Mellencamp began working on a musical with horror author Stephen King, entitled Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, in 2000. (1/1) Thadrequet: Jon E. Gee Talks about Doing the Extra to Stand Above the Rest. They need to hear stories about it. 9), "Cherry Bomb" (No. Mellencamp was Ridley Scott's first choice for Brad Pitt's part in Thelma & Louise Kevin Mazur/Getty Images According to Celebrity Net Worth, John Mellencamp, like his daughter, Teddi Mellencamp, is worth millions. Mellencamp sang the gospel song "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" at White's funeral on July 2, 2002. Please login or register . His latest album of original songs, Strictly a One-Eyed Jack, was released on January 21, 2022. 19. The musical debuted in the spring of 2012 at Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, where it ran from April 4 through May 13. And then it just kept evolving and evolving and evolving, and the songs that she was bringing and the songs that I was bringingthey weren't so religious. John Mellencamp - Artist Details. "George was a dreamer, and I was sorry to hear of his passing."[53]. John Mellencamp (born 7 October 1951 in Seymour, Indiana) is an American singer and a songwriter, known for a long and successful recording and performing career highlighted by a series of 1980s hits, including "Jack & Diane", and by his role in the Farm Aid charity event. The CD will come out ahead of time. The songs are both haunting and all-American. A lot of my songs weren't that great, but they were good enough. Mellencamp recorded The Kid Inside, the follow-up to Chestnut Street Incident, in 1977, but DeFries eventually decided against releasing the album, and Mellencamp was dropped from MCA records (DeFries finally released The Kid Inside in early 1983, after Mellencamp achieved stardom). [42] Mellencamp confirmed in 2021 that it will be a jukebox musical titled Small Town and the story will involve two kids named Jack and Diane. The official description of Ghost Brothers of Darkland County from the Alliance Theatre website: In the tiny town of Lake Belle Reve, Mississippi in 1957, a terrible tragedy took the lives of two brothers and a beautiful young girl. Pepper' of Americana to me. Mellencamp formed his first band, Crepe Soul, at the age of 14. In 1992 Jeff Porcaro died of a heart attack at the age of 38. They stare at the viewer or off into space with eyes both tough and vulnerable, projecting intensity akin to Beckmann's self-portraits with his sad, glowering eyes. 46. He doesn't see it as a precious or rarified activity but rather about staying productive, keeping his mind engaged, making something out of nothing. Rolling Stone contributor Anthony DeCurtis said: Mellencamp has created an important body of work that has earned him both critical regard and an enormous audience. His songs document the joys and struggles of ordinary people seeking to make their way, and he has consistently brought the fresh air of common experience to the typically glamour-addled world of popular music.[54]. [96][97], In July 2017, it was reported that Mellencamp and Ryan had reunited and were dating again. Strictly a One-Eyed Jack was released on January 21, 2022. Concerts. [93] It was reported that Mellencamp and Ryan broke up in the middle of 2014 after dating for over three years. ', "JOHN MELLENCAMP'S 'PLAIN SPOKEN' CONCERT FILM HEADED TO NETFLIX", John Mellencamp Debuts at No. ), The early 21st century also found Mellencamp teaming up with artists such as Chuck D and India.Arie to deliver his second Columbia album, Cuttin' Heads and the single "Peaceful World". That heart attack eventually forced him to cancel the last few weeks of the tour. His emotionally authentic, straightforward rock n' roll reflects his upbringing in the Heartland, combining pop, country, and folk to create poetic grooves that you can also jam out to on a bar's jukebox. It started out like 'Look, lets go back and do an old country religious record. 8), "Check It Out" (No. On December 30, 2010, Mellencamp announced that he and Irwin had separated after 18 years of marriage. Maybe one of the reasons John Gunnell (a.k.a. A CD/DVD deluxe edition, featuring the dialog, soundtrack, handwritten lyrics and a mini-documentary about the making of the musical, was released on June 4, 2013. During the next forty years, the events of that night became the stuff of local legend. It originated when Mellencamp's Lonesome Jubilee tour went to Australia in 1988 - Urban was in attendance at one of the concerts and described the experience as an "epiphany. [2] Early life [ edit] [22] Two songs performed at the 2003 Town Hall concert, the 1962 Skeeter Davis hit "The End of the World" and the traditional folk song "House of the Rising Sun", did