<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/tom-petty-and-heartbreakers Thu, 06 Nov 2025 17:09:16 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “That’s all I had for weeks… People started banging on the wall – ‘Don’t play that anymore!’” Tom Petty wanted to turn a catchy riff into a much-needed hit. He didn't stop playing it until he did ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tom-petty-the-story-of-the-waiting kJk2rUrZoTrT2PbzSEKuk3 Thu, 06 Nov 2025 17:09:16 +0000 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:08:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The way we played guitar, the way I voiced against Tom, we found it on American Girl. I thought, ‘This is us.’ Those two guitars helped make it happen”: Mike Campbell on how his lifelong musical connection with Tom Petty was forged in a matter of days ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mike-campbell-on-tom-petty-johnny-cash-and-life-as-a-heartbreaker ZaYpWqfufhXGVRRbpxo7sa Wed, 28 May 2025 13:20:43 +0000 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:24:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He mostly played bass. I had a ’64 Strat that I got for $200. Tom didn’t really have a good electric, so I let him use that one”: How Mike Campbell and Tom Petty developed their Heartbreakers sound – with the help of some choice early gear picks ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mike-campbell-tom-petty-heartbreaker-sound T2Crs3ChvVsJeomnAH9Kr7 Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:27:31 +0000 Wed, 07 May 2025 10:21:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I didn’t think I played that well. I had a hunch he could pull something out with the slide. I handed him the guitar, and he just did it”: The time Mike Campbell asked George Harrison to take over his own guitar solo ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/when-mike-campbell-asked-george-harrison-to-take-over-his-own-solo kjtSaShqBMTA9pxvdSKaoY Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:37:44 +0000 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:28:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I brought a musicality that Tom wasn’t capable of. I had techniques that I could express to him in his songs that he couldn't have done on his own”: Mike Campbell on what he brought to the Heartbreakers as Tom Petty’s guitar foil ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mike-campbell-on-his-partnership-with-tom-petty GBdRAR6GKPoPjPESeeoKZY Wed, 12 Mar 2025 17:48:26 +0000 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:58:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Mick Fleetwood asked me to join the band, but I don’t think Stevie voted against me… I don’t play like Lindsey, but I was able to do the songs justice”: Mike Campbell on the challenge of joining Fleetwood Mac and what he learned from Tom Petty ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mike-campbell-tom-petty-fleetwood-mac-career NfeDZbKyzzCRxprok7Sdjm Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:40:57 +0000 Thu, 31 Oct 2024 12:05:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I use a lot of chords with open strings. The guys in the Heartbreakers used to laugh at me, saying, ‘You’re doing the bagpipes again!’” Mike Campbell on his unorthodox guitar style – and how Tom Petty saved his definitive Breakdown lick ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/mike-campbell-talks-guitar WGNBzv5ctX9jBZAeWCFvJG Tue, 24 Sep 2024 12:34:00 +0000 Fri, 18 Oct 2024 15:24:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The strap came loose, the amp was up, the guitar was up, and the neck broke off. Bob turned around like, ‘What are you doing back there?’” Mike Campbell recalls breaking his guitar in front of a live audience – in the middle of a Bob Dylan show ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-guitarist-mike-campbell-on-breaking-his-guitar-during-bob-dylan-concert iEahLKe38m56NLDVTcUrta Mon, 02 Sep 2024 12:53:51 +0000 Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:55:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Mike Campbell pick up his Gibson Firebird with Larkin Poe to perform Tom Petty classic Runnin’ Down a Dream ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/larkin-poe-mike-campbell-runnin-down-a-dream J7CLTmTMs9xnchKFnZBnPj Mon, 13 Feb 2023 17:14:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mike Campbell: “When the Heartbreakers started out, we had 100-watt Vox Super Beatles – I don’t know how Tom Petty sang over those, but he did!” