Her album Geek the Girl (1994) was chosen as a top album of the 1990s by Spin magazine. Former John Mellencamp keyboardist, first-ever child porn suspect on FBI list pleads guilty by: Associated Press. He returned to the concert stage in early 1995 by playing a series of dates in small Midwestern clubs under the pseudonym Pearl Doggy. Mellencamp told iHeart Radio in January 2022 that Small Town was scheduled debut in Louisville in September 2022, but that didn't happen. Happy Go Lucky, which was produced by Junior Vasquez, was released to critical acclaim. Said Carter in 2015: "The way John Mellencamp and I met was he invited me to come and sing this song he had written for the movie that Meg Ryan has coming out called Ithaca. [7] DeFries insisted that Mellencamp's first album, Chestnut Street Incident, a collection of covers and a handful of original songs, be released under the stage name Johnny Cougar, insisting that the bumpy German name "Mellencamp" was too hard to market. In response, Mellencamp instructed Merlis to pen a letter to NOM stating "that Mr. Mellencamp's views on same sex marriage and equal rights for people of all sexual orientations are at odds with NOM's stated agenda" and requesting that NOM "find music from a source more in harmony with your views than Mr. Mellencamp in the future. "But we took it further than an urban record. "[10], Scarecrow was the first album Mellencamp recorded at his own recording studio, jokingly dubbed "Belmont Mall", located in Belmont, Indiana and built in 1984. (T Bone) produced. "In his painting, he speaks to the voice of the heartland which is about doing the right thing and about equality and humanity and about the dignity of the farmer and the laborer. People are worried. A national treasure, he's also one of the truly great music creators that can make us care, move, clap and sing along. The album captures his live performance at Town Hall in New York City on July 31, 2003, in which he performed every track from his 2003 Trouble No More covers album in addition to a rendition of "Highway 61 Revisited" by Bob Dylan and reworked versions of three of his own songs. In 1992 Jeff Porcaro died of a heart attack at the age of 38. 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. 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). ", An exhibition called The Paintings of John Mellencamp came to the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio from November 3, 2013, to January 12, 2014, and was Mellencamp's first major exhibition in an art museum. [39] The 80-minute film is more of a documentary than a true concert film, as Mellencamp narrates the entire presentation with stories about his childhood, his early days in music, his relationship with his family, the music business and many more topics. During the next forty years, the events of that night became the stuff of local legend. ", 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. You're right, John, this is still our country. "[16] In his second painting exhibition, at the Churchman-Fehsenfeld Gallery in Indianapolis in 1990, Mellencamp's portraits were described as always having sad facial expressions and conveying "the same disillusionment found in his musical anthems about the nation's heartland and farm crisis. "[14], In 1989, Mellencamp released the personal album Big Daddy, with the key tracks "Jackie Brown", "Big Daddy of Them All", and "Void in My Heart" accompanying the Top 15 single "Pop Singer". "For the last four decades, John Mellencamp has captured the American experience in his songs", said ASCAP President Paul Williams. Mellencamp's version featured new lyrics that reflected the racial conflicts in the U.S. in the wake of the murder of George Floyd while in custody of Minneapolis police officers. It wasn't like the title was made up it wasn't supposed to be punky or cocky like some people thought. Mellencamp released Freedom's Road, his first album of original material in over five years, on January 23, 2007. It started out like 'Look, lets go back and do an old country religious record. [3], Mellencamp was born in Seymour, Indiana, on October 7, 1951. That same month he released the two-disc career hits retrospective Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits, which contained 35 of his radio singles (including all 22 of his Top 40 hits) along with two new tunes, "Walk Tall" and "Thank You" both produced by Babyface but written by Mellencamp. system, Mellencamp, armed with an acoustic guitar and accompanied only by an accordionist and a violist, dubbed the jaunt "Live in the Streets: The Good Samaritan Tour". After a while, we didn't even have to talk about it anymore. I sang a little bit on his record. Learning those opened the band's vision to try new things on my songs. As a member of John Mellencamp's band from the early '80s through the mid-'90s, drummer Kenny Aronoff's swift, inventive playing style drove a string of radio-friendly hits such as Jack And Diane, Pink Houses, Hurts So Good and Crumblin' Down to the top of the charts. Trouble No More was released in 2003, dedicated to Mellencamp's friend Timothy White, and spent several weeks at No. Dylan said: "And like my friend John Mellencamp would singbecause John sang some truth today'one day you get sick and you don't get better.' ", Mellencamp told VH1 that he was originally offered the Brad Pitt role in Thelma and Louise: "You know they used to want me to be an actor all the time and I used to get more movie role offers. "It's been fascinating to me how urban records use rhythm and electronics, and it's terribly challenging to make that work in the context of a rock band", Mellencamp told Billboard magazine in 1996. An exhibit of Mellencamp's paintings, titled "American Dreams: Paintings by John Mellencamp", was on view at the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia from January 11 to April 12, 2015. 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. 