In an "Open Letter to America" on his website, Mellencamp stated: The Governor of California was removed from office based on finance troubles. Upcoming John Mellencamp tour dates, ticket links and venue information [3] On August 30, 2018, Mellencamp was bestowed with the Woody Guthrie Prize in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He has amassed 22 Top 40 hits in the United States. 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. A national treasure, he's also one of the truly great music creators that can make us care, move, clap and sing along. And it don't matter who you care to name U2, The Rolling Stones, anybody. Mellencamp sees Scarecrow as the start of the alternative country genre: "I think I invented that whole 'No Depression' thing with the Scarecrow album, though I don't get the credit," he told Classic Rock magazine in October 2008.[11]. 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. [68], Mellencamp was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2008. 41 on the Hot 100 in the summer of 1994. It originated when Mellencamp's Lonesome Jubilee tour went to Australia in 1988 - Urban was in attendance at one of the concerts and described the experience as an "epiphany. John's band members have been working on some non Mellencamp related projects check out their updates below. Mellencamp was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008 and is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. "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. He is known for his catchy brand of heartland rock, which emphasizes traditional instrumentation. 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.". Ghost Brothers of Darkland County received mixed reviews upon its initial run in Atlanta. 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If you could imagine Tennessee Williams meets Stephen King. 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. Troye, a native Hoosier, joined the band in the midst of the Words and Music Tour, and has made an impact in Mellencamp's music since joining, both in the studio and during the live shows. That heart attack eventually forced him to cancel the last few weeks of the tour. "But we took it further than an urban record. 15 hit "Authority Song", which he said is "our version of 'I Fought the Law'." 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. She harmonizes with Mellencamp on "My Sweet Love" and provides background vocals to three other songs on Life, Death, Love and Freedom, which became the ninth Top 10 album of Mellencamp's career when it debuted at No. 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]. "Wild Night" became Mellencamp's biggest hit in years, peaking at No. Pepper' of Americana to me. Mellencamp released Freedom's Road, his first album of original material in over five years, on January 23, 2007. In 1988, Rolling Stone magazine called this version of Mellencamp's band "one of the most powerful and versatile live bands ever assembled." 6), "R.O.C.K. The album was a quickly recorded collection of folk and blues covers originally done by artists such as Robert Johnson, Son House, Lucinda Williams and Hoagy Carmichael. I was that close. 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. "Do you guys know who Orpheus was? [99] On October 30, 2019, it was reported the actress had ended their engagement. 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.' 27) and "Ain't Even Done With the Night" (No. John Mellencamp Featured Artists in this playlist Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band Tom Petty Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Steve Miller Band Bad Company Jackson Browne Bruce Springsteen View All Photo: Photo: Janet Macoska for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame "The singles were stupid little pop songs," he told Record Magazine in 1983. Mellencamp (music/lyrics) will team with Naomi Wallace (book) to form the creative team behind the still-untitled musical, with Kathleen Marshall, winner of three Tonys out of nine nominations, signed on to direct and choreograph. On June 12, 2019, Republic Records, Federal Films and Universal Music Theatricals announced that the musical is officially in development. 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). Working again with his band, including guitarists Mike Wanchic and Andy York, and engineer David Leonard at his home turf Belmont Mall Studios, Mellencamp adds that the next album likely won't . "On this record, we ended up quite a bit away from where we started", Mellencamp told Guitar World Acoustic in 1998. 