Each member of the band has many years of not only experience, but has a heart to deliver the best possible experience. The show featured performers returning to small venues where they performed during the early stages of their careers. 1:07. [88][89] He donated $1.5 million to the school to build an indoor athletics training facility, which was named John Mellencamp Pavilion. Green contributed lyrics to numerous Mellencamp radio hits and classic album tracks, including "Human Wheels", "Minutes to Memories", "Hurts So Good", "Crumblin' Down", "Rain on the Scarecrow", "Your Life is Now", and "Key West Intermezzo", in addition to songs recorded by Barbra Streisand, Hall & Oates, Jude Cole, Ricky Skaggs, Sue Medley, The Oak Ridge Boys, Percy Sledge, and Carla Olson. In December 2015, Mellencamp began recording a duets album with Carlene Carter, who was his opening act for all shows on the Plain Spoken Tour and would join Mellencamp for two songs during his set. In May 2000, he gave the Indiana University commencement address, in which he advised graduates to "play it like you feel it!" The first song with video, "Jena", was introduced on Mellencamp's website in October 2007. In his music, mortality, anxiety, acts of God, questions of romance and brotherhood, and crises of conscience all collide and demand hard decisions. "We'd finish a show and I'd go out and have steak and french fries and eggs at 4 in the morning and then go to sleep with all that in my gut. Urban has covered numerous Mellencamp songs in his concerts over the years, including "Hurts So Good", "Jack and Diane", "Authority Song", and "Rumble Seat". On January 18, 2009, Mellencamp performed "Pink Houses" at the Obama inaugural celebration at the Lincoln Memorial. He was born with spina bifida, for which he had corrective surgery as an infant. That's when I was believe it or not, I used to not be as ugly as I am now. [41], In two separate 2018 television interviews, Mellencamp teased a musical he is working on based on his 1982 No. In the liner notes to Mellencamps 2010 box set On the Rural Route 7609, Anthony DeCurtis wrote of Mellencamps influence on the No Depression movement: "In finding his voice as a lyricist and activist, Mellencamp also crafted a more fitting musical vision for himself (in the mid-1980s). Live at the Royal, which peaked at No. In 1999, Mellencamp covered his own songs as well as those by Bob Dylan and the Drifters for his album Rough Harvest (recorded in 1997), one of two albums he owed Mercury Records to fulfill his contract (the other was The Best That I Could Do, a best-of collection). I have 17 more songs to record. According to Mellencamp, "German painting remains the basic foundation for what I do same as folk music is the foundation of my songs. He's just incredible."[72]. I wrote all the songs, 17 songs. His original intent was to duet on the Freedom's Road track Jim Crow" with singer and activist Joan Baez. For the album, see, 19761982: Performing as Johnny Cougar and John Cougar, 19831990: Performing as John Cougar Mellencamp, Last edited on 12 February 2023, at 20:36, Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, R.O.C.K. John Cougar. The Farm Aid concerts remain an annual event and have raised over $60million for struggling family farmers as of 2022[update]. 1 hit "Jack & Diane". October 7, 1951 in Seymour, IN. Joe McCandless knows what really happened; he saw it all. Mellencamp sang the hymn "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize" at "In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement" on February 9, 2010. 48 on the Billboard singles chart. "[17], Mellencamp's 1991 album, Whenever We Wanted, was the first with a cover billed to John Mellencamp; the "Cougar" was finally dropped for good. Happy Go Lucky, which was produced by Junior Vasquez, was released to critical acclaim. [71], In a May 6, 2016, Q&A after a screening of the movie at Geena Davis' Bentonville Film Festival, Ryan said: "The music is so beautiful. Please login or register . And then it just kept evolving and evolving and evolving, and the songs that she was bringing and the songs that I was bringingthey weren't so religious. The album's first single was "My Sweet Love". It was a different sound.". Born . Im already writing songs for another record, so thats how far ahead I am, Mellencamp said. . 1 hit for four weeks. Growing up in southern Indianawith which he is strongly identifiedMellencamp began playing in rock bands . In October 2002, Mellencamp performed the Robert Johnson song "Stones in My Passway" at two benefit concerts for his friend, Billboard magazine editor-in-chief Timothy White, who died from a heart attack in 2002. 7 on the Billboard 200 the week of August 2, 2008. Mellencamp wrote over 30 songs for the record (only 13 made the final cut), and he wrote one song specifically for Room 414 at the Gunter Hotel Mellencamp told the San Antonio Express-News: "It's called 'Right Behind Me'. 