr comment brought me here have a good one y'all this NICE September 2021.

@michelle88960

2 жыл бұрын

I think it was on the 8 hour documentary Running Down a Dream.

@chuckg2016

2 жыл бұрын

@@michelle88960 I'll look into that. Thanks!

As a 10 yr old n 1949 rideing bike on paper route wood sing Hanks songs as loud as wanted, nobody sayen Hey keep it down

20 years later I found my way back out that lonesome highway, it was a spiral road 🙏🌟❤️

Hank Williams, Johnny Horton, Tom Petty. All of them delivered a great rendition of this song. RIP Great MEN !! /CD

I have said this before about Hank and it's true for Cash and Petty They delivered simple music in a genius way, all legends sadly gone wish they had left more

Great old Leon Payne song. Hank Williams took it to another level.

Country or rock, Tom Petty was a great singer, song writer. Still missing him today.

Fabulous version of a classic Hank Williams song written by Leon Payne. Superb ....!

Great cover of the legendary, sweet Tom! Now he's singing this amazing song in heaven ,with Hank and Johnny. Thanks a lot for uploading and sharing it.

I sure do miss Tom. What a cool, down to earth dude. So talented.

Great cover Hank would be proud

@sharonrivers1347

4 жыл бұрын

Yes he would.im a huge fan of hank sr thru my mom.who loved country music more n anybody.may she rest in piece.i love tom petty.he came along when the world needed a voice like his.somebody upstairs sent him down.unfortunately.took him back home.r.i.p tom.yes.hank would be proud.he was probly lookin down from heaven.smiling.

@corneliadenninger5395

4 жыл бұрын

Hank Williams didn't write this song though he performed it and made it famous. Leon Payne wrote it. A very fine Country song . So fine delivered by Tom Petty. RIP

Think of the tunes both Petty, and Willams are making right now in paradise. 🤠

Tom Petty is being typically humble when he buffers his statements about the current dismal state of "country" music by saying he's not an authority on the genre. First of all, TP is a professional musician to the nth degree ... he knows about composition, content, arrangement, and not just when it comes to rock and roll. He grew up in the South in the 50s & 60s, listening to a variety of music, certainly including country music. Good music is good music, period. I support his recent statements, and I hope it makes a contribution toward the country music industry upping its standards of quality. Thank you, Tom Petty!

@tgifgoose

10 жыл бұрын

Patricia I agree with you 100% about Tom Petty being humble. He is one of the most talented singers I've ever heard. When I read some of the comments people put on here I have to stop and think are they really speaking from their mind or do they even have a mind left to speak from.

@adrian_V99

6 жыл бұрын

right on....

@Thearmorcav

6 жыл бұрын

Ty for what you said about, Tom, now we lost him.. May his music live on..

@nelsong4719

6 жыл бұрын

Patricia D I totally agree He was a class act and he hit the nail on the head when he said today's country is just bad rock and roll with a fiddle.

@evelynbaron2004

5 жыл бұрын

brilliant response.

I'm a rollin' stone, all alone and lost And for a life of sin, I've paid the cost When I pass by all the people say Just another guy on the lost highway Just a deck of cards and a jug of wine And a womans lies makes a life like mine On the day we met, I went astray I started rolling down that lost highway I was just a lad, nearly 22 And neither good nor bad, Just a kid like you And now I'm lost, too late to pray Lord I've paid the cost on the lost highway Just another guy, on the lost highway (( Isn't that a great fuckin song?))) R. I. P. Tom

@lorenescott1191

2 жыл бұрын

This song was written and recorded years ago by Hank wiiams sr.

@calebroark3998

2 жыл бұрын

No shit

@johngarza642

Жыл бұрын

​@@lorenescott1191Leon Payne wrote this song.

@johngarza642

Жыл бұрын

Leon Payne wrote this song.

A superbly intelligent and sensitive interpretation. It's hard to believe that Mr. Petty, for all his talent, was able to come up with that in only a day, but my hat's off !

@alexistapp5727

6 жыл бұрын

Sancho Quixote but it's not just Tom Petty it's the whole band that played impromptu wonderful

@michaellovell3659

4 жыл бұрын

I believe it; this is actually a fairly simple song and these are some of the best musicians in the world for playing four chord songs.

@nativecree1

3 жыл бұрын

What he said was, he heard it that day & wrote the words. It was originally written/recorded by Hank Williams Sr.

