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Mike Campbell shares the best and worst of his years as Tom Petty’s guitar partner
Read one of Guitar Player's top stories of 2025
Tom Petty and Mike Campbell on the song they couldn’t give Stevie Nicks — and the one they did that became a hit
Asked to write a song for Nicks, Petty nearly gave away a cut he considered one of his best
Tom Petty and Mike Campbell on how a chance meeting saved the Heartbreakers’ debut single from oblivion
Petty was so excited to find the hook, he called the band back in the studio to remake the song — at four in the morning
Tom Petty on the accident that nearly ended his guitar-playing days
In a flash of anger over a song, the guitarist saw his future nearly disappear
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
How Stevie Nicks inspired one of Tom Petty’s biggest hits — which led to one of Mike Campbell’s greatest guitar solos
Stewart says the Heartbreakers' 1985 smash “Don’t Come Around Here No More” became a tune for Petty after Nicks took a pass
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
“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
