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

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

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

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 ...

Mike Campbell, left, and Tom Petty of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers perform at San Francisco's Old Waldorf Nightclub in 1977. (Richard McCaffrey / Getty Images) ...

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.

Mike Campbell and Tom Petty perform with the Heartbreakers in the late 1970s. Campbell is playing the rare 1950 Fender Broadcaster he purchased for $600 in 1976. | Credit: Larry Hulst/Michael Ochs ...

And, when Heartbreakers lead guitarist Mike Campbell plucked up the courage to send some of his songs to Tom Petty, the resulting conversation doesn’t sound like the easiest.

Campbell’s revelation comes in a video Fender has shared as it rolls out two tributes to the Red Dog: the Stories Collection Mike Campbell "Red Dog" Telecaster ($3,499.99) and the Fender Custom ...

Mike Campbell and The Dirty Knobs perform on stage at Ak-Chin Pavilion in Phoenix on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. He couldn't wait to get on stage again, he says. It's in his blood.

Mike Campbell performing with Tom Petty in 1977. Ian Dickson/Redferns Now, he is heading from the stage to the page with his memoir, Heartbreaker, set to hit bookshelves on March 18, 2025.