Heartbreaker

[Campbell] shares warm praise for his bandmates, and offers fascinating insights into the alchemy of songwriting, encouraging longtime Petty fans to listen with fresh ears to decades-old material. The result is an exemplary music memoir * Publisher’s Weekly *Part of the power of [this] book comes in offering a rare glimpse into the delicate dynamics that underpin any great band supporting a superstar * Independent *This deeply moving memoir is an exhaustive look at the musician’s life in rock ‘n’ roll … [Campbell’s] eye for detail and unsparing introspection makes for lovely, wise lyrical prose * Record Collector *An exceptionally well-written and highly readable book … one of the best music autobiographies I have ever read - and I’ve read dozens - if not the best of the lot * Afterword *Heartbreaker immediately becomes an indispensable history of Campbell’s band. More important, it is a stirring and tender portrait of a life realised through rock ‘n’ roll * MOJO *[Campbell’s] likeable memoir resembles his guitar-playing, full of character but not self-aggrandising, with neat riffs * Financial Times *

Mike Campbell is an American guitarist. He was a member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and co-wrote many of the band’s hits with Petty.