![]() Here’s a song that you’ve never heard before, but hopefully we’ll do it good enough that you’ll go along with us. ![]() We’d play these relatively small places and we wouldn’t have any hits. That’s the great thing about the Dirty Knobs over the years. What's your perspective on playing live vs. You know, you’re discovering it as they are. And I think the listeners can feel that, that you’re not going through the motions. But most of the stuff, like “ Runnin’ Down a Dream” and the other songs, it was just, “Run the tape and I’m going to go for it.” I think that’s where the excitement is. “ You Got Lucky,” that melody, I had that worked out. Occasionally and in the past, I’ve worked out a melody. Especially with the guitar solos and stuff, I like it to be kind of off the cuff a bit. When we started rehearsing, I had to go back and learn all of the words. In fact, we did it so fast that a lot of the lyrics were being written as we were cutting the track. We just worked out the arrangements, played it two or three times and we would move on to the next song. All of the solos are live and some of the vocals are live. It’s a live band and we recorded both of those albums pretty much live on the floor. I love doing it that way, especially with the Dirty Knobs. Tom would come in and show it to us and we’d learn it on the fly and try to record it as quickly as possible before it became stale or too thought out. You know, with the Heartbreakers too, we rarely had a script for our songs. Your bandmates, Jason Sinay and Matt Laug, have mentioned about how you would often show the band songs as you were in the midst of recording. Watch Mike Campbell's 'Wicked Mind' Video He’s got issues, but he’s going to try to make things okay at the end. The words just fell together, you know, about this guy who’s desperate. I think that’s kind of where the vibe of the music came from. I was really intrigued with that energy and that push. That day, I happened to be listening to a lot of Ramones. But as I look back at this album we just did, some of the lyrics seem to be indirectly about being isolated and trying to find a better world than you’re in. You know, some of the songs, I’ve noticed as I look back at them, I don’t write about specific things necessarily. But I think all of those dates are still sold and ready to go now. ![]() I was regretful that we couldn’t do the tour. Because when I’m home, I’m very active with writing and I have a studio here. In some ways, staying home and not being able to tour was kind of normal for me. How much did that contribute to or influence the direction of this new album? I know you're always writing, no matter what the circumstances are. ![]() You were all set to tour and then the pandemic happened. We’re basically just carrying on with what we were doing, but just do it more full time. Now my time has opened up and this is what I want to focus on. But I was so busy with my other job that we only had a few months here and there between tours to mess around. I always intended to record and make a record with them. Having the chance to fully focus on this as your main priority, how have you seen the dynamic evolve? The Dirty Knobs have been your musical farm team of sorts for a lot of years. He says there will be a "handful of songs" from his Heartbreakers catalog as well.Ĭampbell spoke with UCR to share some details behind the album sessions, which were once again helmed by longtime producer and associate George Drakoulias (Tom Petty, the Black Crowes). The vehicles carrying Campbell and the band on the road probably won’t be exactly like the rock and roll caravan setting in “ Electric Gypsy,” his newest single, but the shows promise to be a lot of fun. The guitarist is looking forward to finally getting a chance to showcase the music he and the group have created starting this month as they hit the road for a series of long-delayed tour dates. ' External Combustion,' the second album from Campbell and the Dirty Knobs, his band of more than 20 years now, will similarly loosen your limbs - or at the very least, get ‘em moving. “She can dislocate her arm from her body and twist it around.” ![]() “She is great and she’s a contortionist,” he reveals. But rock and roll ultimately helps the guitarist find his way out of the clutches of the female villain, who follows him all of the way to the stage. ![]()
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