Until the recent publication of his memoir Heartbreaker, Mike Campbell, who is best known as the founding lead guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, didn’t set out to write a book. When he was ...

Rounding out The Speaker Wars are guitarist Jay Michael Smith, bassist Brian Patterson, percussionist Steve Ritter, and keyboardist Jay Brown. The album’s first track, “You Make Every Lie Come True,” ...

Mike Campbell was the late Tom Petty’s chief lieutenant in the Heartbreakers during the 41 years of the band’s existence. The guitarist co-produced several of the group’s albums as well as all three ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Original members of Tom Petty's Heartbreakers Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell will join a tribute tour to the Band titled Life Is ...

Fans of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers—or of 1980s rock music culture in general—have a gift coming their way. For two nights (October 17 and October 20) a lost treasure called Heartbreakers Beach ...

If you read Mike Campbell's new autobiography, "Heartbreaker," you might get the impression that he's not a big fan of Jacksonville. He mentions the city a couple dozen times in the book, none of them ...

Anyone who has been in a band can attest that keeping the group together can sometimes be as difficult as the creative process itself, and according to Tom Petty’s lead guitarist, Mike Campbell, the ...

While no one would have had a problem with The Traveling Wilburys on principle, Tom Petty was in hot water with his band the ...