He is of Dutch ancestry. For Mellencamp, painting has always been a refuge, a solitary antidote to the hectic life of touring and performing. If he has not been properly credited for that groundbreaking role, its largely because he committed the unforgivable sin of actually having hits while making innovative music. The show featured performers returning to small venues where they performed during the early stages of their careers. PolyGram loved Nothin' Matters. Mellencamp told iHeart Radio in January 2022 that Small Town was scheduled debut in Louisville in September 2022, but that didn't happen. Freedom's Road peaked at No. 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. "I have millions of them in me. [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. At Gaff's request, Mellencamp moved to London, England, for nearly a year to record, promote, and tour behind 1978's A Biography. [88][89] He donated $1.5 million to the school to build an indoor athletics training facility, which was named John Mellencamp Pavilion. 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. [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. 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." 1:07. Explore John Mellencamp's discography including top tracks, albums, and reviews. "Think about it: Isn't that where music started? The correct answer is all of the. The musical toured 20 U.S. cities as a "radio play" in the fall of 2013 and toured 18 more cities across the U.S. in the fall of 2014. 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. Mellencamp took part in two Woody Guthrie tribute concerts in 2012 as part of a year-long celebration surrounding the 100-year anniversary of the folk icon's birth. 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. "[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. The album's first single was "My Sweet Love". Discovering Beckmann to me was like discovering Woody Guthrie or Bob Dylan.". Updated: Oct 16, 2018 / 03:51 PM EDT. 2), "Rain on the Scarecrow" (No. [75] Production on the musical's recorded soundtrack began on June 15, 2009, when T Bone Burnett, who served as the project's musical producer, began laying down tracks in Los Angeles for the songs Mellencamp wrote for the project. 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. Toward the end, I didn't even go to the studio. He did everything," said Ryan, Mellencamp's on-again, off-again girlfriend. One reviewer called the opening gig of the European leg of the tour "maybe the best rock-performance ever in Denmark. 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Happy Go Lucky, which was produced by Junior Vasquez, was released to critical acclaim. He resumed recording on the project in March 2021, with plans to cut at least some of the 17 songs he wrote while in quarantine in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Urban has covered numerous Mellencamp songs in his concerts over the years, including "Hurts So Good", "Jack and Diane", "Authority Song", and "Rumble Seat". Mellencamp's interest in painting began in early life but was superseded in the 1980s by his skyrocketing musical career. 48 among the 100 best singles of the year. 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? It included 50 oil and mixed-media paintings, including several never before seen by the public. Kenny Aronoff is about as successful as a freelance drummer can get. At one point, The Lonesome Jubilee was supposed to be a double album, but at least 10 of the songs I'd written just didn't stick together with the idea and the sound we had in mind. . In 1992 Jeff Porcaro died of a heart attack at the age of 38. I sang a little bit on his record. They need to hear stories about frustration, alienation and desperation. [40] He began a 39-date theater tour in February 2019, dubbed "The John Mellencamp Show", that concluded April 30, 2019, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 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. Im already writing songs for another record, so thats how far ahead I am, Mellencamp said. ", "John Mellencamp, Alan Jackson, Kool & the Gang Lead 2018 Songwriters Hall of Fame Class", "John Mellencamp: Biography on Yahoo! 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. People are scared, and people are angry. "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. 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. I was that close. 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 haven't done one in five years. When I put it together it felt like John Huston sent me all these songs. So Brad Pitt took his shirt off and look what happened to Brad Pitt. Strictly a One-Eyed Jack was released on January 21, 2022. In 1989, he was part of a two-man show with jazz legend Miles Davis at The Triangle Gallery in Los Angeles. His portraiture evolved to a personal style that some critics describe as similar to the dark and shadowy paintings of the German Expressionists. But that's a good thing. The 76-stop run is set to kick off with a two-night stand in . 