Recap: John Mellencamp at Comerica Theater in Phoenix
I can’t quite figure out why it took me this long to see John Mellencamp live for the first time. Like so many other Americans around my age (that’s 45 in a few days), I came to know John Cougar…
In Appreciation of Mellencamp’s “Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)”
After hearing 1996’s “Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)” two or three times at random times over the last week or so – on my iTunes/Spotify shuffle, on SiriusXM – I realized that, to me, it’s the last great…
The Friday Five: May 28, 2010
On the sixth day of every week, Michael Parr shuffles through his library to bring you five random tracks.
The Friday Five: August 14, 2009
Friday Five : ˈfrī-(ˌ)dā,-dē ˈfīv : On the sixth day of every week I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes and share my five and drop a little knowledge and insight for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist…
Mellencamp and T-Bone Burnett Hook Up
My opinion: if you throw T-Bone Burnett into a project, you’re going to get favorable results. Look at some of the production credits in his resumé: Los Lobos – How WIll the Wolf Survive?Wallflowers – Bringing Down the HorseCounting Crows…
Friday Night Videos
John Prine, sitting around the kitchen table, sings one of my favorites: “That’s the Way That the World Goes ‘Round”. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_YrJABjYBE 336 278] John Mellencamp’s (Cougar Mellencamp at the time) video for “Rain on the Scarecrow”. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9Iy2Jw4DVk 336 278] Little…