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Did You Know...

...that Mike Campbell was invited to play guitar on the Traveling Wilburys' "Handle With Care"?

...that the Heartbreakers once dumped Chinese food all over their luggage?

...that Bob Dylan and Tom Petty once showed up to a press conference wearing ridiculous make-up?

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"I used to have these soul-searching nights where I'd lie awake and think, 'When it's all over, all you've gonna leave behind is the records. That's all the fuck you're doing.'"

- Tom Petty