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/mike-campbell-dirty-knobs-external-combustion vQoei3tgErWeg34tFTkmMD Fri, 20 May 2022 10:28:43 +0000 Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:13:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mike Campbell is having an epic vintage gear sale on Reverb.com ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/mike-campbell-reverb-store ZjvcMqLGWqwQ35J4fK8Gfj Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:48:42 +0000 Fri, 23 Jul 2021 09:00:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch members of Testament, Anthrax and more take on the Stevie Nicks/Tom Petty classic Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/watch-members-of-testament-anthrax-and-more-take-on-the-stevie-nickstom-petty-classic-stop-draggin-my-heart-around Hv74wMpCuVSTvTDmjeVqe5 Wed, 17 Mar 2021 19:40:34 +0000 Thu, 18 Mar 2021 09:36:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mike Campbell reveals his “desert island guitars” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/mike-campbell-reveals-his-desert-island-guitars kh2SpSFPnbUDYEQnECDVyS Fri, 19 Feb 2021 17:14:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mike Campbell recalls Tom Petty's Damn the Torpedoes: "We were determined to make the best-sounding record ever made" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/mike-campbell-recalls-tom-pettys-damn-the-torpedoes-we-were-determined-to-make-the-best-sounding-record-ever-made X93okrSntfMwvP77MhEd64 Tue, 20 Aug 2019 09:14:02 +0000 Thu, 22 Aug 2019 09:45:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mike Campbell Discusses His New Gig with Fleetwood Mac and an Epic New Tom Petty Box Set ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/mike-campbell-discusses-his-new-gig-with-fleetwood-mac-and-an-epic-new-tom-petty-box-set FXLZmAn6LhqrAnXRFYpcbH Tue, 15 Jan 2019 20:24:06 +0000 Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:12:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Kurt Vile Perform a Stripped-Down Cover of Tom Petty's "Learning to Fly" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/watch-kurt-vile-perform-a-stripped-down-cover-of-tom-pettys-learning-to-fly HP4JS28yRMGvaJYp3iWMfT Mon, 22 Oct 2018 19:01:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ First-Ever Tom Petty Career-Spanning Hits Compilation, 'The Best of Everything,' Due in November ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/first-ever-tom-petty-career-spanning-hits-compilation-the-best-of-everything-due-in-november 89QmJNc63WsyFRSMoMKXmN Fri, 05 Oct 2018 17:32:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Eddie Vedder Cover Tom Petty's "Room at the Top" at the Oscars ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/watch-eddie-vedder-tom-petty-room-at-the-top-at-the-oscars 2nYAZgZkRaYCbBFqKvNPFN Mon, 05 Mar 2018 14:22:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ Tom Petty's "American Girl": How to Play the High-Flying Outro Guitar Riffs ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/tom-pettys-american-girl-how-play-high-flying-outro-guitar-riffs jqs7ysMJ4NYaqMPx9bPd9e Thu, 01 Feb 2018 21:17:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Concert for George' Box Set to be Released in Honor of George Harrison's 75th Birthday ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concert-for-george-box-set-to-be-released-in-honor-of-george-harrison-75-birthday 3pSF7hJAGbh9c9ucDQEKCN Wed, 17 Jan 2018 21:25:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch a Catholic Priest Shred Tom Petty's "Runnin' Down a Dream" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/watch-catholic-priest-shred-tom-petty-dream k5GDvAisahJ8xCo49hvCtm Tue, 26 Dec 2017 17:09:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch "Free Fallin'" and "American Girl" from Tom Petty's Final Performance ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/watch-tom-pettys-final-performance FKvaD82hUeg6nXf5nwCCLL Wed, 04 Oct 2017 14:55:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ Tom Petty: 10 of His Best Under-the-Radar Songs ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/tom-petty-10-his-best-under-radar-songs VnkCLmoW5XVZmYhDePT7HG Tue, 03 Oct 2017 16:10:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ Guitarists Mourn Tom Petty ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists-mourn-tom-petty BZh2xPSnEiYh79n6fpRhbc Tue, 03 Oct 2017 14:08:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ Tom Petty Dead at 66 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/tom-petty-dead-66 LN46DyBhRrxiyZrGWbAd2Z Mon, 02 Oct 2017 19:34:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Announce 40th Anniversary 2017 Tour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/tom-petty-and-heartbreakers-announce-40th-anniversary-2017-tour VwBs79gZDZNMfnssWRkfDS Fri, 09 Dec 2016 18:21:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ Fender Custom Shop Introduces Mike Campbell “Heartbreaker” Telecaster — Video ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/fender-custom-shop-introduces-mike-campbell-heartbreaker-telecaster-video DyeDbBk7SDziz2g6Am2wDF Thu, 19 Nov 2015 21:58:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ Readers' Poll: The Best American Rock Band Ever — Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Vs. Grateful Dead ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/readers-poll-best-american-rock-band-ever-tom-petty-and-heartbreakers-vs-grateful 93e9bxwzzgsfu7ncUPaYGH Fri, 02 Oct 2015 10:20:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Bring Deep-Cut Residency to New York City’s Beacon Theater ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/blogs/tom-petty-heartbreakers-bring-deep-cut-residency-new-york-city-s-beacon-theater 9oR3ULPFVthT45S4jUu82E Thu, 23 May 2013 15:01:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ Danelectro Auctions Guitars for Charity; Models Signed by Tom Petty, John Mayer ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/danelectro-auctions-guitars-charity-models-signed-tom-petty-john-mayer tCsXSKbYCywsUcXsYSM2tQ Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:06:42 +0000