not make the final track list despite the album's official press release stating that the CD and digital versions "feature the complete 15-song concert. ", Mellencamp told VH1 that he was originally offered the Brad Pitt role in Thelma and Louise: "You know they used to want me to be an actor all the time and I used to get more movie role offers. John J. Mellencamp [1] (born October 7, 1951), previously known as Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American singer-songwriter. I'm through digging a ditch.". Mellencamp wrote over 30 songs for the record (only 13 made the final cut), and he wrote one song specifically for Room 414 at the Gunter Hotel Mellencamp told the San Antonio Express-News: "It's called 'Right Behind Me'. "[29] Mellencamp said Dylan's endorsement was worth more than 10 Grammys.[30]. The first album recorded under his new name John Cougar Mellencamp was 1983's Uh-Huh, a Top-10 album that spawned the Top 10 singles "Pink Houses" and "Crumblin' Down" as well as the No. '"[19] (In 2021, Mellencamp would partner with Turner Classic Movies to release a documentary of the tour on YouTube. Part of the No Depression mythology requires either a tragic early death or decades of unacknowledged masterpieces created during a life of grueling poverty. After a while, we didn't even have to talk about it anymore. The album also contained two protest songs in "L.U.V." Former John Mellencamp keyboardist, first-ever child porn suspect on FBI list pleads guilty by: Associated Press. In 1982 Michael Porcaro joined as bassist. Orpheus Descending will be released in February 2023. [75] Production on the musical's recorded soundtrack began on June 15, 2009, when T Bone Burnett, who served as the project's musical producer, began laying down tracks in Los Angeles for the songs Mellencamp wrote for the project. "When the song first came out I was in the car one day and we were driving to the airport and I had my kids with me and a radio station was playing 'To Washington' and having callers call in", Mellencamp said. Take an old Rascals song for example there's everything from marching band beats to soul music to country sounds in one song. [26] Although Mellencamp said that Burnett would serve as the producer of Plain Spoken, Burnett was only credited as the "executive producer" of the album. "Neither candidate is as liberal as he would prefer, but he's happy to contribute what he can", Merlis said. [18], In September 1996, the experimental album Mr. John's band members have been working on some non Mellencamp related projects check out their updates below. 28 single in late 1979. "[73], The film news website Deadline Hollywood, reported that the filmmakers of "The Legend of Jack and Diane," were inspired by Mellencamp's song "Jack & Diane," began production in Los Angeles in January 2022, and are in talks with Mellencamps team about music for the film.[74]. [10], "Learning those songs did a lot of positive things," Mellencamp explained to Creem writer Bill Holdship. 41 on the Hot 100 in the summer of 1994. We need you to be pissed off, and restless because no matter what they tell uswe know this country is going to hell in a handcart. He's young, and he grew up listening to Grand Funk Railroad. He brought the No Better Than This tour to Europe in the summer of 2011, opening in Copenhagen on June 24. He wrote about half of it after I read him the script, and then the next half after he saw the movie. Mellencamp embarked on the Cuttin' Heads Tour in the summer of 2001, before the album was even released. Mellencamp and Green had a falling out in the early 2000s, and Green ultimately moved from Bloomington, Indiana to Taos, New Mexico in 2001. This other step that people keep wanting me to take to become another level of recording artist to be Madonna? On albums like Scarecrow (1985), The Lonesome Jubilee (1987) and Big Daddy (1989), Mellencamp helped pioneer the sound of alternative country or No Depression, music that combines the truth-telling force of hard-core country with the instrumental attack of rock & roll. The album was scheduled for release in 2020, but the pandemic pushed its release time frame back indefinitely. "It's been fascinating to me how urban records use rhythm and electronics, and it's terribly challenging to make that work in the context of a rock band", Mellencamp told Billboard magazine in 1996. At one point, The Lonesome Jubilee was supposed to be a double album, but at least 10 of the songs I'd written just didn't stick together with the idea and the sound we had in mind. