The four San Diego concerts you definitely don’t want to miss this week

This week’s top San Diego concert picks include Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, Matt Wilson’s Christmas Tree-O, Molly Tuttle ...

Mike Campbell, Rebecca Jade and 7 other standout shows this weekend

Mike Campbell, John Waters, Rebecca Jade and a tribute to a beloved local musician highlight San Diego's upcoming live music ...
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Mike Campbell on his "Red Dog" Telecaster, the focus of two new Fender tribute models

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 Heartbreakers ...
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Mike Campbell says it's the original Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers sound, and the guitar he can't live without

Most guitarists — even rich, famous ones — have that one guitar they dream of acquiring. Not so for Mike Campbell, who recently sold off over 100 guitars from his vast collection, and who estimates ...
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' Mike Campbell Announces Memoir: 'A Testimonial That Dreams Can Come True'

'Heartbreaker' promises to detail the guitarist-songwriter's transformation from a "poor kid from Jacksonville" to a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Legendary guitarist, songwriter and producer Mike ...
American Songwriter

3 Iconic Guitar Moments by Mike Campbell

Under the threat of being drafted and sent to Vietnam, the young guitarist enrolled at the University of Florida. Then he met a 20-year-old songwriter named Tom Petty. From Gainesville to Los Angeles, ...
AZ Central

Tom Petty guitarist Mike Campbell on moving on with own band: 'It gets a little emotional'

Mike Campbell was the greatest right-hand man Tom Petty could’ve hoped to find, a brilliant lead guitarist who co-wrote such Heartbreakers classics as “Refugee,” “Here Comes My Girl” and “A Woman in ...
The Santa Barbara Independent

From Heartbreaker to Heartfelt

Campbell, the celebrated Heartbreakers guitarist and songwriter, returns to Santa Barbara with the Dirty Knobs on December 3 ...

Guitarist Mike Campbell had a challenging relationship with Tom Petty, but 'love and respect' never wavered

In his new memoir, “Heartbreaker,” Mike Campbell recalls an afternoon in the early ’70s when Tom Petty — Campbell’s bandmate ...
American Songwriter

4 of Tom Petty’s Hardest-Rocking Classics

Tom Petty made his mark on the rock world by writing some of the strongest songs the genre has ever witnessed. But this guy ...
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Tom Petty guitarist Mike Campbell reveals why he never confronted late singer about his heroin addiction

Mike Campbell is ready to shed some light on his complicated friendship with the late Tom Petty. As a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Campbell had a front-row seat to the singer's ...
Rolling Stone

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Guitarist Mike Campbell Pens Memoir

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell has teamed up with novelist Ari Surdoval to write a memoir, Heartbreaker, which will be released on March 18, 2025. The book will trace the ...