Mike Campbell’s new book details long journey from his underprivileged upbringing in Florida through the Heartbreakers' rise ...

“Yes, Tom [Petty] was not a perfect person. Neither am I. Neither are you, you know,” guitarist Mike Campbell says, a bit ...

weaving within and finding notes within the chord that spell out the melody line. “That’s always come pretty easily to me. And I really enjoy playing noise guitar, which I was lucky enough to ...

Vicki Peterson’s career with The Bangles was built out of playing guitar parts that serve the song. She’s still doing that – although her solo songs have more emotional depth than those from the past.

At the start of 1979, Tom ... tells me. “Bands are delicate things. Most break up, but we managed to keep ours together.” In fact, they did so for over 40 years, only ending with Petty ...

Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks collaborated on the 1981 songs "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" and "Insider" Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024.

The late Tom Petty made songwriting look ... Mike continued, “Tom was a songwriter too. Like me, but also not like me. I could give Tom a tape of three chords that I recorded to play over ...

Mike Campbell was the late Tom Petty’s chief lieutenant in the Heartbreakers ... that will please and surprise fans -- and make some guitar aficionados and studio nerds drool over its insights.

Southern Accents' is Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' sixth studio album and, based on the production process, one of their most cursed.

and he taught me a lesson, and I learned from it, and I survived,” he says. Petty ruled his band with an iron fist, which led to the band nearly imploding several times. “Tom never doubted ...

The Tom Petty ... since Petty’s death in 2017. It’s spirit-lifting in spots, heart-breaking in others, and it offers a deep and revealing dive that will please Petty fans and guitar geeks ...