and "Another Sunny Day 12/25", in addition to the title track, which hit No. At these dozen shows, which ranged in length from 45 to 60 minutes, Mellencamp covered a number of rock and folk classics and sprinkled in a few of his own songs. His emotionally authentic, straightforward rock n' roll reflects his upbringing in the Heartland, combining pop, country, and folk to create poetic grooves that you can also jam out to on a bar's jukebox. The album was released on September 23, 2014. Pages: [ 1] 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 the U.S.A. (A Salute to '60s Rock)" (No. In his music, mortality, anxiety, acts of God, questions of romance and brotherhood, and crises of conscience all collide and demand hard decisions. On February 27, 2020, Mellencamp's official social media accounts confirmed that he was currently recording an album at his Belmont Mall recording studio. It wasn't just me. [34] Mellencamp and Carter debuted two songs from the album, "Indigo Sunset" and "My Soul's Got Wings", during Mellencamp's concert in Tulsa on April 1, 2016 (Carter served as the opening act for the show). At Gaff's request, Mellencamp moved to London, England, for nearly a year to record, promote, and tour behind 1978's A Biography. "I agonized", Mellencamp told USA Today's Edna Gundersen in 2007 over his decision to license "Our Country" to Chevrolet. 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. "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. So that was what I had to do but I thought the name was pretty silly."[9]. We had a lot of fun together when we were kids. "Not one note [in Ithaca] is anything other than Mellencamp. Following the delivery of his address, Indiana University bestowed upon him an honorary Doctorate of Musical Arts. So I just put those songs on a shelf, and cut it back down to a single record. [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. 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. [34][35] Carter was featured on only five of Sad Clowns & Hillbillies' 13 tracks and contributed to the writing of just two songs. That heart attack eventually forced him to cancel the last few weeks of the tour. 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. Related Blog Posts. His manager dubbed him Johnny Cougar out . His latest album of original songs, Strictly a One-Eyed Jack, was released on January 21, 2022. Fogerty would join Mellencamp for duets on Fogerty's Creedence Clearwater Revival hit "Green River" and Mellencamp's "Rain on the Scarecrow". 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. He is of Dutch ancestry. It was singularly the most important concert I've ever been to in my life because it showed me the way.[63][64]. "[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. And the movie is wonderful. And as far as putting on a performance and entertaining goes, we were undeniably great. John Mellencamp Community February 10, 2023, 08:08:31 am Welcome, Guest. 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.". 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. 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 "[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. 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. So Brad Pitt took his shirt off and look what happened to Brad Pitt. Please login or register . 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. 9), "Cherry Bomb" (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. [46], In May 2021, Mellencamp revealed that he recently finished the album and that Bruce Springsteen would make a guest appearance on the project. He's a great songwriter and I have become very close [with him] and had a lot of fun with him. 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). 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. Take an old Rascals song for example there's everything from marching band beats to soul music to country sounds in one song. But I want to do it this way, and if I can't do what I want at this point, I'm not going to do it. 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. I'm through digging a ditch.". In its list of the 50 best albums of 2008, Rolling Stone magazine named Life, Death, Love and Freedom No. [95] In August 2016, the couple's publicist confirmed they had broken up. I ain't lying. 1 hit "Jack & Diane". It included 50 oil and mixed-media paintings, including several never before seen by the public. They stare at the viewer or off into space with eyes both tough and vulnerable, projecting intensity akin to Beckmann's self-portraits with his sad, glowering eyes. 28 single in late 1979. 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. [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. "[70], Mellencamp wrote the score for the Meg Ryan movie Ithaca, which premiered on October 23, 2015, at the Middleburg Film Festival in Virginia and was released in theaters and on-demand by Momentum Pictures on September 9, 2016. 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 . 48 on the Billboard singles chart. "The singles were stupid little pop songs," he told Record Magazine in 1983. "Some guy comes on and says, 'I don't know who I hate the most, John Mellencamp or Osama bin Laden.'"[78]. "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.'". 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. & More", "Andy York Interview, John Mellencamp lead guitarist", "Bruce Springsteen Plots 2022 Tour, Collaborations With John Mellencamp, the Killers", "Bruce Springsteen Joins John Mellencamp on Contemplative 'Wasted Days', "John Mellencamp on Working With Springsteen & Whether He'd Sell His Song Catalog", "Mellencamp Returned To The Studio To Finish Recording His 26th Album This Summer", "Mellencamp performs first public concert in Seymour since 1976", "John Mellencamp revisits 'Scarecrow,' his game-changing disc", Songwriter, Mellencamp collaborator George Green dies at 59, "Mellencamp to give IUB commencement address", "Mellencamp, Fogerty take their tour to heart", "John Mellencamp Brings The Heartland To Nashville", "Review: John Mellencamp, 'Sad Clowns & Hillbillies', "JOHN MELLENCAMP IS A PURE PRODUCT OF MIDDLE AMERICA", "Keith Urban talks Ripcord, love of touring and breaking new ground", "Keith Urban on Musical Influences and the "800-Pound Gorilla" of Celebrity", "John Mellencamp receives Woody Guthrie Prize at Tulsa ceremony", "Mellencamp To Receive The John Steinbeck Award", "John Mellencamp To Be Honored With Prestigious ASCAP Founders Award", "WhyHunger Salutes Musician John Mellencamp at 20th Annual Chapin Awards GalaNew York", "John Mellencamp Official Website:: News Articles", "Meg Ryan Hits Film Festivals With Directorial Debut 'Ithaca' And A Little Help From Tom Hanks: Q&A", "Meg Ryan finds a 'place at the table' with directorial debut Ithaca", "Tom Sizemore Joins Female Revenge Thriller 'The Legend Of Jack And Diane', "John Mellencamp's Musical With Stephen King Nearing Completion", "No. 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. [96][97], In July 2017, it was reported that Mellencamp and Ryan had reunited and were dating again. "[62], Urban told the Vancouver Sun in 2016: "For me, The Lonesome Jubilee was the defining record and tour. 