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The following is a comprehensive discography of john mellencamp, an american singersongwriter. Music video by john mellencamp performing rain on the scarecrow. You can find the list of john mellencamp tour dates here. The remastered version was released may 24, 2005 on mercuryislandume and includes one bonus track this album contained three top 10 hits, a record for a mellencamp album.
While on that tour, mellencamp again produced an album with t. Its accompanying album, dance naked, became his biggest album since big daddy, going gold only months after its release. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Original vintage 1985 john cougar mellencamp scarecrow tour shirt rovevintageseattle. John mellencamp was born on october 7, 1951, in seymour, indiana. This guy put on one hell of a tour scarecrow tour and i only went to make up the. Rain on the scarecrow was a single from john cougar mellencamps album scarecrow. Buy john cougar mellencamps album titled scarecrow bonus track to enjoy in your home. Mellencamp is the current record holder for the most number one hits, seven on billboards hot mainstream tracks chart as a solo artist. It was the first of three albums mellencamp would record for columbia records. Firstly, it should be said that the title, plain spoken. John mellencamp, also known as john cougar mellencamp is an american rock singersongwriter, musician, painter and occasional actor known for his catchy, populist brand of heartland rock which emphasizes traditional instrumentation. Rather, this is a 16song set that runs the gamut from some of mellencamps earliest hits cherry bomb, small town to, yes, plain spoken, and even 2017s sad. Mellencamp s first chart action came with the single i need a lover in 1979.
See more ideas about john mellencamp, rock and roll and music. John mellencamp was born on october 7, 1951 in seymour, indiana, usa. If we wanted to see a documentary we would have stayed home and watched tv. The remastered version was released may 24, 2005 on mercuryislandume and includes one bonus track. John mellencamp scarecrow tour poster with images vintage. John cougar mellencamps lonesome jubilee upi archives. Mellencamp has previously recorded under the names johnny cougar, john cougar and john cougar mellencamp. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Mellencamp complimented the act on being one of the most authentic and musically. Mellencamp planned to support the album with an extensive tour, but he suffered a major heart attack in late 1994. John mellencamp is the 15th album by american singersongwriter and musician john mellencamp, released on october 6, 1998. Released in august 1985, scarecrow is the eighth studio album by john mellencamp. John mellencamp booking agent book john mellencamp here.
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Jan 21, 2014 the success of american fool meant that he could add mellencamp to his stage name, and 1983s uhhuh became the first album credited to john cougar mellencamp. A pop sensation in the 1980s, john mellencamp has evolved into one of rocks most enduring acts. Johns first record released was under the stage name johnny cougar at the. Scarecrow is the eighth studio album by john mellencamp. Mellencamps first chart action came with the single i need a lover in 1979. On the rural route 7609 special edition by john mellencamp. May 24, 2005 listen to your favorite songs from scarecrow by john mellencamp now. The following year, the singer changed his billing to john cougar mellencamp, and his chart successes continued with uhhuh in 1983 and scarecrow in 1985.
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A loose concept album about lost innocence and the crumbling of smalltown america, scarecrow says as much with its tough rock and gentle folkrock as it does with its lyrics, which remain a weak point for mellencamp. Scarecrow is the most politically charged album of john cougar mellencamps career. S charts, sitting behind the miami vice soundtrack. John mellencamp rain on the scarecrow lyrics genius. Mellencamp bounced back into the top ten in 1994, when his duet with meshell ndegeocello on van morrisons wild night peaked at number three. Mellencamp complimented the act on being one of the most authentic and musically accurate. Life in the american heartland here predominates, lyrically, whereas before it had raised its head with a handful of songs only, in fact about one per album and no more. He is known for his catchy, populist brand of heartland rock, which emphasizes traditional instrumentation. He and his band toured constantly, a strategy which paid off in 1982. His name was changed to johnny cougar, and he was given a james deanstyle image. John mellencamp can be booked for private events and john mellencamp can be booked for corporate events and meetings through this john mellencamp booking page. During mellencamps more than four decades in the recording industry, he has released 23 studio albums, two live albums, four compilation albums, 65 singles and has appeared on. Many of his songs were now dealing with social problems, and he was one of the organizers of the farm aid series of benefit concerts.
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Shortly after the release of this album, mellencamp got involved in the farm aid benefitconcert series. Mellencamp s first album to chart on the billboard 200 album chart was the then selftitled john cougar album in 1979. Listen free to john mellencamp scarecrow rain on the scarecrow, grandmas theme and more. John cougar mellencamp, scarecrow we were basically in a pretty mean run at that time, says larry crane, guitarist with john cougar mellencamp s band. Oct 04, 2019 after the hard rocking success of american fool and uhhuh, john mellencamp doubled down on the social commentary and soulsearching with his mid80s albums scarecrow and the lonesome jubilee. On this record, we ended up quite a bit away from where we started, mellencamp told guitar world acoustic in 1998. Mellencamp rose to fame in the 1980s while honing an almost startlingly plainspoken writing style that. John cougar mellencamp the scarecrow tour paperback 1986. Original vintage 1985 john cougar mellencamp scarecrow tour shirt. Paper in fire is a chilling indictment of the emptiness in.
In the era of the track, mellencamp has issued a massive, beautifully packaged, and exhaustively annotated fourdisc career retrospective that doesnt lean. After the hard rocking success of american fool and uhhuh, john mellencamp doubled down on the social commentary and soulsearching with his mid80s albums scarecrow and the lonesome jubilee. His words and music have inspired generations, and his activism from cofounding farm aid to fighting hunger and homelessness among veterans represents america at its best. John cougar was also his first album to be certified gold. John mellencamp songwriter, guitarist, singer biography. While applauding john mellencamps proenvironmental stance he asks for paper instead of plastic and separate recycling bins for glass and cans, we wonder why hes willing to drink hot beverages o.
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