Campbell, best known for his four decades as lead guitarist with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, lived in Jacksonville as a teen, attending John Gorrie Junior High and graduating from Ribault High.

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

On March 18, 2025, the day Mike Campbell’s memoir Heartbreaker came out, he posted the opening sentence of the book on his Instagram account: “You don’t know about me without having heard a ...

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

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

Mike Campbell quietly became a guitar legend. I say "quietly" because he’s known more for serving the song rather than flashy guitar solos.

After spending more than 40 years riding shotgun alongside Tom Petty with the Heartbreakers, guitarist Mike Campbell is feeling more and more comfortable as the frontman of his own band. And his time ...

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.

Campbell, 74, grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, though he didn’t know the members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, who were reared there at the same time. They did share some bills early in their careers.

Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs’ co-headlining tour with Lucinda Williams plays the Bellwether in Los Angeles on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 and the Sound in Del Mar on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024.

Mike Campbell's favorite Phoenix memories, from Super Bowl to playing with Muddy Waters He’s played some of the biggest rooms in metro Phoenix, including State Farm Stadium for the Super Bowl ...