{"product_id":"wreckless-abandon","title":"Wreckless Abandon","description":"\u003ch2 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew Side Project from Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers' and Fleetwood Mac's Mike Campbell!\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile 2020's\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWreckless Abandon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis their first official release and occasion to tour,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Dirty Knobs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efirst came together 15 years ago after\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMike Campbell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emet guitarist\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJason Sinay\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eat a session and liked the way their guitars sounded together. After adding the acclaimed rhythm section of bassist\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLance Morrison\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Don Henley) and drummer\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMatt Laug\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Slash, Alanis Morrisette),\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Dirty Knobs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebecame an outlet for Campbell to work on some of the other songs he was writing between Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers records and touring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThey got together when schedules permitted, playing music without an agenda, expectations or deadlines, without worrying about outcome or hits, pushing boundaries of taste, imagination, and genres and creating some of the most brutally confident yet psychically dangerous rock and roll since sonic-renegade juggernauts the Yardbirds first sauntered onto a London stage and ripped into \"For Your Love.\" \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs the years went on the Knobs played out here and there, almost incognito, in little clubs in Southern California. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn a way, they were doing their own version of the Beatles' formative, tighten-up Hamburg years: performing oddball covers but mostly original songs about bad women, complicated relationships and messy confrontations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFinally, after all those years together, it became clear they should take what they did to the next level. Campbell's long-time compatriot, friend and bandmate, Tom Petty, had passed away, and after the numbing grief abated some, the guitarist knew the only way to heal some of the pain was to throw himself wholeheartedly back into his music. \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Losing Tom was earth-shattering for me. It was a total shock,\" says Campbell. \"It had felt like we would be playing together forever. For a while it was hard to imagine playing in my own band again, let alone one where I'm the frontman. Tom was always my beacon. But everything I've been doing since Tom passed, including this album with The Dirty Knobs, is in the spirit of honoring what we did together.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThey recorded the album at Campbell's home studio, Hocus Pocus Recorders, in just three weeks' time, before the guitarist went out on the road in 2018 as a member of Fleetwood Mac. The Knobs tapped legendary producer\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGeorge Drakoulias\u003c\/strong\u003e, who had also produced Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers' 2002 LP\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Last DJ\u003c\/em\u003e, to co-produce. They also contacted the equally fabled\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKlaus Voormann\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e- Beatles intimate, former member of Manfred Mann, and the artist behind Revolver - to design their album cover. \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"From the very first, the Dirty Knobs just felt right,\" says Campbell. \"Everything just flowed. Recording the album was just an extension of that. This is a great group, there's a chemistry here and there's fun. You can't underrate the importance of fun. It's not something you can fake, but it is something you can hear in the album.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLP1\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWreckless Abandon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePistol Packin' Mama\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSugar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSouthern Boy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Still Love You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIrish Girl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLP2\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFuck That Guy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDon't Knock The Boogie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDon't Wait\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnna Lee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAw Honey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoaded Gun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDon't Knock The Boogie (Coda)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"The Dirty Knobs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57899664081079,"sku":"qkr1793039556345","price":18.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0748\/7894\/3415\/files\/wreckless-abandon_1.jpg?v=1793039561","url":"https:\/\/windbreakwear.shop\/products\/wreckless-abandon","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}