Tom Petty

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Mike Campbell and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 'Long After Dark' tour, 7 December 1982 Wembley Arena.
Nearly a decade after Tom Petty’s death, the Heartbreakers reunite: “There was a deep love that kept us together”

By Joe Bosso Published

Mike Campbell recalls his decades-long partnership with Petty and the musical chemistry that defined the band

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George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Little Richard and Mike Love of The Beach Boys performing at the 1988 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame awards ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City on January 20, 1988.
When George Harrison, Bob Dylan and a host of stars recorded in Dave Stewart’s kitchen

By Phil Weller Published

It was the perfect environment for the most casual of supergroups to find their sound

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Musicians Tom Petty & Stevie Nicks perform onstage in 1981.
Tom Petty and Mike Campbell on the song they couldn’t give Stevie Nicks — and the one they did that became a hit

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

Asked to write a song for Nicks, Petty nearly gave away a cut he considered one of his best

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LEFT: Mike Campbell of Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers performs at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre on September 19, 2010 in Charlotte, North Carolina. RIGHT: Bob Dylan at Farm Aid - September 22, 1985
Mike Campbell on the time he broke his guitar in two onstage with Bob Dylan with just one wrong move

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

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"

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Mike Campbell and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 'Long After Dark' tour, 7 December 1982 Wembley Arena.
Mike Campbell on the Tom Petty song that stunned him at every performance

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

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

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Tom Petty performs circa 1985 in Los Angeles, California.
Don Felder on helping out Tom Petty, recording with Joni Mitchell and writing the Eagles’ ‘Hotel California’ solo with Joe Walsh

By Gary Graff Published

The former Eagles guitarist shares reminiscences — and explains how Walsh helped develop the iconic dual-guitar lines in “Hotel California”

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Tom Petty (1950-2017) of Tom Petty and the Hearbreakers performs on stage during the 1987 Rock 'N' Roll Caravan Tour on June 18, 1987 at the Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan.
Tom Petty on the song that defined him as a new kind of guitar-slinging American rocker

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

The tune went on to challenge the norms for music videos with a storytelling approach that was unique for the time

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Tom Petty performs circa 1985 in Los Angeles, California.
“I thought it was just a little bit too simple.” Tom Petty almost gave away his biggest hit — five years after he wrote it

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

It took a persistent producer and a blunt comment from a studio assistant to convince him to dust off the gem and claim it for the Heartbreakers

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George Harrison circa 1990
How George Harrison, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne spontaneously created the 1980s’ biggest supergroup

By Phil Weller Published

Their success happened overnight, but their formation was entirely down to luck

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American Rock and Pop musician Tom Petty (1950 - 2017) plays guitar as he leads his band, the Heartbreakers, during a performance on the 'Long After Dark' tour at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 31, 1983.
How Tom Petty broke up his band to form the Heartbreakers — and the musician he left behind

By Andrew Daly Published

Fifty years later, former Mudcrutch bassist Charlie Souza still wonders what happened

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