The Laptop Sessions: “Learning To Fly” (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Acoustic Rock Cover Song)

By Jeff Copperthite:

Good evening, and welcome to your Sunday edition of The Laptop Sessions. I’ve got another great song to add to our growing library, and it’s our 2nd song from Tom Petty.

From his 1991 album “Into the Great Wide Open”, the song I have performed is “Learning To Fly”. While simple, the song has been popular since the album’s release. The song has a great set of lyrics and is about a time that Tom saw an interview of a pilot, who said “Learning to fly is easy, but coming down is the hard part”, hence the chorus inspiration.

I hope that if you are in the CT area that you will come see me perform with Masters of the Universe this coming Wednesday! We are playing all kinds of songs and we had a practice session at my condo today. My fingers look like they are blowing bubbles, after practicing on the bass for 3 hours today w/ Chris, Jim, and Mike.

Stay tuned tomorrow for another great session by Jim.

 



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This is one in a series of acoustic cover songs, original music, and free mp3 downloads here on the Fusco-Moore Productions Blog.

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2 Responses to “The Laptop Sessions: “Learning To Fly” (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Acoustic Rock Cover Song)”

  1. ShadyWilbury Says:
    May 3rd, 2008 at 5:51 am

    Thanks for choosing this great song. I’ve just discovered the original version, and it seems everywhere I look I find equally excellent cover versions. :)

  2. Jeff Copperthite Says:
    May 4th, 2008 at 7:32 am

    Wow, thank you very much for the compliment on my session! I welcome you to our site, I hope you continue to check out our videos, and I also hope you spread the word about our site! Have a great day :)

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