Michael Wayne Campbell (born February 1, 1950) is an American guitarist and vocalist. He was a member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and co-wrote many of the band's hits with Petty, including "Refugee", "Here Comes My Girl", "You Got Lucky", and "Runnin' Down a Dream".

3 天之前 · With his upcoming memoir, Heartbreaker, due March 18 from Hachette Book Group, guitarist Mike Campbell delivers a spellbinding account of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the classic American band he was a part of since its inception till Petty’s tragic death in 2017.

It's Campbell's first album with Chris "Sidewinder" Holt, who joined the Dirty Knobs in 2022 for the touring on External Combustion and has added keyboards to the armory along with clear, sharp harmonies and a garage-guitar attack that fortifies the staccato riffing in "So Alive" and makes the double-time frenzy in "Shake These Blues" sound ...

20 小时之前 · Mike Campbell explained why he couldn’t have prevented Tom Petty’s death in 2017, and said his conscience was clear on the matter. Petty passed at the age of 66 of an accidental overdose.

1 天前 · Mike Campbell was Tom Petty's right-hand man during Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ rich history, and his forthcoming memoir will lift the lid on his fruitful and colorful career in the band ...

2025年3月2日 · Early on, Campbell asked for a bigger share of the band’s proceeds, and his boss simply said, “But I’m Tom Petty.” “I did my big speech and he just looked at me like, ‘OK, Mike, but I ...

2025年3月3日 · "This is the guitar that didn’t get away — and it never will.” Mike Campbell says it's the original Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers sound, and the guitar he can't live without

2024年9月22日 · For nearly 50 years, Mike Campbell shared the spotlight with a legend he refers to as “my brother” — the late Tom Petty, whose death in 2017 changed everything for Campbell, a brilliant ...

2024年7月8日 · After Tom Petty died in 2017, musician Mike Campbell took on a new role in his long musical career: singer and leader of his current band, the Dirty Knobs.

With Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits, Campbell & the Dirty Knobs (named after tech slang for a broken amp dial) have made the most expansive and dynamic album of the Dirty Knobs’ one-of-a-kind ride.