Guitarist Mike Campbell had a challenging relationship with Tom Petty, but ‘love and respect’ never wavered
In his new memoir, Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell recalls the highs and lows of working with Tom Petty.
Tom Petty’s Keyboardist Benmont Tench Is Ready for His Spotlight
The longtime member of the Heartbreakers is supporting his album The Melancholy Season with a live show that mixes solo tunes ...
Benmont Tench on His First Solo Album In 11 Years & What He Thinks About the Posthumous Tom Petty Releases
Tench dipped into his deeper past for a couple tracks, too. “Wobbles” was an instrumental on You Should Be So Lucky, which ...
How Bob Dylan and John Lennon inspired Benmont Tench’s ‘The Melancholy Season’
Tench, who plays a pair of shows at Largo at the Coronet in LA this month, says the sound of Lennon’s ‘Plastic Ono Band’ and ...
My Life With Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Mike Campbell Looks Back
Early on, Campbell asked for a bigger share of the band’s proceeds, and his boss simply said, “But I’m Tom Petty.” “I did my ...
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How Bob Dylan and John Lennon inspired Benmont Tench’s ‘The Melancholy Season’
When keyboard player Benmont Tench ... started playing with Mike and Tom. But it did not come easily. On the demos that got the first band Mudcrutch [Petty, Campbell and Tench’s precursor ...
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My Life With Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Mike Campbell Looks Back
Mike Campbell was always more than ... everyone when he picked up the electric guitar when Campbell and Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench backed him for a surprise 2023 Farm Aid performance.