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee John Mellencamp has announced a massive North American tour, dubbed Live and In Person 2023. He also revealed that the album had the working title of Strictly a One-Eyed Jack. Whenever We Wanted yielded the Top 40 hits "Get a Leg Up" and "Again Tonight", but "Last Chance", "Love and Happiness" and "Now More Than Ever" all garnered significant airplay on rock radio. On February 1, 2018, Netflix began streaming a concert that took place on October 25, 2016, at the Chicago Theatre as part of Mellencamp's Plain Spoken Tour. For the album, see, 19761982: Performing as Johnny Cougar and John Cougar, 19831990: Performing as John Cougar Mellencamp, Last edited on 12 February 2023, at 20:36, Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, R.O.C.K. On September 23, 2008, Mellencamp filmed a concert at the Crump Theatre in Columbus, Indiana for a new A&E Biography series called Homeward Bound. Home Help Search Login Register John Mellencamp Community > MELLENCAMP DISCUSSION > The Band > Current Members Of John's Band? In addition, he holds the record for the most tracks by a solo artist to hit number one on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, with seven. We explored what a lot of these (current) bands are doing these young black bands that are doing more than just sampling. Mellencamp has won one Grammy Award (Best Male Rock Performer for "Hurts So Good" in 1983) and been nominated for 12 others. You'll get three different types of John Mellencamp, and you'll get a movie.". A third single, "Hand to Hold on To", made it to No. I'm sitting there listening to it and thinking, "Did Rosanne Cash just kill that song or what!" In 1988, he joined the Art Students League and had his first formal training with portrait painter David Leffel, who taught him the technique of painting dark to light in the manner of Rembrandt and other old masters. Mellencamp came to New York in the mid-1970s with the intention of studying painting if his music career aspirations didn't pan out. Writes Sheets, "While Mellencamp has never been interested in whether he captures a faithful likeness of his subjects; he is after a kind of emotional realism and does follow certain "rules" of painting. The record company thought it would bomb, but I think the reason it took off was not that the songs were better than my others but people liked the sound of it, the 'bam-bam-bam' drums. Mellencamp Band Member Update John Mellencamp Community February 23, 2023, 01:10:24 am Welcome, Guest. With credits that read like a top-40 list, Aronoff has cemented himself as a first-call drummer in the business of making gold records. So I just put those songs on a shelf, and cut it back down to a single record. [44], "I'm halfway done with the [new] record then the virus hit and I haven't been in the studio since the virus started," Mellencamp told Spin magazine in a feature that was published on Thanksgiving Day 2020. The record wasn't released in the United States, but it yielded a top-five hit in Australia with "I Need a Lover". Trouble No More was released in 2003, dedicated to Mellencamp's friend Timothy White, and spent several weeks at No. "[24] A short time later, Mellencamp told Rolling Stone: "I've got a notebook with 85 new songs that I've written for my next record. Within the context of what was still undeniably the sound of a rock & roll band, he began incorporating instruments more characteristic of folk and roots musicdulcimer, mandolin, fiddle, accordion, dobro, penny whistle, among them. I would lie there, listening to Roxy Music, right next to the record player so I wouldn't have to get up to flip the record over. But legend is often just another word for lie. Mellencamp released Freedom's Road, his first album of original material in over five years, on January 23, 2007. "But we took it further than an urban record. [5] Riva Records added "I Need a Lover" to Mellencamp's next album released in the United States, 1979's John Cougar, where the song became a No. "[62], Urban told the Vancouver Sun in 2016: "For me, The Lonesome Jubilee was the defining record and tour. And they gave me this script called Thelma & Louise and they said, 'The guy wrote the part with you in mind, John, you really gotta do this part.' On September 29, 2021, Mellencamp released the audio and music video for "Wasted Days", a duet with Springsteen, as the lead single from Strictly a One-Eyed Jack. Her album Geek the Girl (1994) was chosen as a top album of the 1990s by Spin magazine. To bend over? "[103], Mellencamp had a minor heart attack after a show at Jones Beach in New York on August 8, 1994, that eventually forced him to cancel the last few weeks of his Dance Naked tour. "Some guy comes on and says, 'I don't know who I hate the most, John Mellencamp or Osama bin Laden.'"[78]. Current Members Of John's Band? He's just incredible."