The guitarist also shared details behind the hit song that gave the Heartbreakers their greatest challenge in the studio ...

Former Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell is now playing with his band The Knobs. They'll rock Charleston ...

On March 18, 2025, the day Mike Campbell’s memoir Heartbreaker came out, he posted the opening sentence of the book on his Instagram account: “You don’t know about me without having heard a ...

After spending more than 40 years riding shotgun alongside Tom Petty with the Heartbreakers, guitarist Mike Campbell is feeling more and more comfortable as the frontman of his own band. And his time ...

Mike Campbell, left, and Tom Petty of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers perform at San Francisco's Old Waldorf Nightclub in 1977. (Richard McCaffrey / Getty Images) ...

Mike Campbell and Tom Petty perform with the Heartbreakers in the late 1970s. Campbell is playing the rare 1950 Fender Broadcaster he purchased for $600 in 1976. | Credit: Larry Hulst/Michael Ochs ...

And, when Heartbreakers lead guitarist Mike Campbell plucked up the courage to send some of his songs to Tom Petty, the resulting conversation doesn’t sound like the easiest.

Until the recent publication of his memoir Heartbreaker, Mike Campbell, who is best known as the founding lead guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, didn’t set out to write a book.

Campbell’s revelation comes in a video Fender has shared as it rolls out two tributes to the Red Dog: the Stories Collection Mike Campbell "Red Dog" Telecaster ($3,499.99) and the Fender Custom ...

Mike Campbell's favorite Phoenix memories, from Super Bowl to playing with Muddy Waters He’s played some of the biggest rooms in metro Phoenix, including State Farm Stadium for the Super Bowl ...

Campbell’s collection isn’t short of iconic instruments, and the Red Dog guitar is certainly up there. As the story goes, he purchased the single-cut from a student, who presented the heavily ...

Mike Campbell's many stories from his decades-long career are encapsulated in his recently-released memoir – including insights into what he brought to the Heartbreakers as Tom Petty’s guitar ...