17). [6], After 18 months of traveling between Indiana and New York City in 1974 and 1975, Mellencamp found someone receptive to his music and image in Tony DeFries of MainMan Management. "There were personal problems, cross-pollinated with professional issues. and "Another Sunny Day 12/25", in addition to the title track, which hit No. 21) and "Rumble Seat" (No. All of that failure and frustration had energized every guy in the band to the infantile level of, 'We're going to show 'em all they were wrong.' Mellencamp has won one Grammy Award (Best Male Rock Performer for "Hurts So Good" in 1983) and been nominated for 12 others. At Gaff's request, Mellencamp moved to London, England, for nearly a year to record, promote, and tour behind 1978's A Biography. His songs document the joys and struggles of ordinary people seeking to make their way, and he has consistently brought the fresh air of common experience to the typically glamour-addled world of popular music.[54]. His sad clowns, ex-girlfriends, creative heroes, imagined outliers, and hillbilly singers are often endowed with oversize hands and facial features and always with deadpan, proud stares.". [93] It was reported that Mellencamp and Ryan broke up in the middle of 2014 after dating for over three years. in the U.S.A.", "Paper in Fire", and "Cherry Bomb". John Cougar Mellencamp AKA John Mellencamp Born: 7-Oct - 1951 Birthplace: Seymour, IN Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Singer/Songwriter Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States Executive summary: Jack and Diane In 2015, Urban and Mellencamp performed "Pink Houses" together twice during nationally televised events. On July 30, 2012, in San Jose, CA, Mellencamp was honored with the John Steinbeck Award, given to those individuals who exemplify the spirit of "Steinbeck's empathy, commitment to democratic values, and belief in the dignity of the common man. We asked why and they said, 'She can't fit here, period.' Mellencamp's band provided the backing on both tracks and performed all the music that is in the movie. Cuttin' Heads also included a duet with Trisha Yearwood on a love song called "Deep Blue Heart". He was a Greek god that came down, and he was the best singer, the best songwriter, and men wanted to be like him and girls wanted to be with him. 15 hit "Authority Song", which he said is "our version of 'I Fought the Law'." In August 2000, Mellencamp played a series of unannounced free concerts in major cities on the East Coast and in the Midwest as a way of giving back to fans who had supported him the previous 24 years. You as a listener will be awe-struck as you hear the lead singer, KC aka Casey Corrigan, take on the same powerful, heartaching voice as John Cougar Mellencamp and Bryan Adams. 88: 'Ghost Brothers of Darkland County', a Musical for Men", "Stephen King and John Mellencamp Will Redevelop GHOST BROTHERS OF DARKLAND COUNTY for Licensing", "An Open Letter to America: It's Time to Take Back Our Country", "Mellencamp Music for McCain? John Mellencamp Community February 10, 2023, 08:08:31 am Welcome, Guest. The album also contained two protest songs in "L.U.V." "The singles were stupid little pop songs," he told Record Magazine in 1983. John Mellencamp, Maggie Rogers, Tank & the Bangas: music in New Orleans for week of Feb. 23 Comedian Katt Williams is also in town this week 1 of 7 John Mellencamp performs at the 17th. "[67], In June 2019, WhyHunger bestowed Mellencamp with the ASCAP Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award, which shines a spotlight on artists who have proven their commitment to striving for social justice and creating real change in combating hunger worldwide. Concerts. YouTube eventually removed the video claiming it violated their community guidelines. The record wasn't released in the United States, but it yielded a top-five hit in Australia with "I Need a Lover". On September 29, 2021, Mellencamp released the audio and music video for "Wasted Days", a duet with Springsteen, as the lead single from Strictly a One-Eyed Jack. 48 among the 100 best singles of the year. ", Mellencamp's 1994 Dance Naked album included a cover of Van Morrison's "Wild Night" as a duet with Meshell Ndegeocello. Hell, if that was the case, you wouldn't like anyone in the music business because everyone's blowing cocaine. If you listen to the lead Larry [Crane] plays on 'Face of the Nation,' he never would have played that 'cause he didn't really know who the Animals were. [98] In November 2018, the couple became engaged. During the pandemic, Mellencamp wrote at least 15 songs. In 1980, Mellencamp returned with the Steve Cropper-produced Nothin' Matters and What If It Did, which yielded two Top 40 singles "This Time" (No. In an interview with the Bloomington Herald-Times in March 2008, Mellencamp dubbed Life, Death, Love and Freedom "The best record I've ever made." It may be the first-ever musical written by men for men. I don't think it's a good idea, and I sure don't advocate it, but I'm not going to judge people. "[28], After a star-studded lineup paid tribute to Dylan with cover versions of some of his greatest songs, Dylan closed the evening with a 30-minute speech that included a reference to Mellencamp's 2008 song "Longest Days". Donovan made a record (in 1966), Sunshine Superman, and I wanted to start with that same kind of vibeEastern, very grand stories, fairy tales.". [99] On October 30, 2019, it was reported the actress had ended their engagement. You can't be 22 years old and had two dates and understand that album. 