Embarking on your own project ‘outside the band’ can be difficult, particularly if you’ve been working in support of someone else for a considerable period of time. And, when Heartbreakers lead guitarist Mike Campbell plucked up the courage to send some of his songs to Tom Petty, the resulting conversation doesn’t sound like the easiest.
Campbell joined The Heartbreakers in 1976, and speaking to Mix Online, he suggests that he struggled to feel confident in his voice, which some had compared to that of his band’s leader.
