John Mellencamp: I am standing up for him (Bad Bunny)

[Tanuki]

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[Aristus]

1. John Mellencamp being his usual stand-up self.

It’s great to have an artist like him on our side.

[Tanuki]

2. A great friend of America's farmers!

https://www.farmaid.org/artists/john-mellencamp/#:~:text=In%201985%2C%20Mellencamp%2C%20together%20with,for%20more%20than%2025%20years.

"John Mellencamp’s career in music, spanning more than 35 years, is one of the most highly respected singer/songwriters of a generation. Mellencamp is incredibly acclaimed; he is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a recipient of the John Steinbeck Award, ASCAP Foundation’s Champion Award, The Woody Guthrie Award and Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award and more recently, the Founders Award, the top honor assigned by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He is also one of the most successful live concert performers in the world.

In 1985, Mellencamp, together with Willie Nelson and Neil Young, created Farm Aid. The social activism reflected in his songs helped catalyze Farm Aid, the concert series and organization that has addressed the struggle of American family farmers for more than 25 years.".... (more)

[Betty Boom]

3. Proud to say I was at the very first farm aid

Stood in the pouring rain, and I am talking POURING rain, and heard some incredible music that day.

[Cheezoholic]

6. I worked it as a volunteer and you're right. It was POURING!! lol n/t

[Betty Boom]

11. At a certain point my friend and I said well we can't get any more wet than we are

So we didn’t even bother to try to get out of it. Every piece of clothing I was wearing was soaked through, even my underwear.

[sleroy49]

5. "spanning more than 35 years"

His career has lasted over 50 years. I saw him one time at a Bob Dylan concert. It was him, Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan. Mellencamp put on one hell of a show.

[Cheezoholic]

7. Yep, I Need a Lover hit the FM stations in '78. He learned some hard lessons about the brutal greed of the business then

Hell, they tried to steal his stage name so he just outsmarted them lol.

[chicoescuela]

8. Aka Johnny Cougar. Am I right?

[Marie Marie]

4. Always been a fan of John and loved him even more after farm-aid.

Somebody who never forgot his roots.

[ZDU]

9. Pink Houses

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[Maru Kitteh]

10. Nice! John is a very funny, good guy. nt