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Bad Monkey’s Tom Petty Covers Just Had to Be Cool
The show cast a wide net to honor Florida’s favorite son, and got “21 out of 21.”
The heartland rock associated with Petty, who was a Florida native from the northern city of Gainesville, rather than the show’s Key West/Miami setting, might not necessarily scream “fun in the sand,” but showrunner Bill Lawrence and music supervisor Tony Von Pervieux are both superfans whose decisions aren’t dictated by geography. This led to several compositions outside the standard Petty-cover playbook, such as the Meridian Brothers’ “Yer So Bad” (“a tribute to Miami and Latin culture”) and Stephen Marley’s “You Don’t Know How It Feels” (“an island vibe that’s flipped in the reggae style”). Additional names that round out the track list include Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Sharon Van Etten, the War on Drugs, and Kurt Vile, all of whom seem more likely to don flannel jackets than cabanawear.
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