Ep249: Mike Campbell of The Heartbreakers & The Dirty Knobs
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2020
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Song-writer & Heartbreaker Mike Campbell spent his life making records and writing the soundtrack of our lives with Tom Petty. Today we discuss the rare records, recordings, projects and collaborations with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, as well as his new LP "Wreckless Abandon" with The Dirty Knobs.
If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hey, everyone. I hope you're well. Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of the |
| 0:04.3 | Vinyl Guide. And today we have a very special interview with Mike Campbell, member of the |
| 0:10.1 | Heartbreakers, songwriting partner of the late Tom Petty, and chiefton of the band The Dirty Knobbs. |
| 0:16.7 | And we're going to talk a lot about vinyl records, recording, and more. |
| 0:20.5 | Mike was part of Tom Petty's band before it was even called Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. |
| 0:25.3 | He was with Mudcrutch, an early version of the Heartbreakers, who released a few very hard |
| 0:30.8 | to find and highly collectible records. Now, we're going to talk about those today. We're also |
| 0:35.7 | going to cover many pivotal points in the career of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, |
| 0:40.5 | including the early battles with record companies, what's in the Heartbreakers' vault, |
| 0:45.4 | what's happening with all the master tapes, what outtakes are still to see the light of day, |
| 0:50.2 | the posthumous wildflowers and all the rest project, playing with Johnny Cash and heaps more. |
| 0:57.8 | Plus, you are all invited to an album release party. This Friday, November 20th, 8 p.m. Eastern |
| 1:04.9 | Standard Time, a free album release party and a live streaming show from the dirty knobs from the troubadour in Hollywood. |
| 1:12.7 | This is all to benefit Neva, a group which is working hard to save the live stages and |
| 1:17.7 | secure a future for live music. Now obviously with COVID and everything, one of the hardest hit |
| 1:22.8 | businesses is the live entertainment industry. So help out Neva so a musical future awaits all of us once |
| 1:29.4 | the pandemic is over. That's the Dirty Knobbs, reckless abandoned album release party. You're all invited. |
| 1:35.2 | This Friday, November 20th, I'll put links in this episode page, or you can head over to |
| 1:39.7 | Facebook.com slash the dirty knobs. And here's a real quick shout out to our show sponsor, |
| 1:46.4 | groove washer.com. If you have records, you need a record cleaner. So get the best record |
| 1:51.6 | cleaner in the world, the groove washer. Now, whether you're a hobbyist with a handful of records |
| 1:56.2 | or a mega record collecting nerd with a bathtub full of vinyl, the groove washer has record |
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