Mike Campbell Has A Solo Album In The Can

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Originally Posted by cbBen

Mike Campbell recorded a solo album but at Petty's request never released it (Petty felt Campbell sounded too similar to Petty himself and feared it would confuse their audience).

Jealous much?? Imagine spending all that money to produce an album and be told something as ridiculous as this. Mike obliged of course 'cause he didn't want to get on Tom's bad side probably.No one would be confused that it wasn't a Petty song. People would know it was a Mike Campbell solo tune, especially Petty's fans who would most likely be the buyers of such songs. Petty once blasted Stevie for recording a song that was set to one of his music demos without his permission. He also complained to reporters when Stop Draggin' was a huge hit but it was on Bella Donna rather than his record, Hard Promises. His actual words to the reporter were, "on a Stevie Nicks album," shared in his disdain.