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Petty was always seen as the ‘people’s rock star’, the link between the common man and the rock stars up on Valhalla, like ...
Mike Campbell may be best known as Tom Petty’s right-hand man in the Heartbreakers, but as the 1980s dawned, the electric guitar icon began working with Fleetwood Mac and Eagles royalty.
The promising young band were the subject of a flurry of publicity after they were signed to Geffen, but a behind-the-scenes ...
Mike Campbell understands the importance of matching his electric guitar tone to whatever song he’s playing. It’s a well-honed sense that was in clear evidence when Tom Petty & the ...
The founding member of the Heartbreakers recently unveiled his new album 'Vagabonds, Virgins and Misfits' For over 40 years, Mike Campbell was an integral member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ...
Not so for Mike Campbell, who recently sold off over 100 guitars from his vast collection, and who estimates that he still has duplicates of models he parted with. “I got rid of things I truly ...
Shy lead guitarist Mike Campbell turned away from the audience, head down, half-facing drummer Stan Lynch. But Lynch wanted to make an impression here. He motioned to Campbell to face the Boston ...
“After so many years of being ‘all-for-one-and-one-for-all’, we realised, ‘Oh, we’re at this stage now,” guitarist Mike Campbell, 75, says in a phone interview from his home in Los ...
Fender has partnered with The Heartbreakers guitar veteran Mike Campbell for a new signature guitar, the Red Dog Telecaster – a meticulously recrafted electric guitar inspired by Campbell’s ...