Mike Campbell, a former Heartbreaker and self-described "dirtbag from North Jacksonville," returns for a concert with his new ...

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

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers in 1981: Mike Campbell, left, and Tom Petty, centre. | Credit: Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis ...

In his new memoir, Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell recalls the highs and lows of working with Tom Petty. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) In his new memoir, “Heartbreaker,” Mike ...

When Mike Campbell teamed up with Tom Petty to write material for the Heartbreakers, you could always guarantee a masterpiece ...

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

Roughly 25 years later, “I Won’t Back Down” returned to prominence once again when singer Sam Smith claimed to have ...

The depth and detail in the 464-page Heartbreaker: A Memoir (Grand Central Publishing) is impressive — and surprising. To Mike Campbell as well. “As I started thinking back on my memories, a ...

Early on, Campbell asked for a bigger share of the band’s proceeds, and his boss simply said, “But I’m Tom Petty.” “I did my big speech and he just looked at me like, ‘OK, Mike, but I ...

Known as the chiming lead guitarist for Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, and his tendency to brandish a beloved beaten Broadcaster, Mike Campbell was born to strum six strings. “I loved it right ...

Campbell's new book, Heartbreaker: A Memoir, recounts his experience as the lead guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, from the band's 1976 inception to Petty’s death in 2017.

With his upcoming memoir, Heartbreaker, due March 18 from Hachette Book Group, guitarist Mike Campbell delivers a spellbinding account of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the classic American band ...