Old School. Biblically Independent.
By Dustin Rowles | Saturday Night Live | October 7, 2017
Jason Aldean, who was the country music artist on stage when the massacre began this week in Las Vegas, pays tribute to not only the lives lost but Tom Petty — who died the day after the Vegas shooting — with a fantastic rendition of Petty’s incredibly appropriate “Won’t Back Down.” I don’t ever recall a musician giving the “Live from New York, It’s Saturday Night” after opening the show with a song, but if there was ever a time to do it, it is now.
Well done, SNL.
Wow great job on having @Jason_Aldean on the opener for #SNL such an emotional one
— Krista (@MissK3184) October 8, 2017
"I Won't Back Down" is my fave Tom Petty song. Jason Aldean covering it in the wake of the Vegas massacre & as a tribute to Petty…â¤ï¸ #SNL
— Cindy (@ninilouwho) October 8, 2017
Live from NY !! Common decency … TY!! #SNL & #Jason Aldean … That was perfect 👌ðŸ»â¤ï¸â¤ï¸â¤ï¸â¤ï¸â¤ï¸#Vegas strong #WontBackDown pic.twitter.com/1yZghIRmmr
— Elaine DiVeglio (@EDIVEG64) October 8, 2017
Beautiful & sad - but perfect. #JasonAldean Aldean on #SNL
— Debbie Carroll (@DCgrafx) October 8, 2017
#snl does it again. Even tho my heart aches and I’m ugly crying Jason Andean singing Tom Petty is the perfect end for this week
— Linda O. (@llo48186) October 8, 2017
