![]() ![]() His manager dubbed him Johnny Cougar out of his belief that nobody would buy a record by anybody named Mellencamp. ![]() His professional music career began in earnest in 1976 when MCA Records released his first album, The Chestnut Street Incident. John Gunnell, upright bass, electric bass, vocalsīorn Octoin Seymour, Indiana, John Mellencamp fell in love with music at an early age and was gigging in local bars and fronting a soul band by the time he was 14. Troye Kinnett, piano, accordion, organs, harmonica, vocals “Two of the nation’s most beloved chroniclers…sounds like a pair of old friends sitting around a fire.” (Billboard)īruce Springsteen, vocals, guitars (on tracks 6, 8, 12)Īndy York, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, banjo, autoharp, vocals “The duo sing and strum along to reflective lyrics about the passage of time, which would feel just as relevant at a cornfield bonfire as on the Metro-North.” (Vulture) “carries an implicit message about making the most of the years, months and minutes we’ve got left” (NPR music) I don't really anticipate sellin' a bunch of 'em, because people don't buy 'em anymore! They're calling cards to let people know that I'm still writing songs, and I'm still current and I'm not an oldies act and I will never be and oldies act and there won't be any 'Happy Together' tour for John Mellencamp.” Mellencamp admitted to us that he's realistic these days as to why he writes and releases new music: “I've come to the conclusion that any record that I put out now, is really just a calling card. They don't encourage them to be themselves.” You start looking that way and you start tailoring your stuff to sound like this.' And I think that's the way record companies push people today. This is the way they look and you're kinda like them. Mellencamp's artistic talent has clearly been passed down, with son Speck Mellencamp providing the portrait of his father gracing the new album's cover.Īlthough John Mellencamp has always kept his pulse on what's up and coming in terms of rock, pop, country, and hip hop - these days he admits he's pretty dispirited by the state of modern music: “I hear a few songs every now and then that I think are pretty good, but I just think the artists today are not encouraged to be creative. The set features three collaborations with Bruce Springsteen - the already released “Wasted Days” along with the new “Did You Say Such A Thing,” and the album closing “A Life Full Of Rain.” A lyric video for the set's second single, “Chasing Rainbows” has already dropped.
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