Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs - External Combustion (Vinyl) 3Ds spearheading the musical Tropicalia revolution

spearheading the musical Tropicalia revolution lead by Brazilian legends Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil

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the record is a more sonically direct effort

She can hush a room with an original song that channels the hurting spirit of Patsy Cline or the sensuality of Peggy Lee

Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs - External Combustion (Vinyl) 3Ds spearheading the musical Tropicalia revolutionFor Mike Campbell, External Combustion the second album by his first band as a leader, The Dirty Knobs is proof that lightning can strike twice. The follow up to their 2020 debut Wreckless Abandon beats a new set of odds and jumps ahead in vision and drive, proving the first record was no one shot deal. Campbell experienced all of the above and more with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers riding shotgun with his friend and captain as lead guitarist, co