19. They played football in a regular game Mellencamp called the MFL for "Mellencamp Football League," although Aronoff said the other musicians called it the "Mandatory Football League" because they had to play. ", In 1993, he released Human Wheels, and the title track peaked at No. The first album recorded under his new name John Cougar Mellencamp was 1983's Uh-Huh, a Top-10 album that spawned the Top 10 singles "Pink Houses" and "Crumblin' Down" as well as the No. His next effort, Nothing Matters and What If . Official website of Legendary singer songwriter John Mellencamp. "Initially, I wanted to make a record that barely had drums on it. The albums second single, "Chasing Rainbows", was released on December 10, 2021. In addition to the score, Mellencamp wrote two original songs for Ithaca: "Sugar Hill Mountain" (sung by Carlene Carter) and "Seeing You Around" (sung by Leon Redbone). Mellencamp performed "Small Town" at a Barack Obama rally in Evansville, Indiana on April 22, the night of the 2008 Pennsylvania primary. He wrote about half of it after I read him the script, and then the next half after he saw the movie. I'm through digging a ditch.". And I said, 'Well, I am.' Prior to the 198586 Scarecrow Tour, during which he covered some of the same 1960s rock and soul songs he and his band rehearsed prior to the recording of Scarecrow, Mellencamp added fiddle player Lisa Germano to his band. Others have just one guitar, bass, and drums, which I haven't done since American Fool.". "I told them, I have 600 songs published. Mellencamp currently lives in Bloomington, Indiana. With some commercial success under his belt, Mellencamp had enough clout to force the record company to add his real surname, Mellencamp, to his stage moniker. People need to hear a voice like yours that's out there to echo the discontent that's out there in the heartland. It cost $280,000, do you believe that? ", "Every day that I walk up in my art studio and I complete a painting, I have something to show for my time", says Mellencamp, who sees himself painting through old age. ! So thats encouraging.[49], Some of the songs that may be on Mellencamp's next album are leftovers from Strictly a One-Eyed Jack. 46. So you'll get all the dialogue, all the sound effects, and all the songs sung by different people so you can follow the story. And the movie is wonderful. And yet, George W. Bush has lied to us, failed to keep our own borders secure, entered a war under false pretense, endangered lives, and created financial chaos. Learn all about John Mellencamp on AllMusic. Former John Mellencamp keyboardist, first-ever child porn suspect on FBI list pleads guilty by: Associated Press. He opened each show on this tour with a cover of the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter" and also played a solo acoustic version of the Cuttin' Heads track "Women Seem" at each show. Mellencamp co-wrote several of his best-known songs with his childhood friend George Green who, like Mellencamp, was born and raised in Seymour, Indiana. No Better Than This was released on August 17, 2010, and peaked at No. In a September 2020 interview, Mellencamp guitarist Andy York said that 10 songs have already been recorded and mixed for the album, but a planned final session in April 2020 to complete the project was scuttled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. "[12], As Frank DiGiacomo of Vanity Fair wrote in 2007, "The Lonesome Jubilee was the album in which Mellencamp defined his now signature sound: a rousing, crystalline mix of acoustic and electric guitars, Appalachian fiddle, and gospel-style backing vocals, anchored by a crisp, bare-knuckle drumbeat and completed by his own velveteen rasp."[13]. "For the first time ever, we talked about the record before we started. [52] Mellencamp will launch a 76-date tour in 2023 called "Live and in Person" that will begin February 5 in Bloomington, Indiana and end on June 24 in South Bend, Indiana. In 1984, when asked about his views on drugs, he told Bill Holdship of Creem magazine, "If you want to stick needles in your arms, go ahead and fucking do it. We had a lot of fun together when we were kids. ", In 1982, Mellencamp released his breakthrough album, American Fool, which contained the singles "Hurts So Good", an uptempo rock tune that spent four weeks at No. John Mellencamp - Authority Song - Rock Hall of Fame rockrollfanatic 427K views 14 years ago Almost yours: 2 weeks, on us 100+ live channels are waiting for you with zero hidden fees Dismiss. [94], In September 2015, Mellencamp reportedly started dating former supermodel Christie Brinkley. "It'll be like Alan Freed, like the old Moondog shows", Mellencamp told Billboard magazine prior to the tour: "When you went to see his shows, there was a movie like The Girl Can't Help It or something, and then three or four bands played. I love John a lot. Active. Mellencamp released a compilation album of cover songs titled Other People's Stuff on December 7, 2018. Theres no difference. So next year, hopefully, well be on top of (the pandemic) and itll feel alright to go out. [49]. The question is whether or not he can bring himself to tell the truth in time to save his own troubled sons, and whether the ghosts left behind by an act of violence will help him or tear the McCandless family apart