Growing Up In Public: JOHNCOUGAR MELLENCAMP'S Lonely Jubilee
You’d think that John Cougar Mellencamp would be living a rock ’n’ roll version of the proverbial life of Riley. Two years ago, Scarecrow took him to heights even he probably thought were unreachable. And now there’s The Lonesome Jubilee, the second smash album in a row that has not only the public raving about him, but the critics as well—some of those same critics who blasted him relentlessly after he first began pursuing his rock ’n’ roll muse well over a decade ago.
Growing Up In Public:
JOHNCOUGAR MELLENCAMP'S Lonely Jubilee
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Bill Holdship
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You’d think that John Cougar Mellencamp would be living a rock ’n’ roll version of the proverbial life of Riley.
Two years ago, Scarecrow took him to heights even he probably thought were unreachable. And now there’s The Lonesome Jubilee, the second smash album in a row that has not only the public raving about him, but the critics as well—some of those same critics who blasted him relentlessly after he first began pursuing his rock ’n’ roll muse well over a decade ago. He’s set to begin another of his mammoth tours (the missing link between James Brown and Bobby Fuller) right around the time you’ll be reading this. There’s a very strong possibility that the film he and Pulitzer Prize winner Larry McMurty have been trying to make for years will begin production sometime next year, with John making his dramatic debut as a country .& western singer. He’s a friend to farmers and small town “hicks” throughout this