Mike Campbell

Mike Campbell is one of the great guitarists of the classic rock era, serving as Tom Petty's lieutenant for the better part of their careers, both with the Heartbreakers and on Petty's solo albums. Campbell occasionally worked apart from Petty -- notably, he gave Don Henley the music for his 1984 hit "The Boys of Summer" -- but he was there even when Petty reunited Mudcrutch, the country-rock group the pair played in prior to the Heartbreakers.. The guitarist also launched a band called the Dirty Knobs during some downtime with the Heartbreakers around 2000, and after Petty's death in 2017, made that band his primary concern, releasing their debut, Wreckless Abandon, in 2020 and continuing to play rock & roll in the vein of the latter-day Heartbreakers, a continuity that was emphasized on 2024's Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits.