in the U.S.A. (A Salute to '60s Rock), Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits, Performs Trouble No More Live at Town Hall, List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. I ain't gonna do it. Former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty said of Mellencamp: John is one of the great American songwriters and a great rock spirit. Germano played with Mellencamp from 1985-1993 before leaving in 1994 to pursue a solo career. In my own way I have tried to address these issues in song. Farm Aid concerts have remained an annual event over the past 37 years, and as of 2022[update] the organization has raised over $60million. On August 24, 2022, he shared the lyrics to a brand new song called The Eyes of Portland a diatribe against homelessness that will be on the new record. On February 27, 2020, Mellencamp's official social media accounts confirmed that he was currently recording an album at his Belmont Mall recording studio. 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. A CD/DVD deluxe edition, featuring the dialog, soundtrack, handwritten lyrics and a mini-documentary about the making of the musical, was released on June 4, 2013. It was the most expensive record I ever made. 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. "I see sadness in the world," Mellencamp says. 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They're recording the dialogue now and we're putting out a record of the entire show before it comes out. "[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. Troye Kinnett grew up near Muncie, Ind. His next effort, Nothing Matters and What If . 21) and "Rumble Seat" (No. They need to hear stories about frustration, alienation and desperation. [65], On September 9, 2010, Mellencamp received the Americana Lifetime Achievement Award in Nashville. Home Help Search Login Register John Mellencamp Community > MELLENCAMP.COM ANNOUNCEMENTS > Announcements & Updates > Mellencamp Band Member Update 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. So I just put those songs on a shelf, and cut it back down to a single record. 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. In addition, he holds the record for the most tracks by a solo artist to hit number one on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, with seven. On December 30, 2010, Mellencamp announced that he and Irwin had separated after 18 years of marriage. Remembering the John Mellencamp Band Dean Lozovitsky Nov 27, 2002 0 John Mellencamp is as ubiquitous in Indiana as: Larry Bird, the IRL, monoculture? The play is called "Ghost Brothers of Darkland County", about two brothers who hate each other. We had Kris Kristofferson, Neko Case, Elvis Costello, Taj Mahal, all singing different characters' roles. He wrote about half of it after I read him the script, and then the next half after he saw the movie. Lisa Ruth Germano (born June 27, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Indiana. He has also been bestowed with the Nordoff-Robbins Silver Clef Special Music Industry Humanitarian Award (1991), the Billboard Century Award (2001), the Woody Guthrie Award (2003), and the ASCAP Foundation Champion Award (2007). 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. You're right, John, this is still our country. John Mellencamp's former keyboardist Eric Franklin Rosser pleads guilty after being named the first-ever child pornography suspect placed on the FBI's Most Wanted list. I was totally unaware of it until it showed up on the album jacket. As of 2018, she has released thirteen albums. The album's first single was "My Sweet Love". If you could imagine Tennessee Williams meets Stephen King. . You hear it, and it's like 'where did that come from?' Shortly after finishing Scarecrow, Mellencamp helped organize the first Farm Aid benefit concert with Willie Nelson and Neil Young in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. 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! 14 single "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)" (Mellencamp's last Top 40 hit) and "Just Another Day", which peaked at No. There's no orchestra, just two twangy acoustic guitars, an accordion, and a fiddle. [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. On August 13, 2007, Mellencamp began recording his 18th album of original material, titled Life, Death, Love and Freedom. To bend over? [57], Mellencamp's musical style has been described as rock,[55][58] heartland rock,[59] roots rock,[55][60] and folk rock. "Indigo Sunset" was written by both Mellencamp and Carter, while Mellencamp wrote the music to "My Soul's Got Wings", giving life to a previously unheard lyric written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie. [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. Mellencamp came to New York in the mid-1970s with the intention of studying painting if his music career aspirations didn't pan out. Happy Go Lucky spawned the No. We were better. A national treasure, he's also one of the truly great music creators that can make us care, move, clap and sing along. Perhaps this time we could even have a real election but that wouldn't fit the Bush administration's "take what you want and fire people later" policy. [61] AllMusic describes Mellencamp's sound as a "heartland blend of Stonesy hard rock and folk. Learn all about John Mellencamp on AllMusic. "I've known George since we were in the same Sunday school class. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer brought his North American tour . (T Bone) produced. 