Mike Campbell on the mandolin....awesome job.

@corneliadenninger5395

Жыл бұрын

And Benmont Tench on keys.

Rest Legend, thank you for sharing your talent

@michaeljeter3271

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Salazar

Fantastic version of this great song by my fave country singer! By another one of my fave rock singers. RIP Tom.

RIP Tom.. Beautiful song

Miss your music,that song of Hanks was awsome,God Bless you both.

"Too late to prey" was the name of our punk band in high school, always loved Hank and Petty, "great fuckin' song"

I still can’t believe he’s gone.😢

Love Tom Petty, Nice old Hank Williams tune, timeless.

Simply amazing... Tom doing Hank... I'm humbled right now..

Who else misses the fuck out of Tom Petty? I sure do.

“You’re a good man to ride the river with.” If you know what that means you know that’s deep.

With the singing of only one country song, Tom Petty became the best voice in country music...well, along with Johnny Cash.

"Ain't that a great fu*king song!" - lol - Bless him, Tom always has a way with words :D :) x

@raymondkarl

8 жыл бұрын

You do know this is a Hank Williams song, right? I do like Toms's cover though.

@suereaney7097

8 жыл бұрын

I know, Karl, but I was commenting on Tom's reaction after he'd sung the song, when he said "Ain't that a great fu*king song!" :D Tom was straight to the point, as usual! :) - Wishing you much happiness, Karl. :) x

@xuzisu

7 жыл бұрын

leon pane wrote it

@suereaney7097

7 жыл бұрын

When i said Tom has a way with words, I didn't mean the song itself, I meant his words "Ain't that a great fu*king song!" :)

@carlnorried3152

4 жыл бұрын

Honest words. RIP

Flo grown here....Eternally,,, Have Loved and still love the Immortal Mr. Petty, Gator Born

Considering he wrote the words down while driving and that was the first time he heard it I Think he Rocked it. I've always loved Tom Petty he is a good man with a great talent.

@JoseGonzalez-jh8ei

6 жыл бұрын

tgifgoose Naw!!! Tom Petty, the vest, didn't ever seen Bob Dylan sing it on a little 'ol rock documentary by the name of "Don't Look Back," did he? Naw!!! Came out in 1965. Dylan, y'know? The guy Tom Petty, impersonates everytime he opens his big pointy snout. No? Naw!!! He heard it on the radio that morning. "Wrote down the words while driving" with one hand and picked out the chords on his guitar with the other. Oh, look, the vest is impersonating Hank Williams and look, how he has magically tossed aside the Dylan voice aside. Now, that's what most folks call talent. Uhmm. Naw...Hey, Petty, pick up your money and pack up your vest.

@Alabamaredneck

6 жыл бұрын

Hank wrote I saw the light while riding in a car, not lost Highway. Leon Payne wrote this one.

@Don-md6wn

6 жыл бұрын

Jose, when you try to reduce Tom Petty to a Dylan imitator, you reveal yourself to be a fucking idiot.

@evelynbaron2004

5 жыл бұрын

He also lost his driving license:) I always thought Benmont Tench was mesmerized by just that talent.focus. Only excuse for the posthumous album American Treasure that ---- check it out --- Mike Campbell would have nothing to do with. Yes, good man great talent. Sorely missed.

@GinaHawkins352

3 жыл бұрын

He wrote them down while driving?! Be safe out there.

Would have been great if Petty and Hank could have met. Two of the greatest songwriters ever! (I know Hank didn't write that one but still)

@CoorsBudMiller74

5 жыл бұрын

Jerry Salmon I’m sure they have now met...✌️

Tom Petty is from the Florida Panhandle. ( part of the deep South ) He was definitely influenced by country music . When he was in the Travelling Wilburys they did a song called " Nobody`s Child ". It was a cover of an old Hank Snow number and one of the saddest songs you will ever hear . I am not saying that Snow was as good as Hank Williams BUT Snow was terrific in his own right .

Wonderful video. Petty is superb and very much missed. So is Hank. A great song!!! Thanks!

@StephanieSmith-tx4oo

4 жыл бұрын

Peter Apostle God bless peter! Where ya been? Your not lost! Your a damn apostle bro!😇👍jokes! Ya gonna let him in threw the gates?

I lived that song. Been going down the lost highway since I was 15.