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. We had Kris Kristofferson, Neko Case, Elvis Costello, Taj Mahal, all singing different characters' roles. [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 confessed in a 2005 interview: "That [name] was put on me by some manager. "To be real honest, there's three good songs on that record, and the rest is just sort of filler," Mellencamp told Creem Magazine of American Fool in 1984. In 1991, Mellencamp said: "'Big Daddy' was the best record I ever made. John's work is beautifully executed with incredibly fascinating studies. Art writer Doug McClemont, in a review for Art Space, stated: "Mellencamp paints handsomely grotesque portraits in oil that are as solemn and stirring as his hit songs are catchy and inspirational. ", "John Mellencamp, Alan Jackson, Kool & the Gang Lead 2018 Songwriters Hall of Fame Class", "John Mellencamp: Biography on Yahoo! Part of the No Depression mythology requires either a tragic early death or decades of unacknowledged masterpieces created during a life of grueling poverty. The album also contained two protest songs in "L.U.V." Mellencamp released a compilation album of cover songs titled Other People's Stuff on December 7, 2018. Oct 07, 2022 [77], In 2003, Mellencamp became one of the first entertainers to speak out against the Iraq War when he released the song "To Washington", which was also critical of the 2000 U.S. Presidential elections. This country's been hijacked. Official website of Legendary singer songwriter John Mellencamp. "We were on the road for a long time after Scarecrow, so we were together a lot as a band," Mellencamp said in a 1987 Creem Magazine feature. Updated: Oct 16, 2018 / 03:51 PM EDT. Mellencamp performed "Small Town" at a Barack Obama rally in Evansville, Indiana on April 22, the night of the 2008 Pennsylvania primary. [21], On July 8, 2014, Mellencamp released a new live album called Performs Trouble No More Live at Town Hall without any advance notice. 28). You know it, and I know it. So I just put those songs on a shelf, and cut it back down to a single record. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer brought his North American tour . Mellencamp has also stated that he's already working on the follow-up to Strictly a One-Eyed Jack. A third single, "Hand to Hold on To", made it to No. "[25], In January 2014, Mellencamp began recording the project, which would ultimately be titled Plain Spoken and would become his 20th album of original material and 22nd studio album overall. I write a lot of sad songs, so it's like Sad Clowns & Hillbilliesthat's where it came from. So many people are involved, it's taken a long time. Mellencamp recorded the album using a 1955 Ampex portable recording machine and only one microphone, requiring all the musicians to gather together around the mic. Writes Sheets, "While Mellencamp has never been interested in whether he captures a faithful likeness of his subjects; he is after a kind of emotional realism and does follow certain "rules" of painting. Mellencamp's publicist, Bob Merlis, noted to the Associated Press: If [McCain is] such a true conservative, why [is he] playing songs that have a very populist pro-labor message written by a guy who would find no argument if you characterized him as an ardent leftist? [83], In August 2020, Mellencamp released "A Pawn in the White Man's Game" to his website along with a video to YouTube. [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. [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. So that was what I had to do but I thought the name was pretty silly."[9]. Mellencamp said that he wrote no new material for the project. [100], In April 2020, it was reported that Mellencamp has been dating skincare expert Jamie Sherrill since the beginning of the year. [61] AllMusic describes Mellencamp's sound as a "heartland blend of Stonesy hard rock and folk. ", 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. John J. Mellencamp[1] (born October 7, 1951), previously known as Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American singer-songwriter. keyboards, organ, backing vocals (19962002), This page was last edited on 12 February 2023, at 20:36. 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 Merlis also noted that the same songs had been used, with Mellencamp's approval, by John Edwards's campaign; in response, the McCain campaign ceased using the songs.[81]. Now, we weren't playing the best songs in the world. Hell, if that was the case, you wouldn't like anyone in the music business because everyone's blowing cocaine. 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. "[76], The Alliance Theatre described the show as a "Southern Gothic musical fraught with mystery, tragedy and ghosts of the past.". The songs are both haunting and all-American. "It's very rock 'n' roll", Mellencamp said of Whenever We Wanted: "I just wanted to get back to the basics. Kenny Aronoff is about as successful as a freelance drummer can get. Mellencamp currently lives in Bloomington, Indiana. 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). They're recording the dialogue now and we're putting out a record of the entire show before it comes out. "[58], Country music star Keith Urban has consistently cited Mellencamp's influence on his music. His latest album of original songs, Strictly a One-Eyed Jack, was released on January 21, 2022. Mellencamp, who works in a very different, very personal idiom, makes plainspoken paintings, he says, because he's a plainspoken man. Band Member Spotlight - Jon E. Gee. "This is as naked a rock record as you're going to hear," Mellencamp said of Dance Naked in a 1994 Billboard magazine interview. John Mellencamp Community February 10, 2023, 08:08:31 am Welcome, Guest. Pat Benatar recorded "I Need a Lover" on her debut album In the Heat of the Night. John Cougar Mellencamp . What happened was the girl he fell in love with got sent to Haiti, he went down and met with the devil and bad things happenedYou can read about Orpheus in Greek mythology."