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Heartbreaker: A Memoir
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Instant New York Times Bestsellerusa Today Bestsellera FastPaced, TenderHearted Rock N Roll Memoir For The Ages, Mike CampbellS Heartbreaker Is Part RagsToRiches Story And Part Raucous, SeatOfThePants Adventure, Recounting CampbellS Life And Times As Lead Guitarist Of Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers.An Exhilarating Account ... An Exemplary Music Memoir. Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)Mike Campbell Was The Lead Guitarist For Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers From The BandS Inception In 1976 To PettyS Tragic Death In 2017. His Iconic, Melodic Playing Helped Form The Foundation Of The BandS Sound.Together, Petty And Campbell Wrote Countless Songs, Including Some Of The BandS Biggest Hits. From Their Early Days In Florida To Their Dizzying Rise To Superstardom To PettyS Acclaimed, PlatinumSelling Solo Albums Full Moon Fever And Wildflowers, Petty Never Made A Record Without Him. Their Work Together Is Timeless, As Are The CareerDefining Hits Campbell CoWrote With Don Henley.But Few Know Of The LessThanGlamorous Background From Which Campbell EmergedA Hardscrabble Childhood On The North Side Of Jacksonville, Often Just Days Ahead Of Homelessness, Raised By A Single Mother Struggling On Minimum Wage. After Months Of Saving, His Mother Bought Him A $15 Pawnshop Acoustic Guitar For His Sixteenth Birthday. With A Chord Book And A Transistor Radio, Campbell Painstakingly Taught Himself To Play.When A Chance Encounter With A Guidance Counselor Inspired Him To Enroll In The University Of Florida, CampbellBroke, With Nowhere Else To Go And The Vietnam Draft LoomingMoved Into A Rundown Farmhouse In Gainesville, Where He Met A 20YearOld Tom Petty. They Were Soon Inseparable. Together They Chased Their Shared Dream All The Way To Los Angeles, Where Campbell Would Meet His Destiny, And The Love Of His Life, Marcie. It Was An AtTimes Grueling Dream Come True That Took Campbell From The Very Bottom To The Absolute Top, Where Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Would Remain For Decades, Creating An Astonishing Body Of Work.Brilliant, SoftSpoken And Intensely Private, Campbell Opens Up Within These Pages For The First Time, Revealing Himself To Be An Astute Observer Of Triumphs, Tragedies And Absurdities Alike, With A SongwriterS Eye For The Telling Detail And A Voice As Direct And Unpretentious As His Music.An Instant Classic, Heartbreaker Is Mike CampbellS Heartfelt Portrait Of One Throwaway KidS Lifesaving Love Of Music And The Creative Heights He Achieved Through Luck, Collaboration, Humility And Extraordinary Talent.
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