I've fleshed out this blog and will finish the Tom Petty blog later. I'm not doing a countdown for this blog, instead I'm going to post my 31 favorite John Mellencamp 80's songs. The man once known as Cougar released 6 CDs as Mellencamp in the 80s'- I'm pretending that "The Kid Inside" wasn't ever released. I have 103 John Mellencamp songs on my iTunes.
John Mellencamp, aka John Cougar Mellencamp, was born October 7th, 1951. The current and the longest tenured member of his bands. The current members of his band are Mike Wanchic, guitar and vocals, Andy York, guitars and vocals, Troye Kinnett, accordion and keyboards, Miriam Sturm, violin, John Gunnell, bass and Dane Clark, drums and vocals.
The three longest tenured former members of his band are Larry Crane, 15 years and played guitars and helped on vocals, Kenny Aronoff, 16 years, on drums and Pat Peterson, 25 years, on vocals.
Mellencamp has released 22 CDs over the years, with a couple of them reissued to capitalize on his early 80's popularity. He released 6 CDs in the 80s, including his best CD 1985's "Rain On The Scarecrow". Along with working on his own music, he has also worked with Stephen King on "Ghost Brothers of Darkland County".
He's one of the founders of Farm Aid and has participated in many. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008. (Thanks to Wikipedia.org.)
1980's "Nothin' Matters And What If It Did" had 12 songs, "Latest Game" was added as a bonus song on the 2005 reissue.
"Ain't Even Done With That Night":
"This Time":
"Tonight":
"Cheap Shot":
"Latest Game":
1982's "American Fool": has 10 songs. In the 2005 reissue the song "American Fool" was the reissue bonus track.
"Tonight":
"Cheap Shot":
"Latest Game":
1982's "American Fool": has 10 songs. In the 2005 reissue the song "American Fool" was the reissue bonus track.
"Hurts So Good":
"Jack and Diane":
"Hand To Hold On To":
1983's "Uh Huh" originally had 9 songs, the bonus track added in 2005 was an acoustic version of "Pink Houses".
"Crumblin' Down":
"Pink Houses":
"Authority Song":
"Play Guitar":
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