LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 1, 2019…TODAY GUITARIST MIKE CAMPBELL
IS 69 YEARS OLD. CAMPBELL IS BEST KNOWN AS THE LEAD GUITARIST FOR ‘TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS’. HE CO-WROTE AND COLLABORATED WITH TOM PETTY FOR OVER 50 YEARS. HE ALSO WROTE AND PERFORMED ON DON HENLEY’S ‘BOYS OF SUMMER’ AND ‘HEART OF THE MATTER’. HIS SONGWRITING AND PERFORMANCE CREDITS WITH OTHER ARTISTS INCLUDE JOHNNY CASH, TRACY CHAPMAN, GEORGE HARRISON, THE TRAVELLING WILBURYS, ROBIN ZANDER, JACKSON BROWNE, AND STEVIE NICKS.
CAMPBELL ALONG WITH NICK FINN WERE ANNOUNCED AS THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF FLEETWOOD MAC ON APRIL 9, 2018 AS LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM’S REPLACEMENT.
HERE’S CAMPBELL WITH TOM PETTY AND A LIVE VERSION OF ‘RUNNIN’ DOWN A DREAM’.
photo thanks- Amber