48 on the Billboard singles chart. [33] "We wrote a couple of songs together, and she wrote some and I wrote some," Mellencamp told USA Today of the material on Sad Clowns & Hillbillies. "He played me this song", Yearwood told Country.com, "and he said, 'I kind of have an idea of like when Emmylou Harris sang on Bob Dylan's record, just kind of harmony all the way through.'". Mellencamp currently lives in Bloomington, Indiana. "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. Take an old Rascals song for example there's everything from marching band beats to soul music to country sounds in one song. Right now, Elvis Costello, Meg Ryan, Kris Kristofferson and Matthew McConaughey are doing table readings like an old radio play. 5 on the Billboard 200 album chart by selling 56,000 copies in its first week on the market. The arrangements are more ambitious, with programs and loops going right along with real drums and guitars.". Then the band will leave and it'll just be me with an acoustic guitar for 40 minutes, and then there'll be 40 minutes of rock 'n' roll. We had a lot of fun together when we were kids. I think we came up with a pretty timeless sounding album", Mellencamp told his online radio station in late 2006. The future of the musical is unknown at this time. It may be the first-ever musical written by men for men. [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. Mellencamp has been nominated for 13 Grammy Awards, winning one. Mellencamp drew interest from Rod Stewart's manager, Billy Gaff, after parting ways with DeFries and was signed onto the small Riva Records label. There are no smiles on the faces of Mellencamp's painted figures. 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. On the 1984 Uh-Huh Tour, Mellencamp opened his shows with cover versions of songs he admired growing up, including Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel", the Animals' "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", Lee Dorsey's "Ya Ya", and the Left Banke's "Pretty Ballerina". [6] During this period, Mellencamp, who had given up drugs and alcohol before graduating from college, decided to pursue a career in music and traveled to New York City in an attempt to land a record contract. Mellencamp would play a handful of songs before introducing Donovan and then duetting with him on the 1966 hit "Sunshine Superman". [98] In November 2018, the couple became engaged. Related Blog Posts. But we don't have to worry about money or record companies it's our own money we're putting into it, so we said, let's just make something beautiful., Ryan D'Agostino of Esquire stated in a review of a New York rehearsal of Ghost Brothers of Darkland County in the fall of 2007, "Musicals aren't usually a guy thing. Mellencamp began working on a musical with horror author Stephen King, entitled Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, in 2000. '"[19] (In 2021, Mellencamp would partner with Turner Classic Movies to release a documentary of the tour on YouTube. Mellencamp was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008,[2] followed by an induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2018. John J. Mellencamp[1] (born October 7, 1951), previously known as Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American singer-songwriter. The worst thing was that I could have gone on making records like that for hundreds of years. And it doesn't matter if they hear it on a jukebox, in the local gin mill, or in a goddamn truck commercial because they ain't gonna hear it on the radio any more. "His infectious melodies and compassionate lyrics, wrapped in workingman's rock, crystallize life's joys and struggles and illuminate the human condition. The albums second single, "Chasing Rainbows", was released on December 10, 2021. Mellencamp is also one of the founding members of Farm Aid, an organization that began in 1985 with a concert in Champaign, Illinois, to raise awareness about the loss of family farms and to raise funds to keep farm families on their land. 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. 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." I'm gonna come out and play with upright bass and cocktail [drum] kits and a lot of acoustic instruments. They need to hear stories about it. [43] Springsteen himself provided additional details on his collaboration with Mellencamp on his Sirius XM radio station on June 10, 2021, saying: "I worked on three songs on Johns album and I spent some time in Indiana with him. In November 2010, Mellencamp told the Chicago Tribune: T Bone and I and Stephen King are working on a musical. 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? "[58], Country music star Keith Urban has consistently cited 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. 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. He's played with the likes of John Mellencamp, Paul McCartney, Sting, Bon Jovi, Elton John, The Smashing Pumpkins, MeatloafThe list goes . That was when we became friends, when I went to Indiana and recorded with him and the guys this really cool song called 'Sugar Hill Mountain' that's in the movie. Pages: [ 1] On June 12, 2019, Republic Records, Federal Films and Universal Music Theatricals announced that the musical is officially in development. Former John Mellencamp keyboardist, first-ever child porn suspect on FBI list pleads guilty by: Associated Press. This is rock music that tells the truth on both its composer and the culture he's observing.[55]. in the U.S.A. (A Salute to '60s Rock)" (No. "[5], During his college years, Mellencamp played in several local bands, including the glitter-band Trash, which was named for a New York Dolls song, and he later got a job in Seymour installing telephones. If these works are any indication, plain painting can be extraordinarily eloquent.". Mellencamp participated in the Vote for Change tour in October 2004 leading up to the 2004 U.S. Presidential election. Learning those opened the band's vision to try new things on my songs. Im gonna err on the side of caution, Mellencamp told Billboard Magazine. 