Tom Petty

Something for the weekend: Tom Petty “Crawling Back to You”

June 20, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it from us for another week dear reader. We wanted to give a special shout out to twice winner of Americana radio show of the year in previous AUK readers polls, Mike Ritchie who last […]

artwork for Mike Campbell book "Heartbreaker"

Book Review: Mike Campbell “Heartbreaker”

June 6, 2025 Graeme Tait 1

For the few people who don’t know, Mike Campbell was the lead guitarist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from the band’s inception in 1976 to Petty’s tragic death in 2017. His iconic, melodic playing helped […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It – Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

October 9, 2024 Tim Martin 2

In contrast to some of my colleagues I found this feature fairly straightforward to write. I can vividly remember the disappointment of becoming invested in an artist, only to find that when their next album arrived […]

Video: Dierks Bentley “American Girl”

May 14, 2024 Mike Robbie 2

Well, here’s an interesting new music video for the collective opinion of our AUK readership. When I saw the headline as it read, “Dierks Bentley Borrows Tom Petty’s Rickenbacker Guitar for ‘American Girl’ Video,” I had […]

Paperback Riders: Warren Zanes “Petty: The Biography”

May 1, 2024 Tim Martin 0

When Andy Davidson reviewed Warren Zanes’ recent book on the making of Springsteen’s Nebraska it reminded me of his biography of Tom Petty. For such a vital figure, Petty has not been well served by biographers, […]