5 overall and also dubbed "Troubled Land" No. I do not want some guy walking up to me going, Hey John, I saw you in Detroit or something, it was a great show except my wife got COVID and died. Just the thought of hearing thatThe business side of my career is like, This many people will see it! During the 198788 Lonesome Jubilee Tour, Mellencamp was joined onstage by surprise guest Bruce Springsteen at the end of his May 26, 1988, gig in Irvine, California, for a duet of Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone", which Mellencamp performed as the penultimate song during each show on that tour. "When the song first came out I was in the car one day and we were driving to the airport and I had my kids with me and a radio station was playing 'To Washington' and having callers call in", Mellencamp said. 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." 1 on Top Rock Albums With 'Other People's Stuff, "JOHN MELLENCAMP ANNOUNCES 'OTHER PEOPLE'S STUFF' LP, 2019 TOUR", "John Mellencamp's 'Jack & Diane'-Inspired Musical Has a Director, Choreographer", "9 Memorable Moments From Clive Davis' Grammy Museum Benefit With Elton John, H.E.R. Home Help Search Login Register John Mellencamp Community > MELLENCAMP.COM ANNOUNCEMENTS > Announcements & Updates > Mellencamp Band Member Update They need to hear it. "Everything is a possible song. Troye Kinnett grew up near Muncie, Ind. On June 12, 2019, Republic Records, Federal Films and Universal Music Theatricals announced that the musical is officially in development. Kenny Aronoff is about as successful as a freelance drummer can get. He signed with Starbucks' Hear Music label to distribute the album and said, "they think it's a fucking masterpiece". I love John a lot. Strictly a One-Eyed Jack was released on January 21, 2022. On February 27, 2020, Mellencamp's official social media accounts confirmed that he was currently recording an album at his Belmont Mall recording studio. Mellencamp's paintings from the 1990sof family and friends and many of himselfshow lone figures isolated frontally against simple, shadowy backgrounds. John Mellencamp - Pink Houses John Mellencamp - Jack and Diane John Melloncamp - Wild Night Johnny . Others have just one guitar, bass, and drums, which I haven't done since American Fool.". I mean, we were really good. 10 on the Billboard 200, becoming the 10th Top 10 album of his career. 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. "George was a dreamer, and I was sorry to hear of his passing."[53]. Take an old Rascals song for example there's everything from marching band beats to soul music to country sounds in one song. Throughout his life, however, Mellencamp has continued to seriously explore painting. T Bone Burnett is going to come out to Indiana sometime in early January and we're gonna go into the studio for however long it takes to make a new album. We were better. The record wasn't released in the United States, but it yielded a top-five hit in Australia with "I Need a Lover". John's band members have been working on some non Mellencamp related projects check out their updates below. Everything is a possible painting. [46], In May 2021, Mellencamp revealed that he recently finished the album and that Bruce Springsteen would make a guest appearance on the project. Writing and recording great songs that millions of people like and buy is not part of that sentimental pictureregardless of how comfortably the music itself sits within the genres parameters.". Said Mellencamp of his band during the 1987-88 Lonesome Jubilee Tour: "Just then, we were the best band in the world, bar none. Mellencamp has also stated that he's already working on the follow-up to Strictly a One-Eyed Jack. 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. Maybe one of the reasons John Gunnell (a.k.a. [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. News: Visit Mellencamp.com's NEWS section for all of the latest updates! [56], Johnny Cash called Mellencamp "one of the 10 best songwriters" in music. (1/1) Thadrequet: Jon E. Gee Talks about Doing the Extra to Stand Above the Rest. 1970s - 2020s. 41 on the Hot 100 in the summer of 1994. Mellencamp performed solo acoustic renditions of Seeger and Lee Hays' "If I Had a Hammer" and his own "A Ride Back Home.". I'm sitting there listening to it and thinking, "Did Rosanne Cash just kill that song or what!" "[58], Country music star Keith Urban has consistently cited Mellencamp's influence on his music. 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. 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. "[103], Mellencamp had a minor heart attack after a show at Jones Beach in New York on August 8, 1994, that eventually forced him to cancel the last few weeks of his Dance Naked tour. Pages: [ 1] ! So thats encouraging.[49], Some of the songs that may be on Mellencamp's next album are leftovers from Strictly a One-Eyed Jack. His original intent was to duet on the Freedom's Road track Jim Crow" with singer and activist Joan Baez. Mellencamp participated in a tribute concert for Pete Seeger's 90th birthday on May 3, 2009, at Madison Square Garden in New York City which raised funds for an environmental organization founded by Seeger to preserve and protect the Hudson River. The album was recorded in mono. Noted art writer Hilarie M. Sheets, a contributing editor to ARTnews who writes regularly for The New York Times, called Mellencamp "a natural storyteller" in a 2012 essay she wrote about his artwork. On January 18, 2009, Mellencamp performed "Pink Houses" at the Obama inaugural celebration at the Lincoln Memorial. Now, we weren't playing the best songs in the world. John Mellencamp formerly John Cougar Mellencamp, formerly-formerly John Cougar is an American original. Im gonna err on the side of caution, Mellencamp told Billboard Magazine. Joe McCandless knows what really happened; he saw it all. He also revealed that the album had the working title of Strictly a