Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits LP

Mike Campbell is best known as the lead guitarist of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers from its inception in 1976 until the passing of Tom Petty in 2017. The rock and roll icon has played on four Bob Dylan albums, the majority of Stevie NIcks albums, three Don Henley albums, and albums with Chris Stapleton, Linda Ronstadt, Joe Cocker, Rob Thomas, Mary J. Blige, Tracy Chapman, Randy Newman and more.

Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits is the third studio album with his solo project the Dirty Knobs, following 2020's Wreckless Abandon and 2022's External Combustion. The 2024 release features guest appearances by Lucinda Williams, Graham Nash, Chris Stapleton and fellow lifelong Heartbreaker, keyboardist Benmont Tench.

On Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits, the Dirty Knobs sound rougher and richer than they did before, expanding upon the roots they laid down on their first two records. All of Campbell's signatures remain in place, not just from the Dirty Knobs but from the Heartbreakers, too: the group graft psychedelia upon the heavy blues crunch that's their specialty.