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. You're right, John, this is still our country. and that "you'll be all right". [27], Outside of the Plain Spoken Tour, Mellencamp's most noteworthy live performance in 2015 came on February 6, when he paid tribute to Bob Dylan at the annual MusiCares Person of the Year event by performing a piano-and-vocal rendition of "Highway 61 Revisited" (the piano was played by Troye Kinnett from Mellencamp's band). "[20] The No Better Than This Tour returned to the U.S. for one final round of shows from October 25 to November 19, 2011. "[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". [18], In September 1996, the experimental album Mr. "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. 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. "I've known George since we were in the same Sunday school class. 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. [87], Mellencamp is a supporter of Indiana University and the Indiana Hoosiers, and received an honorary doctorate from the university in 2000. 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]. They need to hear it. 15 hit "Authority Song", which he said is "our version of 'I Fought the Law'." 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Upcoming John Mellencamp tour dates, ticket links and venue information 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. [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 has also honed his skills by his own self-education in art history, visiting museums across Europe and America whenever he was on tour and studying a broad spectrum of artists and the mechanics of their work and by looking at signs and billboards out the windows of cars and buses while crisscrossing the country. [61] AllMusic describes Mellencamp's sound as a "heartland blend of Stonesy hard rock and folk. Theres no difference. So next year, hopefully, well be on top of (the pandemic) and itll feel alright to go out. [49]. 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. Also Known As. Later on, we wrote some really good songs together," Mellencamp told the Bloomington Herald Times shortly after Green's death. "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. [98] In November 2018, the couple became engaged. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee John Mellencamp has announced a massive North American tour, dubbed Live and In Person 2023. 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. 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. ', "JOHN MELLENCAMP'S 'PLAIN SPOKEN' CONCERT FILM HEADED TO NETFLIX", John Mellencamp Debuts at No. That's when I was believe it or not, I used to not be as ugly as I am now. Band Member Spotlight - Jon E. Gee. A third single, "Hand to Hold on To", made it to No. Dane Clark filed for unemployment benefits last week, a career first for the Indiana musician who's played drums in John Mellencamp's band since 1996. Born . Mellencamp Band Member Update John Mellencamp Community February 23, 2023, 01:10:24 am Welcome, Guest. It may be the first-ever musical written by men for men. Mellencamp played for over two hours and included 24 songs in his setlist on the tour. The albums second single, "Chasing Rainbows", was released on December 10, 2021. 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. [68], Mellencamp was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2008. We had a lot of fun together when we were kids. The play is called "Ghost Brothers of Darkland County", about two brothers who hate each other. 28 single in late 1979. We were better. Also Known As. Maybe one of the reasons John Gunnell (a.k.a. John Mellencamp wrote every note everything the tiny little needle drops you hear in the back. "[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. John Cougar. 1 hit "Jack & Diane". If it's not fun, I'm not going to do it. The official description of Ghost Brothers of Darkland County from the Alliance Theatre website: In the tiny town of Lake Belle Reve, Mississippi in 1957, a terrible tragedy took the lives of two brothers and a beautiful young girl. 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. So that's where he came up with that name. 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'. Our band features a Grammy award winner to those that have toured with some of the biggest names in the industry. in the U.S.A. (A Salute to '60s Rock)" (No. [65], On September 9, 2010, Mellencamp received the Americana Lifetime Achievement Award in Nashville. He's just incredible."[72]. "[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. Pages: [ 1] He's a Grammy-winner and the recipient of numerous awards including The Woody Guthrie and John Steinbeck Awards, ASCAP Foundation's Champion Award and their highest honor the Founders Award, the Americana Music Association's Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting and . [31][32] Mellencamp and Carter's duets album, titled Sad Clowns & Hillbillies, was released on April 28, 2017. 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. 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. "I still don't think we should have to do it, but record companies can't spend money to promote records anymore, unless you're U2 or Madonna. Aronoff writes about the time John Mellencamp survived a motorcycle crash one week before the recording of breakthrough album "American Fool." Toby Myers, who played bass in Mellencamp's. Jon E. Gee) fits in to the John Mellencamp band so well is because of his dedication to what he does. Pepper' of Americana to me. I could have done this in my studio. [90], Mellencamp was married to Priscilla Esterline from 1970 until 1981 and to Victoria Granucci from 1981 until 1989. 