What made John Mellencamp stand out were his longstanding ties to his roots, and the fact that he never, to this day, forgot where he came from.

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Over the decades, there was an evolution in his music, which became warmer and more personal, and in his name, from Johnny Cougar to John Cougar Mellencamp and finally, in 1991, to John Mellencamp.

Whether going by Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, John Cougar Mellencamp, or simply John Mellencamp, the music that this Indiana native has made is truly legendary. He's responsible for some of the ...

Willie Nelson & family, Bob Dylan, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss and John Mellencamp will be joined ... the tour for all of the shows. The Outlaw Music Festival made its debut in 2016, in Scranton ...

John Mellencamp witnessed the Indiana Pacers take one step closer to the NBA Finals on Tuesday. However, the songwriter didn't appreciate the home crowd's behavior during a Game 4 victory. Ahead of ...

GREEN BAY - John Mellencamp and The Weidner go ... album that he performed solo acoustic. As much as Mellencamp's music whisks listeners away to the songs of their youth, he's also going ...

John Mellencamp, who is often outspoken about racial ... why I'm not a big fan of rap music. It's like, you guys are selling out what the people stood up for and fought for, and you're making ...

Universal Music Enterprises CEO Bruce Resnikoff, Jimmy Jam, John Legend and Charlie Puth, among others. Beyond Mellencamp and Gray, singer Ledisi kicked off the performances with a cover of “How ...

Carnival is over, but the live music keeps playing in New Orleans. Here are options for the week ahead. Friday, Saenger Theatre The last time John Mellencamp gave in to an idea that he didn’t ...

Singer-songwriter John Mellencamp, the proudest Hoosier in rock ... well as talks and panels “that brought academic scholars, music industry leaders, journalists and more to campus for a ...

John Mellencamp is a septuagenarian ... rock star with a bunch of contemporaries in the grave. He’s quit the music business who knows how many times and is back on tour now, offsetting deathless ...