"John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16" hinges in part on the stage name that a former manager stamped on Mellencamp’s first albums, and it’s been a point of contention in his career. "He’s obviously got mixed feelings on the name John Cougar," allows Urban. "I didn’t really want to get into all that." The journey from Cougar to Mellencamp ... John Cougar Mellencamp: Working Class Hero In The Rumbleseat Bill Holdship, Creem, February 1986 BELMONT MALL, John Cougar Mellencamp's beautiful new recording studio, is located in a pastoral farm area not far from John's home in Bloomington, Indiana. It's just down the road from the country church How did John Cougar from Seymour become John Mellencamp, a Midwestern archetype? Well, the untold part of the story is that he had a secret weapon: his band. Self-effacing, hardworking and unsung, the John Mellencamp Band left its mark as one of America’s great rock bands almost as an afterthought, a byproduct of their collective approach to ...
How did John Cougar from Seymour become John Mellencamp, a Midwestern archetype? Well, the untold part of the story is that he had a secret weapon: his band. Self-effacing, hardworking and unsung, the John Mellencamp Band left its mark as one of America’s great rock bands almost as an afterthought, a byproduct of their collective approach to ... He calls himself Little Bastard on his album productions credits, and after meeting John Cougar Mellencamp backstage before last week’s Coliseum show, I half understood why. He’s not a bastard. On the contrary he seemed like a very nice fellow, all smiles as he shook hands with various rock reporters and music-industry types. But he is little. John Mellencamp: Scarecrow World Tour 1985-6: Bob Seger: American Storm Tour 1985: John Mellencamp: Lonesome Jubilee World Tour 1987-8: Joe Cocker: One Night Of Sin Tour 1988: Billy Joel: Stormfront Tour 1989-90: Bee Gees: High Civilization Tour, Europe 1991: Bruce Springsteen: Human Touch Tour June 15, 1992 - June 1, 1993: Richie Sambora (Bon ... For Sale: TOUR JACKET - John Cougar Mellencamp - 1987 LONESOME JUBILEE Size XL « on: November 27, 2012, 05:34:47 pm » CLEANING OUT THE CLOSETS AND THOUGHT A FELLOW MELLENHEAD WOULD ENJOY THIS OR GIVE THIS AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT. John Cougar Mellencamp sings about being born in a small town and on Wednesday night he sang in one. Mellencamp played two free one-hour shows in Chillicothe, Ohio, population 25,000, and the audiences at the shows were composed strictly of the 5,200 people who signed petitions urging Mellencamp to come to their city.
John Mellencamp: Scarecrow World Tour 1985-6: Bob Seger: American Storm Tour 1985: John Mellencamp: Lonesome Jubilee World Tour 1987-8: Joe Cocker: One Night Of Sin Tour 1988: Billy Joel: Stormfront Tour 1989-90: Bee Gees: High Civilization Tour, Europe 1991: Bruce Springsteen: Human Touch Tour June 15, 1992 - June 1, 1993: Richie Sambora (Bon ... For Sale: TOUR JACKET - John Cougar Mellencamp - 1987 LONESOME JUBILEE Size XL « on: November 27, 2012, 05:34:47 pm » CLEANING OUT THE CLOSETS AND THOUGHT A FELLOW MELLENHEAD WOULD ENJOY THIS OR GIVE THIS AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT. John Cougar Mellencamp sings about being born in a small town and on Wednesday night he sang in one. Mellencamp played two free one-hour shows in Chillicothe, Ohio, population 25,000, and the audiences at the shows were composed strictly of the 5,200 people who signed petitions urging Mellencamp to come to their city. The original John Mellencamp, from a peasant farmer's family near Hamburg, Germany, and John Cougar Mellencamp's great-great grandfather, fled the Kaiser's military conscription during the late 1800s and settled in Indiana. His son, Harry Perry Mellencamp - ``Speck'' - rebelled against farming and became a carpenter.