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? In addition to the exhibitions listed above, Mellencamp was part of a group show at the Gerald Peters Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In 1985, Mellencamp released Scarecrow, which peaked at No. You can make this much money! Blah, blah, blah. That's from a song of his called 'Life is Short Even on Its Longest Days.' The soundtrack includes Rosanne Cash, Sheryl Crow, Elvis Costello, Taj Mahal, Ryan Bingham, Will Dailey and Neko Case among others singing the songs Mellencamp wrote. [1] She began her career as a violinist for John Mellencamp. [21], On July 8, 2014, Mellencamp released a new live album called Performs Trouble No More Live at Town Hall without any advance notice. [31][32] Mellencamp and Carter's duets album, titled Sad Clowns & Hillbillies, was released on April 28, 2017. Pat Benatar recorded "I Need a Lover" on her debut album In the Heat of the Night. 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. But that's a good thing. Throughout his life, however, Mellencamp has continued to seriously explore painting. A national treasure, he's also one of the truly great music creators that can make us care, move, clap and sing along. I sang a little bit on his record. Hell, if that was the case, you wouldn't like anyone in the music business because everyone's blowing cocaine. During his induction speech for Mellencamp, Joel said:[69]. In an "Open Letter to America" on his website, Mellencamp stated: The Governor of California was removed from office based on finance troubles. Now, we weren't playing the best songs in the world. 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. "[82][bettersourceneeded], Mellencamp supported Michael Bloomberg in his 2020 presidential campaign by taping a Bloomberg 2020 campaign ad that featured Mellencamp singing "Small Town". 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. keyboards, organ, backing vocals (19962002), This page was last edited on 12 February 2023, at 20:36. 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. McCain's campaign responded by pulling the songs from their playlist. Mellencamp came to New York in the mid-1970s with the intention of studying painting if his music career aspirations didn't pan out. 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. Part of the No Depression mythology requires either a tragic early death or decades of unacknowledged masterpieces created during a life of grueling poverty. "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. 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. "I take no credit for that record. 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. "We had a lot of discussions about the rhythm and blues music of the day. The play is called "Ghost Brothers of Darkland County", about two brothers who hate each other. On August 13, 2007, Mellencamp began recording his 18th album of original material, titled Life, Death, Love and Freedom. It sounds like the 'Sgt. "[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]. 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. and that "you'll be all right". John Mellencamp wrote every note everything the tiny little needle drops you hear in the back. They need to know that somewhere out there somebody feels the way that they do in the small towns and in the big cities. It had to be from hearing those old records. 48 among the 100 best singles of the year. 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. He also revealed that the album had the working title of Strictly a One-Eyed Jack. "[58], Country music star Keith Urban has consistently cited Mellencamp's influence on his music. Mellencamp released a compilation album of cover songs titled Other People's Stuff on December 7, 2018. "I see sadness in the world," Mellencamp says. "[76], The Alliance Theatre described the show as a "Southern Gothic musical fraught with mystery, tragedy and ghosts of the past.". 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. 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). 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. Im already writing songs for another record, so thats how far ahead I am, Mellencamp said. "[29] Mellencamp said Dylan's endorsement was worth more than 10 Grammys.[30]. If these works are any indication, plain painting can be extraordinarily eloquent.". Take an election; take an oil field; take advantage of your own people a game of political Three-Card Monte.[79]. 10 on the Billboard 200, becoming the 10th Top 10 album of his career. Mellencamp, who works in a very different, very personal idiom, makes plainspoken paintings, he says, because he's a plainspoken man. The album is really about one guy, just one guys voice speaking about his life, Mellencamp explains, speaking of Strictly a One-Eyed Jack. I'm taking heat because no one's ever done this before. As of 2018, she has released thirteen albums. A former keyboardist. Former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty said of Mellencamp: John is one of the great American songwriters and a great rock spirit. ", In 1993, he released Human Wheels, and the title track peaked at No. "Bruce is singing on the new record and is playing guitar," Mellencamp said. 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 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. I was totally unaware of it until it showed up on the album jacket. 19. [83], In August 2020, Mellencamp released "A Pawn in the White Man's Game" to his website along with a video to YouTube. Born . Mellencamp embarked on the Cuttin' Heads Tour in the summer of 2001, before the album was even released. Surely you can find 12-to-15 songs that will work."[43]. Stay ornery, stay mean. 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. [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. Joan Baez is a 66-year-old woman and the sweetest gal in the world.[80]. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer brought his North American tour . Happy Go Lucky, which was produced by Junior Vasquez, was released to critical acclaim. "[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. Urban has covered numerous Mellencamp songs in his concerts over the years, including "Hurts So Good", "Jack and Diane", "Authority Song", and "Rumble Seat". You can't be 22 years old and had two dates and understand that album. [99] On October 30, 2019, it was reported the actress had ended their engagement. 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. Album Rock Heartland Rock Roots Rock Contemporary Pop/Rock Contemporary Folk Contemporary Singer/Songwriter Rock & Roll Bar Band Hard Rock. People are worried. 17). [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. Mainstream Rock chart, "Q: I've seen John's name in print as both "John Cougar Mellencamp" and "John Little Cougar Mellencamp" and "lil 'John Cougar Mellencat". New Releases . 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. Current Members Of John's Band? 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. 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