The album’s cover features a serious-looking Mellencamp on a farm, a fuzzy scarecrow and tractor in the background. He dedicates it to his grandfather, Speck, who died at the end of 1983.

John Mellencamp revisits 'Scarecrow,' his game-changing disc. The album elevated Mellencamp from a generic heartland rocker to a serious artist with something to say, helping spark Farm Aid, a ...

The album’s cover features a serious-looking Mellencamp on a farm, a fuzzy scarecrow and tractor in the background. He dedicates it to his grandfather, Speck, who died at the end of 1983.

Scarecrow ended the era of Johnny Cougar for good, and it propelled John Mellencamp to his proper place in the “R.O.C.K.” pantheon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

NEW YORK (AP) — An urgency in the ringing guitar and thunderous drums that opened the 1985 album “Scarecrow” was the first hint that this was something different for the artist then billed ...

Grunge blew up with the Seattle Four, thrash metal rose to fame with the Big Four, and when it comes to Heartland rock, though the four are not as definitive as the Seattle Four or Big Four, the genre ...

John Mellencamp confirms a reissue of his beloved 1985 album Scarecrow (on Mercury/UME) and shares "Small Town (2022 Remaster)" as well as two previously unreleased versions, "Small Town (Writer's ...

The album’s cover features a serious-looking Mellencamp on a farm, a fuzzy scarecrow and tractor in the background. He dedicates it to his grandfather, Speck, who died at the end of 1983.

The album’s cover features a serious-looking Mellencamp on a farm, a fuzzy scarecrow and tractor in the background. He dedicates it to his grandfather, Speck, who died at the end of 1983.

NEW YORK (AP) - An urgency in the ringing guitar and thunderous drums that opened the 1985 album 'œScarecrow'ť was the first hint that this was something different for the artist then billed as ...