Campbell, Mike & The Dirty Knobs

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The Dirty Knobs made External Combustion in three weeks over the summer of 2021, and “The band became this spontaneous type of combustion”, Campbell recalled, recounting how the band became more intuitive the longer they played.

Campbell claims he was never offered a solo deal in his four decades with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, despite also writing and producing for artists like Roy Orbison and Don Henley. “I wouldn’t have known what to do with it,” he adds quickly. “I was Tom’s partner. Lyrics and singing – he could always do it much better. But I was writing and recording more music than Tom could deal with. That’s when I got the Dirty Knobs, which gave me a chance to try singing. So I started woodshedding. And then when my life changed (with Petty’s death in October 2017) it was, ‘Time to do this now.'”

Tracklist:

01. Wicked Mind
02. Brigitte Bardot
03. Cheap Talk
04. External Combustion
05. Dirty Job (Feat. Ian Hunter)
06. State of Mind (Feat. Margo Price)
07. Lightning Boogie
08. Rat City
09. In This Lifetime
10. It is Written
11. Electric Gypsy