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Mike Campbell
12+ albums
rockUSA
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There are numerous artists with this name (though most do not have recordings under their own name), including: 1) Mike Campbell is an American guitarist and record producer best known for his work with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. 2) Mike Campbell is an American jazz vocalist. 3) Mike Campbell (born Michael Alan Campbell) was an American country singer active in the 1980s. 4) Mike Campbell is an American folk singer from Alaska. 1) Michael (Mike) Wayne Campbell (born February 1st, 1950 in Panama City, FL) is a guitarist and record producer best known for his work with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. He has co-written an array of songs, including "The Boys of Summer" with Don Henley, and has a side-band, The Dirty Knobs. Campbell graduated from Ribault High School in Jacksonville, Florida in 1968 and quickly moved to pursue a career in music. At 16, he bought his first guitar, a cheap Harmony model, from a pawnshop. His first electric guitar was a $60 Goya. He formed a band named Dead or Alive which quickly disbanded. He first met Tom Petty through Mudcrutch drummer Randall Marsh when they were auditioning him and he suggested his friend Mike to play rhythm guitar. Mudcrutch moved to L.A. and signed a record deal with Shelter Records, recording an album in 1974 that ended up being shelved. Campbell then joined Petty to found the original Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in 1975 along with Benmont Tench (keyboards), Ron Blair (bass guitar) and Stan Lynch (drums). Ou