Two of my favs, Hank and Petty

Beautiful

Mr.Petty does it justice. he had a great voice tips his hand as to where his roots were

''Aint that a great fuckin song? '' haha that pretty much says it all Tom Petty and Hank Williams easily two of the best musicians of all time

Bless you Petty and your family

the rickenbacker mandolin tho !!!!

Wow! Super cool, what a great guy....both of em

i love Tom Petty. and Hank Williams Sr.

"You are a good man to ride the river with " (John R. CASH ).What an awesome comment. RIP John R. and Tom. /CD

That was awsome,Tom,God Bless you.

What a band

started Rollin down that lost hwy now I'm lost too late to pray the hwy is full of us

You are so missed Tom.

I have listen to this every so often, makes me think of my Dad and makes me start to tear up because I think of him

Just cool. Thnx Tom RIP

Your a good man to ride the river with

I don’t know where to start, the story Tom tells about Cash, Perfectly played by Tom, Hank would definitely approve, then Tom saying how great a fu*cking song it is, it’s the first time He’s played it, heard it this morning, wrote it while driving. This is a great piece of musical history. RIP gentlemen. They’re my top 3 favorite musicians also. Great stuff. “Just a deck of cards, and a jug of wine...And a woman's lies makes a life like mIne”.

Great story about Johnny Cash. Great cover and I want that little mini-Rick mando thing!!

I miss you Dad

RIP Tom Petty

The great ones are all gone now.Gentlemen to better days CHEERS🍸

He would’ve made a great country singer! Awesome twang!

Dam i miss seeing him live love all his music RIP

Rest In Peace ❤❤❤❤❤

Such a great song done so well by Tom and guys.

Wow!! Incredible!! Was led to this song from the George and Tammy series on Showtime. Tom did an absolutely incredible version of this!!!

I can hear this song and feel myself choking up. Just hearing and feeling the pain in the words of it. Hank Williams was a musical genius with a life of pain and anguish in his songs about himself, and never made it to be 30 years old.

How amazing.

Hank Williams the original out law !

Thank God great music is still alive

Great cover. I miss you Tom. I'm so glad I got to see you three times live

I love it.thiers one point in the song.that he really sounds like hank.i love hank sr.he.s the reason i love country music.thru my mom.i think he does a great job on it.and a killer ass band dont hurt either.he.s not makin fun of the song.if you.d listen to the intro he does at the ist.the roots of rock n roll.come from country music.so true.so u haters.dont come on here and ruin all our fun.with ur comments.i love tom petty.i think he.s the best singer/song writer that ever was.i miss his music.

So great so great

So glad Tom did this song. I found this a couple years ago,

Tom's voice was perfect for Hank, or even Ralph Stanley.

Excellent song. Beautiful.❤️🦆

R.I.P

GENIUS....plays it once and it's better than 99% of the so claimed "country artists"....lol

unreal like John Tom reached us deep down in are souls.I feel lucky I got to see johny cash in portland maine.I was 12 and Tom petty on his last tour hypnotic eye.luck could never have enuff of that stuff luck is good .

Hank...perfected it .

Tom, Tom, Tom...you ROCK.

Tom Petty love you.

God Bless Tom. He really wasn't Bob Petty. His voice had a different vibrato from Dylan. I still don't see how Perkins, Cash and Lewis weren't in the Traveling Wilburys? Listen to him saying how fucking good of a song it way. RIP Tom. You deserver all the peace one could ever deserve.

Outstanding

Wow he sounds so awesome I hope he's Jamin with hank on some highways somewhere

That's a great fuckin' song, and Tom does an awesome job on it. Thanks bumzo for posting it. It is a gem.

make me cry...

Goddamn I cried

R.I.P. Tom Petty....

Nothing like a little Petty Cash. ;)

@ronchamberlain8392

4 жыл бұрын

For sure!

"You're a good man to ride the river with." Cash

He could have been a hell of a country singer

I SO LOVE THIS!

Thank you so much for posting this. I had been looking for it for awhile. Amazing cover.

R.I.P tom

Tom PETTY = Rockń Roll! No he isn´t. Here he shows how versatile he is. He could have been a great country singer as well. RIP Tom. Sorely missed. /CD

He was my 1st concert!

Magic, a great fucking song

Great cover, makes honour for originaalit! Thx!

AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME ❤❤❤❤