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Mike Campbell Doesn’t Know How He Got So Lucky
The Heartbreaker on his unspoken bond with Tom Petty, “sideman syndrome,” and Bob Dylan being jealous of “The Boys of Summer.”
Some of the book’s most endearing stories are when Campbell, closely associated with Tom Petty, worked alongside and elevated the careers of legends such as Bob Dylan, George Harrison, and Don Henley — all of whom benefited from his improvisational playing style and seemingly never-ending supply of songs. After several false starts, the duo — along with Benmont Tench, Stan Lynch, and Ron Blair — formed the Heartbreakers in 1976, and their country-unifying, dream-running sound eventually propelled them to stardom. You wrote that your proudest moment as a guitarist is a solo you didn’t play on, the Traveling Wilburys’ “Handle With Care,” because you convinced George Harrison to do it instead — even after you recorded your part.
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