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Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits, the third album by Mike Campbell and the Dirty Knobs, opens with a song about the one thing every rock band on the road needs to feel alive and going forward, night after night: the crowd.
Campbell was born on February 1, 1950, in Panama City, Florida.He grew up there and in Jacksonville, Florida, where he graduated from Jean Ribault High School in 1968. At the age of 16, his mother, Helen Barber, bought him his first guitar, a Harmony acoustic model which he later described as "unplayable" from a pawnshop. His first electric guitar was a $60 Guyatone, but playing a friend's ...
Feb 1, 2016 · Mike Campbell was best known as Tom Petty's right-hand man for decades. He played with Petty in the pre-Heartbreakers band Mudcrutch and co-wrote, co-produced and played the searing guitar leads ...
Jul 8, 2024 · The founding member of the Heartbreakers recently unveiled his new album 'Vagabonds, Virgins and Misfits' Chris Phelps For over 40 years, Mike Campbell was an integral member of Tom Petty and the ...
Oct 3, 2017 · Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell spoke to us in 2014 about his long history in the band. Ebet Roberts/Getty Images
Jun 19, 2024 · For decades, Mike Campbell made his living as the guitarist, co-songwriter, and co-producer with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.His expressive blues-rock riffs lent buoyancy and a deep sense of ...
Nov 10, 2020 · I can count on one hand the number of good things that have come out of Florida over the past century. Three of those are Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, and Benmont Tench, the core Heartbreakers ...
May 31, 2023 · Mike Campbell was the greatest right-hand man Tom Petty could’ve hoped to find, a brilliant lead guitarist who co-wrote such Heartbreakers classics as “Refugee,” “Here Comes My Girl” and ...
With Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits, Campbell & the Dirty Knobs (named after tech slang for a broken amp dial) have made the most expansive and dynamic album of the Dirty Knobs’ one-of-a-kind ride ...
Dec 18, 2020 · Soon enough, however, Campbell had to put the brakes on the Knobs once again. In early 2018, he received a call from drummer Mick Fleetwood, who asked whether he would be interested in replacing Lindsey Buckingham in Fleetwood Mac.
