"You couldn't talk Tom into anything," Campbell says of the rock icon, who died of an accidental drug overdose in 2017.

In his new memoir, Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell recalls the highs and lows of working with Tom Petty.

Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks collaborated on the 1981 songs "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" and "Insider" Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024.

Rebecca Sapp/Getty; Stephen Lovekin/Getty Tom Petty's substance abuse issues in the 1990s were a battle he had to fight himself. Mike Campbell, who was the lead guitarist for Tom Petty and the Hea ...

Bacon donned the long blond wig to sing an alleged "early version" of Petty's 1980s hit, "Free Fallin.'" And it turns out the first draft was about... horse girls? RELATED: Amanda ...

Rockstar Games captivated fans with the release of the Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer in December 2023, featuring Tom Petty's iconic song “Love Is a Long Road.” The choice of this 1989 track ...

"You couldn't talk Tom into anything," Campbell says of the rock icon, who died of an accidental drug overdose in 2017.

The film features a range of needle drops ranging from The Clash, Tom Petty and Judas Priest. You can check out all the songs played in the film, including instrumentals, below.

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Consider this shit shut right down right now," the musician wrote. Tom Petty's family issued a complaint to the Trump campaign after one of the musician's songs was played at a 2020 rally.