
Watch: Smith Westerns Cover Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Part of A.V. Club’s Undercover Series
May 17, 2011 Smith Westerns
As part of The A.V. Club’s “Undercover” series—where musicians try their hand at covering a band that has influenced them—Smith Westerns debuted their version of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers’ “American Girl.” And, as anyone who has heard Smith Westerns’ sophomore album Dye it Blonde could probably guess—it works. Check out the video below.
Smith Westerns cover Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
(Via: The Onion A.V. Club)
(www.myspace.com/smithwesterns)
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