John Mellencamp was a bona fide rock star by 1985, with a No. 1 album and a slew of Top 10 hits under his belt, but he proved on that year's "Small Town" that he hadn't outgrown his roots.

Bruce Springsteen and John Mellencamp can teach Jason Aldean a thing or two about small towns It is not only easy to find better politics in small towns, but also better music than Billboard's No ...

Fresh off his sold-out 2023 North American tour, John Mellencamp continues with “Live and In Person 2024,” including a performance on Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall stage.

He started in a band with John Mellencamp in small-town Indiana. One stayed, the other left. Doug Richardson. Fri, April 28, 2023 at 4:46 PM UTC. 17 min read.

Classic rock star John Mellencamp writes songs that tell real stories. He sings about small towns, working people, and love. by Matthew Trzcinski. Published on April 12, 2025. 2 min read.

In the controversial new country song “Try That in a Small Town,” sung by Jason Aldean, cities breed crime and lawlessness, while in John Mellencamp’s 1985 anthem “Small Tow… ...

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 ...

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum did not announce his bid for the GOP presidential nomination by grabbing a guitar and crooning out the chorus to John Mellencamp’s “Small Town,” but he came ...

Mellencamp's song "Small Town" debuted in 1985, after a recession earlier in the 1980s resulted in substantial job losses and high unemployment. In Indiana, manufacturers had shed jobs by the ...

Heartland rock legend John Mellencamp has a lot of thoughts about rap music. ... The “Small Town” singer continued speaking with the former Real Time host, 67, about race on the podcast.

In one of John Mellencamp’s most famous songs, he sings of his love for small towns and the place where he was born. That small town in question, Seymour, is only an hour away from Bloomington.

In any case, Mellencamp and band rode out the standing ovation that came from “Small Town” into the rousing "Human Wheels,” before settling in for “Jackie Brown,” a song which is almost ...