forever. I ain't gonna do it. In the fall of 2015, a showing of Mellencamp's artwork, titled "John Mellencamp: The Isolation of Mister", ran at the ACA Galleries in New York City. Farm Aid concerts have remained an annual event over the past 37 years, and as of 2022[update] the organization has raised over $60million. "This is as naked a rock record as you're going to hear," Mellencamp said of Dance Naked in a 1994 Billboard magazine interview. The video, which included a warning that it might be seen as "inappropriate for some viewers", featured footage of protesters and police clashing violently in 2020 and 1968. I'd listen to this record, that record. We need you to be pissed off, and restless because no matter what they tell uswe know this country is going to hell in a handcart. I would lie there, listening to Roxy Music, right next to the record player so I wouldn't have to get up to flip the record over. All the music has been recorded. 14), and "Rooty Toot Toot" (No. So that was what I had to do but I thought the name was pretty silly."[9]. 10 on the Billboard 200, becoming the 10th Top 10 album of his career. "I had planned to have the record out now but I haven't finished. Mellencamp told iHeart Radio in January 2022 that Small Town was scheduled debut in Louisville in September 2022, but that didn't happen. "We realized more than ever what a big melting pot of all different types of music the '60s were. Mellencamp came to New York in the mid-1970s with the intention of studying painting if his music career aspirations didn't pan out. Mellencamp stated in 2021 that he had booked 80 shows for 2022, but the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic ultimately caused him to cancel his 2022 Strictly a One-Eyed Jack tour and push it until 2023. According to the February 1986 edition of Creem Magazine, Mellencamp wanted to incorporate the sound of classic '60s rock into Scarecrow, and he gave his band close to a hundred old singles to learn "almost mathematically verbatim" prior to recording the album. The induction ceremony took place in New York City on March 10, 2008, and he was inducted by his good friend Billy Joel, who asked Mellencamp to induct him into the Rock Hall back in 1999 (he had to opt out because of another commitment, so Ray Charles inducted Joel). "I was up to 80 cigarettes a day," Mellencamp told the Boston Herald in September 1996 about the habits that led to his heart malfunction two years beforehand. [26] Although Mellencamp said that Burnett would serve as the producer of Plain Spoken, Burnett was only credited as the "executive producer" of the album. 1990 - Larry Crane on Collaborating with John Mellencamp, Going Solo TheClassicSports 32.3K subscribers 6.8K views 6 years ago This interview was (I'm betting) done for cable access TV in. With a lo-fi setup that included portable amps and a battery-powered P.A. "[29] Mellencamp said Dylan's endorsement was worth more than 10 Grammys.[30]. He is known for his catchy brand of heartland rock, which emphasizes traditional instrumentation. "Nobody's selling anything, there's no souvenirsexcept what's in everybody's heart", Mellencamp told Billboard magazine. But some of those songs we didnt record were pretty good, too.[49], In the summer of 2022, Mellencamp confirmed through his social media channels that he is, indeed, working on the follow-up to Strictly a One-Eyed Jack. That heart attack eventually forced him to cancel the last few weeks of the tour. Never has Mellencamp sounded so artful. On November 19, 1994 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Mellencamp performed an acoustic cover of Billy Joel's "Allentown" at a tribute event to Billy Joel. I'm not part of the music business. [83], In August 2020, Mellencamp released "A Pawn in the White Man's Game" to his website along with a video to YouTube. Her album Geek the Girl (1994) was chosen as a top album of the 1990s by Spin magazine. [34], In October 2018, it was announced that Broadway Licensing have redeveloped Ghost Brothers of Darkland County and made it available for worldwide licensing beginning in 2019. Urban's 2015 hit single "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16" further illustrated Mellencamp's influence on his music. [91] Their divorce became official on August 12, 2011, with the couple negotiating "an amicable settlement of all issues involving property and maintenance rights, the custody and support of their children, and all other issues", according to the settlement agreement. He's young, and he grew up listening to Grand Funk Railroad. If you could imagine Tennessee Williams meets Stephen King. Feb. 27, 2023 Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 8:33 a.m. San Antonio rocked out with John Mellencamp at the Majestic Theatre over the weekend. I haven't done one in five years. 2 in the fall of 1985 and spawned five Top 40 singles: "Lonely Ol' Night" and "Small Town" (both No. Mellencamp performed solo acoustic renditions of Seeger and Lee Hays' "If I Had a Hammer" and his own "A Ride Back Home.". Posted: Oct 16, 2018 / 03:51 PM EDT. On his 2007 album, Freedom's Road, Mellencamp included a hidden track called "Rodeo Clown", which was a direct reference to George W. 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