9), "Cherry Bomb" (No. I'm gonna come out and play with upright bass and cocktail [drum] kits and a lot of acoustic instruments. keyboards, organ, backing vocals (19962002), This page was last edited on 12 February 2023, at 20:36. [8] Mellencamp reluctantly agreed, but the album was a commercial failure, selling only 12,000 copies. "The name of the new record is Orpheus Descending," Mellencamp said to the audience. Hell, if that was the case, you wouldn't like anyone in the music business because everyone's blowing cocaine. So they were eliminated, and it didnt take me long to make that decision. [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. Mellencamp participated in the Vote for Change tour in October 2004 leading up to the 2004 U.S. Presidential election. He's played with the likes of John Mellencamp, Paul McCartney, Sting, Bon Jovi, Elton John, The Smashing Pumpkins, MeatloafThe list goes . His work has also been exhibited at Herron School of Art and Design, a division of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Concerts. 41 on the Hot 100 in the summer of 1994. It wasn't like the title was made up it wasn't supposed to be punky or cocky like some people thought. Now, we weren't playing the best songs in the world. 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.". Meanwhile, the piano-heavy "Seeing You Around" has the sound of a 1940s standard (the movie takes place during World War II) and is made all the more authentically '40s-sounding by Redbone's gruff, baritone vocals. In 1991, Mellencamp said: "'Big Daddy' was the best record I ever made. 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.' "[73], The film news website Deadline Hollywood, reported that the filmmakers of "The Legend of Jack and Diane," were inspired by Mellencamp's song "Jack & Diane," began production in Los Angeles in January 2022, and are in talks with Mellencamps team about music for the film.[74]. 5 overall and also dubbed "Troubled Land" No. In addition to the exhibitions listed above, Mellencamp was part of a group show at the Gerald Peters Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. 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. [34][35] Carter was featured on only five of Sad Clowns & Hillbillies' 13 tracks and contributed to the writing of just two songs. [57], Mellencamp's musical style has been described as rock,[55][58] heartland rock,[59] roots rock,[55][60] and folk rock. Stay ornery, stay mean. Learn all about John Mellencamp on AllMusic. New Releases . "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. Mellencamp embarked on the Cuttin' Heads Tour in the summer of 2001, before the album was even released. Submit Corrections. Forget about the play, just the songs, the way these people sing them. Lisa Ruth Germano (born June 27, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Indiana. 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. Mr. 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. The Farm Aid concerts remain an annual event and have raised over $60million for struggling family farmers as of 2022[update]. Please login or register . 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. 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. ", Mellencamp's 1994 Dance Naked album included a cover of Van Morrison's "Wild Night" as a duet with Meshell Ndegeocello. I ain't gonna do it. 14 single "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)" (Mellencamp's last Top 40 hit) and "Just Another Day", which peaked at No. The tracks for the album were recorded at historic locations, such as the First African Baptist Church in Savannah, Georgia as well as at the Sun Studio in Memphis and the Sheraton Gunter Hotel in San Antonio where blues pioneer Robert Johnson recorded "Sweet Home Chicago" and "Crossroad Blues". "Wild Night" became Mellencamp's biggest hit in years, peaking at No. When I objected to it, he said, 'Well, either you're going to go for it, or we're not going to put the record out.' 21) and "Rumble Seat" (No. [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. But legend is often just another word for lie. Former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty said of Mellencamp: John is one of the great American songwriters and a great rock spirit. This is rock music that tells the truth on both its composer and the culture he's observing.[55]. (1/1) Thadrequet: Jon E. Gee Talks about Doing the Extra to Stand Above the Rest. The album was recorded in mono. [22] Two songs performed at the 2003 Town Hall concert, the 1962 Skeeter Davis hit "The End of the World" and the traditional folk song "House of the Rising Sun", did not make the final track list despite the album's official press release stating that the CD and digital versions "feature the complete 15-song concert. He had his first major museum exhibition, Nothing Like I Planned, at Tennessee State Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, from April 12 through June 10, 2012. Growing up in southern Indianawith which he is strongly identifiedMellencamp began playing in rock bands . So many people are involved, it's taken a long time. John has made fiddles, hammer dulcimers, Autoharps (sic) and accordions [into] lead rock instruments on a par with electric guitar, bass, and drums, and he also brought what he calls 'a raw Appalachian' lyrical outlook to his songs. 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