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Mike Campbell’s new book details long journey from his underprivileged upbringing in Florida through the Heartbreakers' rise to fame.
Petty's guitarist Mike Campbell was on that last tour with ... thought he would've been able to prevent his bandmate's death.
Petty had started out as a bass player, but when he moved to electric the seeds of one of rock’s greatest guitar partnerships ...
Mike Campbell is ready to shed ... his experience as the lead guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, from the band's ...
In his new memoir, “Heartbreaker,” Mike Campbell recalls an afternoon in the early ’70s when Tom Petty — Campbell ... 25, ...
In a Boston.com Q&A, Campbell talks Boston nights, tours with Dylan, and the Old Boston Garden: “The floor would vibrate.” ...
To Mike Campbell as well. The Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist ... has become Campbell's primary musical outlet since Petty's death in 2017. It's spirit-lifting in spots, heart-breaking ...
Though Petty was in need of a decent electric, the two Heartbreakers quickly landed on a sound that would define their guitar ...
And he goes, ‘Yeah, but I'm Tom Petty,’” he recalls. “I couldn't really argue with that. I could say, ‘Well, yeah, but I'm Mike Campbell,’ and he would go, ‘Nobody knows who that is.’ ...
to Petty’s tragic death in 2017 and how Campbell has continued with his current band the Dirty Knobs. Related: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Guitarist Mike Campbell on Fronting His Latest Band ...