North Florida Music Hall of Fame

Born in Panama City in 1950; graduated from Ribault High in Jacksonville. Campbell met keyboardist Benmont Tench of Gainesville and was recruited to join the Gainesville group Mudcrutch, which was being booked by Pat Armstrong’s agency in Macon. The group moved to Los Angeles in 1973, where they signed with Leon Russell and Denny Cordell’s ABC-distributed label, Shelter Records. The band broke up, but three members regrouped as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Campbell has been with the band since its inception. Also see Petty, Tom; Lynch, Stan.