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Great songwriting partnerships were built on disagreement and on this major hit, Tom Petty and Mike Campbell experienced that.

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Throughout their decades-long tenure together, Tom Petty, his lead guitarist and co-writer Mike Campbell, and their band, the Heartbreakers, had no small shortage of career-defining hits. From ...

Tom Petty had a nickname for Mike Campbell: “co-captain.” Campbell was more than The Heartbreakers’ lead guitarist; he co-produced and co-wrote many of Petty’s biggest hits. Though the quiet guitarist ...

Mike Campbell's new memoir Heartbreaker reflects on the music he created over multiple decades with Tom Petty. Credit: Photo by Caitlyn Ridenour. Creative Commons. It should really come as no surprise ...

Mike Campbell played lead guitar with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for four decades. Mike Campbell has roots in Jacksonville and graduated from Ribault High School. Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs ...