Latest about Mike Campbell
Mike Campbell on the time he broke his guitar in two onstage with Bob Dylan with just one wrong move
The guitarist bought the 1962 Gibson SG with another guitar for just $120 and famously played it for his guitar solo on Tom Petty's "Runnin' Down a Dream"
Tom Petty's throwaway guitar riff turned out to be one of the Heartbreakers' biggest hits — thanks to Rick Rubin
Producer Rick Rubin discovered the tossed-off riff on a cassette of demos Petty gave him and thought it was the better than anything else on the tape
Tom Petty on how he almost didn’t record his first solo hit — and how George Harrison helped save the day
The song came out of one of Petty's greatest tragedies but proved almost too personal for him to record
Mike Campbell on the Tom Petty song that stunned him at every performance
The guitarist also shared details behind the hit song that gave the Heartbreakers their greatest challenge in the studio
Mike Campbell on the hit-making studio technology that mystified Bob Dylan
Dylan was smitten with Campbell's LinnDrum and thought it held the secret to creating a chart-topping song as he returned to secular music in the 1980s
Mike Campbell reveals how he and Tom Petty developed the guitar tandem that defines the Heartbreakers' classic sound
Petty had started out as a bass player, but when he moved to electric the seeds of one of rock’s greatest guitar partnerships were sown
Mike Campbell on his "Red Dog" Telecaster, the focus of two new Fender tribute models
Fender's two new Red Dogs include a Stories Collection edition and a Custom Shop limited-edition model
“It really pulled me out of my grief.” Mike Campbell reveals the offer to become Fleetwood Mac's guitarist saved him just months after Tom Petty's death
The guitarist says Mac singer Stevie Nicks was like the “fifth or sixth” Heartbreaker and would have joined the band if Tom had said yes
Mike Campbell asked George Harrison to replace his Traveling Wilbury’s solo. He tells why history proves it was the right decision
The guitarist took up the instrument because of the Beatle. When it came to sharing a studio with him, he knew his hero would serve the song better than he ever could