One-Eyed Jack. "Our Country", the first single from Freedom's Road, was played as the opening song on Mellencamp's 2006 spring tour, and the band that opened for him on that tour, Little Big Town, was called on to record harmonies on the studio version of "Our Country", as well as seven other songs on Freedom's Road. [48] Written and produced solely by Mellencamp, "Wasted Days" is a song about aging and making the most of the time one has left. Jon E. Gee) fits in to the John Mellencamp band so well is because of his dedication to what he does. Mellencamp, who works in a very different, very personal idiom, makes plainspoken paintings, he says, because he's a plainspoken man. [36], When debuting "Easy Target" on January 19, Mellencamp delivered insights into Sad Clowns & Hillbillies: "It's crazy the way it startedit was going to be a religious record. On this tour, which ran through the summer of 2012 and covered the entire United States and Canada and much of Europe, Mellencamp opened each concert with a showing of a Kurt Markus documentary about the making of No Better Than This called "It's About You" before hitting the stage to play three different sets: a stripped-down acoustic set with his band, a solo acoustic set, and a fully electrified rock set. "Like when you're married, when you're friends with somebody for a long time, the more things build up the more things can go wrong," Mellencamp said in the liner notes to his 2010 box set, On the Rural Route 7609. You can make this much money! Blah, blah, blah. Mellencamp's band provided the backing on both tracks and performed all the music that is in the movie. John Cougar. All the music has been recorded. "Nobody's selling anything, there's no souvenirsexcept what's in everybody's heart", Mellencamp told Billboard magazine. 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). Mike Wanchic Mike Wanchic, John's long time guitarist, recently completed production on singer/songwriter Stoll Vaughan's latest album The Conversation. It was singularly the most important concert I've ever been to in my life because it showed me the way.[63][64]. Mellencamp released Easy Targetthe first single from Sad Clowns & Hillbillies and a "reflection on the state of our country" on January 19, 2017, which was the eve of the 2017 Presidential Inauguration. The song was a re-working of the 1964 Bob Dylan song "Only a Pawn in Their Game" that reflected on the killing of Civil Rights activist Medger Evers. To anybody who's said thank you to me, I say, 'You're very nice, but, really, thank you. [42] Mellencamp confirmed in 2021 that it will be a jukebox musical titled Small Town and the story will involve two kids named Jack and Diane. His professional music career began in earnest in 1976 when MCA Records released his first album, The Chestnut Street Incident. Mellencamp has made several forays into acting over the years, appearing in four films: Falling from Grace (which he also directed) (1992), Madison (2005, narration only), After Image (2001), and Lone Star State of Mind (2002). We explored what a lot of these (current) bands are doing these young black bands that are doing more than just sampling. Mellencamp also performed "Our Country" at a rally for Hillary Clinton in Indianapolis, Indiana, on May 3, 2008, although he never came out in support of either Obama or Clinton during the primaries. Current Members Of John's Band? His single "I Need a Lover" became a hit in Australia in 1978, and then a Top 30 track in the U.S. upon its release with the John Cougar album in 1979. According to Dr. Louis A. Zona, director and curator of the Butler Institute: "I was interested in the dialogue between Mellencamp's work and the Butler's more traditional collection of 19th- and 20th- century American art by masters including John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, and Raphael Soyer. The switch in labels coincided with Dane Clark replacing Aronoff on drums. "[76], The Alliance Theatre described the show as a "Southern Gothic musical fraught with mystery, tragedy and ghosts of the past.". They're recording the dialogue now and we're putting out a record of the entire show before it comes out. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee John Mellencamp has announced a massive North American tour, dubbed Live and In Person 2023. "All the vocals are first or second takes, and half the songs don't even have bass parts. John J. Mellencamp[1] (born October 7, 1951), previously known as Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American singer-songwriter. "[47], Mellencamp released a CD and documentary of his 2000 Good Samaritan Tour, which consisted of free lunchtime concerts in city parks, on August 27, 2021. Mellencamp's interest in painting began in early life but was superseded in the 1980s by his skyrocketing musical career. [86] In January 2018, Mellencamp purchased an 1,800-square-foot (170m2) loft in the Soho district of New York City for $2.3 million that he is using as an art studio. 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He doesn't see it as a precious or rarified activity but rather about staying productive, keeping his mind engaged, making something out of nothing. 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.' John Mellencamp (born 7 October 1951 in Seymour, Indiana) is an American singer and a songwriter, known for a long and successful recording and performing career highlighted by a series of 1980s hits, including "Jack & Diane", and by his role in the Farm Aid charity event. Orpheus Descending will be released in February 2023. in a little town called Selma. We had Kris Kristofferson, Neko Case, Elvis Costello, Taj Mahal, all singing different characters' roles. It comes out current members of John & # x27 ; s band members have been working the. Weeks at No also dubbed `` Troubled Land '' No Theatricals announced that the musical is in! 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