Tom Petty, but make it really dang country.
While he was on tour in Australia earlier this year, Riley Green recorded a cover of Tom Petty’s classic “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” for iHeartCountry Australia’s Countrified Session, and he of course put it his flawless Alabama twang on it.
“Mary Jane’s Last Dance” was written by Tom Petty and recorded by his band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and it was recorded while Petty was recording his Wildflowers album. It of course went on to be a huge hit, rising to #14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming Petty’s first Billboard top-20 hit of the 1990s, and also topped the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart for two weeks.
It’s been covered by tons of artists over the decades, it’s an all-time rock classic, and it’s always fun to hear a country take on such a popular song. Honestly, I’ve rarely ever heard Riley do covers outside of country, so that’s a fun element of it too. Of course, he kept it simple with the production, strumming a simple acoustic guitar himself, and the rest of his band backed him with simple instruments too that also gave it a very country feel.
Riley just kicked off the American leg of his Cowboy As It Gets 2026 tour, and if you’re not going to catch him out on the road, you can see him on your TV screen for the next several weeks as he plays Garrett on the Yellowstone spinoff Marshals.
He made his acting debut on the episode last weekend, and he did a really solid job considering it’s his first ever professional acting gig, aside from a few music videos here and there. On the episode tomorrow night, Riley will perform his newly-released song “My Way” which will be really fun to see.
But until then, you can check out his very country cover of “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” here:
“Mary Jane’s Last Dance”
Cowboy As It Gets 2026 Tour Dates:
May 7th, 2026 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion#~•
May 8th, 2026 – Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre#~•
June 18th, 2026 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center#~•
June 19th, 2026 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center#~•
June 20th, 2026 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell at Jones Beach Theater#~•
June 25th, 2026 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center#$*
June 26th, 2026 – Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake#$*
July 16th, 2026 – Green Bay, WI – Resch Center#~•
July 23rd, 2026 – Salt Lake City, UT – Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre#~•
August 6th, 2026 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater#/•
August 7th, 2026 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center#/•
August 8th, 2026 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live#/•
August 13th, 2026 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion#/•
August 14th, 2026 – Hartford, CT – The XFINITY Theatre#/•
August 15th, 2026 – Bangor, ME – Maine Savings Amphitheatre#/•
August 21st, 2026 – Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford#$*^
August 22nd, 2026 – Grand Forks, ND – Ralph Engelstad Arena#$*^
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•Hannah McFarland
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