I'm a radar hider, turn your head and I'm gone.
Gonna set her down easy on a dirt road. I'm gonna land her on sand. Moonshine on the Redwood Forest with money across my hand.
I'm a bootleg flyer, oh oh oh.
I'm a bootleg flyer, cargo in the back.
I'm a tree-top glider, I never leave the track.
Thrown over napalm, I've flown under fire and I go rain or sun.
In a world where no one knows me, I'm a motherless son.
I'm a bootleg flyer, oh oh.
I'm a bootleg flyer, and I work alone.
I got wings for hire, drop my load and I'm gone.
I'm a bootleg flyer and I work alone.
I'm a tree-top glider. Drop my load and I'm gone.
Mudcrutch was an American musical group from Gainesville, Florida, whose sound touched on southern rock and country rock. They were first active in the 1970s and reformed in 2007, and are best known for being the band which launched Tom Petty to fame.
Mudcrutch formed in Gainesville in 1970 and soon became a popular act across Florida. The band moved to Los Angeles in 1974 to attract the attention of a record company. Though they signed a contract with Shelter Records, they released only one poor-selling single before breaking up in 1975. The following year, former Mudcrutch members Petty, Mike Campbell, and Benmont Tench formed the core of a new band, the Heartbreakers.
Most of the original Mudcrutch lineup reformed in 2007 to record their first album as a group, which was followed by a tour. A second album followed in 2016. Petty's death in 2017 effectively dissolved the group; Leadon died in 2023.