[51]. One reviewer called the opening gig of the European leg of the tour "maybe the best rock-performance ever in Denmark. In 2001, Billboard magazine editor-in-chief Timothy White said: John Mellencamp is arguably the most important roots rocker of his generation. ", "John Cougar" redirects here. I sang a little bit on his record. PolyGram loved Nothin' Matters. The worst thing was that I could have gone on making records like that for hundreds of years. On albums like Scarecrow (1985), The Lonesome Jubilee (1987) and Big Daddy (1989), Mellencamp helped pioneer the sound of alternative country or No Depression, music that combines the truth-telling force of hard-core country with the instrumental attack of rock & roll. (T Bone) produced. As of 2018, she has released thirteen albums. I mean, we were really good. So Brad Pitt took his shirt off and look what happened to Brad Pitt. "[66], On April 27, 2016, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) presented Mellencamp with its prestigious Founders Award at the 33rd annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards in Los Angeles. 1 hit "Jack & Diane". [57], Mellencamp's musical style has been described as rock,[55][58] heartland rock,[59] roots rock,[55][60] and folk rock. How is it that he hasn't been recalled? 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. The CD will come out ahead of time. 10 in April 1964. The future of the musical is unknown at this time. "Think about it: Isn't that where music started? I've recorded 10 and I have 17 more to do and I'll pick 10 of the 27 songs". And what a group of names they were: John Mellencamp, Dwight Yoakam, Joe Ely, James McMurtry, and John Prine made up the Buzzin' Cousins, Mellencamp's lark of an answer to the Travelin'. and "Another Sunny Day 12/25", in addition to the title track, which hit No. In 2015, Urban and Mellencamp performed "Pink Houses" together twice during nationally televised events. . 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. Fogerty would join Mellencamp for duets on Fogerty's Creedence Clearwater Revival hit "Green River" and Mellencamp's "Rain on the Scarecrow". I love John a lot. 28 single in late 1979. 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. He's played with the likes of John Mellencamp, Paul McCartney, Sting, Bon Jovi, Elton John, The Smashing Pumpkins, MeatloafThe list goes . 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. Mellencamp came to New York in the mid-1970s with the intention of studying painting if his music career aspirations didn't pan out. Active. I wrote it just for this room. That's rock 'n' roll at its very core. Take an election; take an oil field; take advantage of your own people a game of political Three-Card Monte.[79]. He married fashion model Elaine Irwin on September 5, 1992. Out of my agony came a couple of really beautiful songs. I don't think it's a good idea, and I sure don't advocate it, but I'm not going to judge people. Germano would remain in Mellencamp's band until 1994, when she left to pursue a solo career. 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 . [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. I'm gonna come out and play with upright bass and cocktail [drum] kits and a lot of acoustic instruments. But that's a good thing. Happy Go Lucky, which was produced by Junior Vasquez, was released to critical acclaim. 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. [56], Johnny Cash called Mellencamp "one of the 10 best songwriters" in music. Stay ornery, stay mean. 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. Learning those opened the band's vision to try new things on my songs. It wasn't let's go back and try to make this part fit into my song, but I wanted to capture the same feeling the way those songs used to make you feel. (The song would later be included, in a re-recorded version, on Mellencamp's 2017 album Sad Clowns & Hillbillies.) You can make this much money! Blah, blah, blah. Theres no difference. So next year, hopefully, well be on top of (the pandemic) and itll feel alright to go out. [49]. "There were personal problems, cross-pollinated with professional issues. In April 2007, Mellencamp performed for wounded troops at the Walter Reed Medical Center. That's from a song of his called 'Life is Short Even on Its Longest Days.' I'm through digging a ditch.". At Gaff's request, Mellencamp moved to London, England, for nearly a year to record, promote, and tour behind 1978's A Biography. Forget about the play, just the songs, the way these people sing them. in the U.S.A. (A Salute to '60s Rock)" (No. The first song with video, "Jena", was introduced on Mellencamp's website in October 2007. After his divorce from Irwin, Mellencamp began dating actress Meg Ryan. Mellencamp and Green's final collaboration was "Yours Forever", a song that was included on the soundtrack to the 2000 movie, The Perfect Storm. 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