I only have so many summers left, and I intend not to waste them being old." With five children, several grandchildren, and his wild partying days way behind him, when it comes to settling down, John Mellencamp just might be singing a different tune these days. In a 2017 profile with CBS Sunday Morning, the youthful musician acknowledged he is keenly aware that life holds no guarantees, saying, "I can see the finish line from here. Photographers snapped the pair getting cozy over Memorial Day weekend 2021 in Malibu, but the couple didn't make it through Labor Day.
Then, the Heartland rock star took up with realtor and Santa Barbara native Natasha Barrett ( per Page Six). That relationship was over soon after the ball dropped on New Year's Eve 2021.
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According to People, in 2020, Mellencamp did some quarantining in his Indiana home with Hollywood nurse and celebrity skin expert Jamie Sherrill. Rory Appleton is the pop culture reporter at IndyStar.Following that, Mellencamp dated two more lovely California women, both introduced by his daughter, Teddi.
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(C) 1985 John Mellencamp under exclusive license to the Island Def Jam Music GroupJohnMellencamp Smal. Looking for things to do? Our newsletter has the best concerts, art, shows and more - and the stories behind them Music video by John Mellencamp performing Small Town. It also lambasts someone for "talking smack" - as well as a more colorful version of that sentiment - "in the papers." There's even a song on the album, "Did You Say Such a Thing," that spells it out: Whether anyone thinks he hit or missed certain marks on the new album probably means very little to him. Mellencamp has a supposed lifetime record deal through Republic Records and knows who he is. The album is decidedly uncommercial, and I can't see any of its tracks supplanting any of his past hits currently cemented - apparently by an unwritten rule I'm just starting to experience - into once-an-hour status on Indianapolis pop and rock radio.īut that's not necessarily a bad thing when your legacy is set. Maybe he just wanted to carve a way to slap an eyepatch over the portrait his son, Speck, painted of him as the cover art. However, the style doesn't hit as well in the more up-tempo songs, such as "Simply a One-Eyed Jack," which is also peppered with nonsensical lyrics that are generally a departure from the album's thematic structure - despite Mellencamp naming the album after it.
Its strength is in the musicianship of Mellencamp's merry band of mostly Hoosiers (drummer Dane Clark, pianist Troye Kinnett, bassist John Gunnell and violinist Miriam Sturm have roots here). Mellencamp's 25th studio album has its slow, almost jazz-like piano ballads ("Gone so Soon"), violin-thumping country tunes ("Driving in the Rain") and even the faintest hint of pop ("Wasted Days," with Bruce Springsteen), but central lyrical themes of deception, rain and analyzing an eventful life carry on throughout, as in the opening verse from "Wasted Days":įor fans who've plotted Mellencamp's trajectory as an artist over the decades, it's worth tracking his latest movements through the album. John Mellencamp: Rock legend will release his first new music in 5 years Friday. Like any good writer - and there's no denying the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is that, even some years removed from his megahits - this does not mean the songs all sound the same. Its first chord is as grim a sound as 12 strings can make, and that tone carries on through the album. Hoosier rock legend John Mellencamp's latest album, " Simply a One-Eyed Jack," out Friday, brings the melancholy and self-examination in spades. The pandemic has been a banner 18 months for melancholic self-reflection, and art often reflects reality.
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