"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. John's work is beautifully executed with incredibly fascinating studies. Mellencamp embarked on the Cuttin' Heads Tour in the summer of 2001, before the album was even released. He returned to the concert stage in early 1995 by playing a series of dates in small Midwestern clubs under the pseudonym Pearl Doggy. All the music has been recorded. 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. "I take no credit for that record. I was totally unaware of it until it showed up on the album jacket. It was a different sound.". Mellencamp sang the gospel song "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" at White's funeral on July 2, 2002. It wasn't like the title was made up it wasn't supposed to be punky or cocky like some people thought. In November 2010, Mellencamp told the Chicago Tribune: T Bone and I and Stephen King are working on a musical. We had a lot of fun together when we were kids. Mr. He has amassed 22 Top 40 hits in the United States. The record company thought it would bomb, but I think the reason it took off was not that the songs were better than my others but people liked the sound of it, the 'bam-bam-bam' drums. 28 single in late 1979. Please login or register . ", 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. in a little town called Selma. Updated: Oct 16, 2018 / 03:51 PM EDT. "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. [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. "All the vocals are first or second takes, and half the songs don't even have bass parts. While he was on tour, Mellencamp recorded a new album titled No Better Than This that was again produced by T Bone Burnett. "Everything is a possible song. John Mellencamp wrote every note everything the tiny little needle drops you hear in the back. According to Mellencamp, "German painting remains the basic foundation for what I do same as folk music is the foundation of my songs. 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. 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'. "[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. John Cougar. 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. In the fall of 2015, a showing of Mellencamp's artwork, titled "John Mellencamp: The Isolation of Mister", ran at the ACA Galleries in New York City. [100], In April 2020, it was reported that Mellencamp has been dating skincare expert Jamie Sherrill since the beginning of the year. On January 18, 2009, Mellencamp performed "Pink Houses" at the Obama inaugural celebration at the Lincoln Memorial. And I said, 'Well, I am.' Pat Benatar recorded "I Need a Lover" on her debut album In the Heat of the Night. Now, in the past, it was always 'Let's make it up as we go along' and we did make some of The Lonesome Jubilee up as we went along. 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. During the pandemic, Mellencamp wrote at least 15 songs. Orpheus Descending will be released in February 2023. "I had planned to have the record out now but I haven't finished. "[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. [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. [57], Mellencamp's musical style has been described as rock,[55][58] heartland rock,[59] roots rock,[55][60] and folk rock. "We wanted to make sure that it had the same feeling of some of the great songs from the '60s but also had the message of today and had the backbeat of today. [98] In November 2018, the couple became engaged. Current Members Of John's Band? 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. 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. The switch in labels coincided with Dane Clark replacing Aronoff on drums. I want to write my songs, do some little shows. His portraiture evolved to a personal style that some critics describe as similar to the dark and shadowy paintings of the German Expressionists. "Some guy comes on and says, 'I don't know who I hate the most, John Mellencamp or Osama bin Laden.'"[78]. If these works are any indication, plain painting can be extraordinarily eloquent.". [94], In September 2015, Mellencamp reportedly started dating former supermodel Christie Brinkley. He's played with the likes of John Mellencamp, Paul McCartney, Sting, Bon Jovi, Elton John, The Smashing Pumpkins, MeatloafThe list goes . (The song would later be included, in a re-recorded version, on Mellencamp's 2017 album Sad Clowns & Hillbillies.) [90], Mellencamp was married to Priscilla Esterline from 1970 until 1981 and to Victoria Granucci from 1981 until 1989. You can make this much money! Blah, blah, blah. Daughter Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave was a cast member on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills for three seasons. 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. Joe McCandless knows what really happened; he saw it all. Everything is a possible painting. I walked away feeling: I get it just put all the things you love into what you do.' And yet, George W. Bush has lied to us, failed to keep our own borders secure, entered a war under false pretense, endangered lives, and created financial chaos. Now, we weren't playing the best songs in the world. I haven't done one in five years. 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. [93] It was reported that Mellencamp and Ryan broke up in the middle of 2014 after dating for over three years. They involve expressiveness by means of exaggeration and distortion of line and color, in favor of a simplified style intended to carry an emotional impact. [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. I mean, we were really good. [99] On October 30, 2019, it was reported the actress had ended their engagement. We were better. [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. 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. The first song with video, "Jena", was introduced on Mellencamp's website in October 2007. [4], Mellencamp attended Vincennes University, a two-year college in Vincennes, Indiana, starting in 1972. I ain't gonna do it. "I was very proud and humbled to have been able to play 'Born in the U.S.A.' in a different fashion that I think was true to the feelings that Bruce had when he wrote it", Mellencamp said. Each member of the band has many years of not only experience, but has a heart to deliver the best possible experience. [56], Johnny Cash called Mellencamp "one of the 10 best songwriters" in music. Freedom's Road peaked at No. "[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]. They depict existential scenes and human beings ridden with the angst of the everyday. The band behind the man presents backup vocals, guitars, bass, keyboard, saxophone, synth, percussion and drums that will leave you wondering if it isn't Mellencamp's or . 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. Mellencamp, who works in a very different, very personal idiom, makes plainspoken paintings, he says, because he's a plainspoken man. Feb. 27, 2023 Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 8:33 a.m. San Antonio rocked out with John Mellencamp at the Majestic Theatre over the weekend. [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. John J. Mellencamp[1] (born October 7, 1951), previously known as Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American singer-songwriter. Id walk in and the guys in the band would look at me and go, Not the same guy talking, so wed just move on to another song. Mellencamp's band provided the backing on both tracks and performed all the music that is in the movie. Im talking to you about a record (Strictly a One-Eyed Jack) thats been done for about a year and a half, so Im already on to my new songs not as a job, just as they come. Mellencamp told iHeart Radio in January 2022 that Small Town was scheduled debut in Louisville in September 2022, but that didn't happen. Ghost Brothers of Darkland County received mixed reviews upon its initial run in Atlanta. He married fashion model Elaine Irwin on September 5, 1992. Also Known As. They need to hear it. Im already writing songs for another record, so thats how far ahead I am, Mellencamp said. Pepper' of Americana to me. 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. 8), "Check It Out" (No. 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. Former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty said of Mellencamp: John is one of the great American songwriters and a great rock spirit. In 2010, Mellencamp's music was used by the National Organization for Marriage at events opposing same-sex marriage. 14), and "Rooty Toot Toot" (No. We asked why and they said, 'She can't fit here, period.' Donovan made a record (in 1966), Sunshine Superman, and I wanted to start with that same kind of vibeEastern, very grand stories, fairy tales.". "[84], Mellencamp lives five miles outside Bloomington, Indiana, on the shores of Lake Monroe,[85] but he also has a vacation home on Daufuskie Island, South Carolina. Mellencamp sang "Our Country" to open Game 2 of the 2006 World Series, and the song was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award in the Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance category, but lost to Bruce Springsteen's "Radio Nowhere". 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Submit Corrections . "[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". 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. "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. 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. [48] Written and produced solely by Mellencamp, "Wasted Days" is a song about aging and making the most of the time one has left. We got to see a rough cut of it and I was very impressed. 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. October 7, 1951 in Seymour, IN. 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. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer brought his North American tour . 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