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. I love John a lot. According to Sheets, "In recent years, Mellencamp has incorporated the looser, more jangly rhythms of street art into panoramic canvases that reflect his social and political activism also present in his music. 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. Please login or register . PolyGram loved Nothin' Matters. People are scared, and people are angry. John Mellencamp Shares "Carolina Shag" Lyric Video- Reissue Of Seminal Album "Scarecrow" Out November 4th Read More. Me and the guys in the band thought we were finished, anyway. In 1989, he was part of a two-man show with jazz legend Miles Davis at The Triangle Gallery in Los Angeles. [44], "I'm halfway done with the [new] record then the virus hit and I haven't been in the studio since the virus started," Mellencamp told Spin magazine in a feature that was published on Thanksgiving Day 2020. Mellencamp sang the gospel song "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" at White's funeral on July 2, 2002. The first leg of what was called the Words and Music Tour in the spring of 2005 featured Donovan playing in the middle of Mellencamp's set. [50], During a performance in his hometown of Seymour, Indiana on September 17, 2022 to benefit the Southern Indiana Center for the Arts, Mellencamp revealed the title of the new record to be Orpheus Descending. "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. John Mellencamp formerly John Cougar Mellencamp, formerly-formerly John Cougar is an American original. Though John Mellencamp has seen other band members, and wives, and personnel come and go, Wanchic, a Lexington, Kentucky-raised multi-instrumentalist and harmony vocalist, has been there through . They don't care how they hear it as long as they hear it good and loud and clear the way you've always been saying it all along. I walked away feeling: I get it just put all the things you love into what you do.' 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). 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.". Mellencamp's best music is rock 'n roll stripped of all escapism, and it looks directly at the messiness of life as it's actually lived. Mellencamp, who co-headlined 11 shows in the summer of 2010 with Bob Dylan, launched the No Better Than This theater tour on October 29, 2010, in Bloomington, Indiana. And I wrote quite a few songs for this record, and some of the songs didnt have his voice, didnt have the feeling that this record has. He signed with Starbucks' Hear Music label to distribute the album and said, "they think it's a fucking masterpiece". 19. 5 overall and also dubbed "Troubled Land" No. Our band features a Grammy award winner to those that have toured with some of the biggest names in the industry. 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. The album, which Mellencamp called at the time the most "earthy" record he'd ever made, is also the last to feature the "Cougar" moniker. "I started messing around with oil paints when I was about ten but, you know, without instruction," he remembers. 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. On September 23, 2008, Mellencamp filmed a concert at the Crump Theatre in Columbus, Indiana for a new A&E Biography series called Homeward Bound. . One reviewer called the opening gig of the European leg of the tour "maybe the best rock-performance ever in Denmark. "On this record, we ended up quite a bit away from where we started", Mellencamp told Guitar World Acoustic in 1998. For Mellencamp, painting has always been a refuge, a solitary antidote to the hectic life of touring and performing. A video for the song was filmed in Savannah, Georgia on June 9, 2008. The record wasn't released in the United States, but it yielded a top-five hit in Australia with "I Need a Lover". According to Mellencamp, "German painting remains the basic foundation for what I do same as folk music is the foundation of my songs. Live at the Royal, which peaked at No. He's a great songwriter and I have become very close [with him] and had a lot of fun with him. Urban has covered numerous Mellencamp songs in his concerts over the years, including "Hurts So Good", "Jack and Diane", "Authority Song", and "Rumble Seat". 2 in the fall of 1985 and spawned five Top 40 singles: "Lonely Ol' Night" and "Small Town" (both No. 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. This extraordinary collaboration 16 years in the making is a haunting tale of fraternal love, lust, jealousy and revenge, performed by an ensemble cast of 15 actors and a four-piece live band, comprised of members of John Mellencamp's band. "For the last four decades, John Mellencamp has captured the American experience in his songs", said ASCAP President Paul Williams. Mellencamp released a compilation album of cover songs titled Other People's Stuff on December 7, 2018. "[24] A short time later, Mellencamp told Rolling Stone: "I've got a notebook with 85 new songs that I've written for my next record. On his 2007 album, Freedom's Road, Mellencamp included a hidden track called "Rodeo Clown", which was a direct reference to George W. Bush ("The bloody red eyes of the rodeo clown"). New York in the U.S.A. ( a Salute to '60s rock ) '' ( No try New things on songs! His music career aspirations did n't pan out album 's first single was my. 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