Latest about Tom Petty
How a psychedelic-fueled studio session set Ron Blair on the path to becoming a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Ron Blair played bass on the band’s first four albums before quitting and rejoining 20 years later
How Mike Campbell's throwaway lick shaped a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers classic
Campbell's guitar noodling and Petty's ear for a good hook resulted in their first Top 40 hit
Mike Campbell on the riff he wanted to ditch – but Tom Petty made him double down
Campbell was forced to get creative to make a Heartbreakers classic
How Mike Campbell ended up reconnecting with a classic piece of Heartbreakers gear
Turns out, the missing piece of his ideal tone was closer than he thought...
Mike Campbell on writing The Boys of Summer with Don Henley – after Tom Petty passed on it
Campbell made an all-important change to the song before handing it over to Henley
How Mike Campbell and Tom Petty developed their Heartbreaker sound – with the help of some choice early gear picks
Though Petty was in need of a decent electric, the two Heartbreakers quickly landed on a sound that would define their guitar partnership
Mike Campbell on what he brought to the Heartbreakers as Tom Petty’s guitar foil
The Heartbreakers guitarist will release his career-spanning memoir next week
Tom Leadon, guitarist for Tom Petty-fronted band Mudcrutch, dies at 70
The brother of Eagles multi-instrumentalist Bernie Leadon, Tom Leadon also played with Linda Ronstadt, and co-wrote the Eagles' 1975 track, Hollywood Waltz
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!”
The Heartbreakers guitarist on getting the Dirty Knobs back together for an album that mines the tonal gold of small tube combos and captures the magic of recording live
