Tom Petty celebrates 60th birthday with friends

A group of over 25 modern artists got together last Thursday night at the Bowery Ballroom in New York for Petty Fest 2010.

The gathering saw a three-hour festival of some of Tom Petty's best music, both hits and album cuts, in celebration of the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's 60th birthday.

Unfortunately, Petty wasn't in attendance, but that didn't stop the musicians and crowd from thoroughly enjoying themselves. The house band was made up of Alex Levy (Cabin Down Below Band), Josh Lattanzi and Reno Bo on guitars, Austin Scaggs (editor or Rolling Stone) on bass, Matt Romano on drums and Dave Sherman on keyboards.

Featured artists included members of the Strokes, All-American Rejects, Fountains of Wayne, the Moldy Peaches and others along with Saturday Night Live cast members Will Forte and Jason Sudeikis and Norah Jones.

The set list and performers:

Main Set

•Cabin Down Below ' featuring Alex Levy of the Cabin Down Below Band
•Listen to Her Heart ' featuring Reno Bo of the Cabin Down Below Band
•Don't Do Me Like That ' featuring Antony Ellis (Five O'Clock Heroes)
•The Waiting ' featuring Jack Dishel (Only Son, The Moldy Peaches)
•Love is a Long Road ' featuring Jody Porter (Fountains of Wayne)
•Breakdown ' featuring Tyson Ritter (All American Rejects)
•Yer So Bad ' featuring Tyson Ritter (All American Rejects)
•Honey Bee ' featuring Steve Schiltz (Hurricane Bells, Longwave) & Danny Clinch
•Here Comes My Girl ' featuring Sammy James Jr. (The Mooney Suzuki)
•Jammin' Me ' featuring Sammy James Jr. (The Mooney Suzuki)
•Refugee ' featuring Har Mar Superstar
•I Won't Back Down ' featuring Nikolai Fraiture (The Strokes), Nicole Atkins & Heartbreakers publicist Jim Merlis
•American Girl ' featuring Jesse Malin
•I Need to Know ' featuring Jesse Malin
•Mary Jane's Last Dance ' featuring Catherine Pierce (The Pierces)
•Stop Draggin' My Heart Around ' featuring Will Forte and Jason Sudeikis (SNL)
•Even the Losers ' featuring Will Forte and Jason Sudeikis (SNL)
•A Face in the Crowd ' featuring Evan Dando & Steve Schiltz (Hurricane Bells, Longwave)
•Don't Come Around Here No More ' featuring Alex Levy of the Cabin Down Below Band with Norah Jones, Nicole Atkins & Catherine Pierce
•It's Good to Be King ' featuring Adam Green (The Moldy Peaches) & Norah Jones
•Walls' featuring Adam Green (The Moldy Peaches) & Norah Jones
•You Wreck Me ' featuring Norah Jones
•Time to Move On ' featuring Norah Jones
•You Don't Know How It Feels ' featuring Norah Jones & Danny Clinch
•Into the Great Wide Open ' featuring Reeve & Zane Carney (U2's Spiderman Musical)
•Runnin' Down a Dream ' featuring Josh Lattanzi of the Cabin Down Below Band
Encore

•Handle with Care ' All
•Something in the Air ' All
•Free Fallin' ' All

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