[72]. "I take no credit for that record. John has made fiddles, hammer dulcimers, Autoharps (sic) and accordions [into] lead rock instruments on a par with electric guitar, bass, and drums, and he also brought what he calls 'a raw Appalachian' lyrical outlook to his songs. 14), and "Rooty Toot Toot" (No. So they were eliminated, and it didnt take me long to make that decision. Urban has covered numerous Mellencamp songs in his concerts over the years, including "Hurts So Good", "Jack and Diane", "Authority Song", and "Rumble Seat". . "This is as naked a rock record as you're going to hear," Mellencamp said of Dance Naked in a 1994 Billboard magazine interview. In a September 2020 interview, Mellencamp guitarist Andy York said that 10 songs have already been recorded and mixed for the album, but a planned final session in April 2020 to complete the project was scuttled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. His work has also been exhibited at Herron School of Art and Design, a division of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. ", An exhibition called The Paintings of John Mellencamp came to the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio from November 3, 2013, to January 12, 2014, and was Mellencamp's first major exhibition in an art museum. "Everything is a possible song. I sang a little bit on his record. You hear it, and it's like 'where did that come from?' The musical toured 20 U.S. cities as a "radio play" in the fall of 2013 and toured 18 more cities across the U.S. in the fall of 2014. 61) along with the popular album tracks "Hard Times for an Honest Man" and "The Real Life", both of which cracked the top 10 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. Mellencamp's publicist, Bob Merlis, noted to the Associated Press: If [McCain is] such a true conservative, why [is he] playing songs that have a very populist pro-labor message written by a guy who would find no argument if you characterized him as an ardent leftist? There are no smiles on the faces of Mellencamp's painted figures. They need to hear stories about frustration, alienation and desperation. And what a group of names they were: John Mellencamp, Dwight Yoakam, Joe Ely, James McMurtry, and John Prine made up the Buzzin' Cousins, Mellencamp's lark of an answer to the Travelin'. [92], Mellencamp has five children from his three marriages: daughter Michelle from his marriage to Esterline; daughters Teddi Jo and Justice from his marriage to Granucci; and sons Hud and Speck from his marriage to Irwin. "I have millions of them in me. And the movie is wonderful. "[5], During his college years, Mellencamp played in several local bands, including the glitter-band Trash, which was named for a New York Dolls song, and he later got a job in Seymour installing telephones. Jon E. Gee) fits in to the John Mellencamp band so well is because of his dedication to what he does. Mellencamp drew interest from Rod Stewart's manager, Billy Gaff, after parting ways with DeFries and was signed onto the small Riva Records label. Mr. He performed "Down by the River" on January 29, 2010, in Los Angeles in tribute to Neil Young, who was honored at the 20th annual MusiCares Person of the Year gala. "Nobody's selling anything, there's no souvenirsexcept what's in everybody's heart", Mellencamp told Billboard magazine. In the liner notes to Mellencamps 2010 box set On the Rural Route 7609, Anthony DeCurtis wrote of Mellencamps influence on the No Depression movement: "In finding his voice as a lyricist and activist, Mellencamp also crafted a more fitting musical vision for himself (in the mid-1980s). Now, in the past, it was always 'Let's make it up as we go along' and we did make some of The Lonesome Jubilee up as we went along. Lisa Ruth Germano (born June 27, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Indiana. Active. The soundtrack includes Rosanne Cash, Sheryl Crow, Elvis Costello, Taj Mahal, Ryan Bingham, Will Dailey and Neko Case among others singing the songs Mellencamp wrote. That's from a song of his called 'Life is Short Even on Its Longest Days.' In 1989, he was part of a two-man show with jazz legend Miles Davis at The Triangle Gallery in Los Angeles. He did everything," said Ryan, Mellencamp's on-again, off-again girlfriend. On August 24, 2022, he shared the lyrics to a brand new song called The Eyes of Portland a diatribe against homelessness that will be on the new record. His original intent was to duet on the Freedom's Road track Jim Crow" with singer and activist Joan Baez. And I said, 'Well, I am.' Mainstream Rock chart, "Q: I've seen John's name in print as both "John Cougar Mellencamp" and "John Little Cougar Mellencamp" and "lil 'John Cougar Mellencat". "Our Country", the first single from Freedom's Road, was played as the opening song on Mellencamp's 2006 spring tour, and the band that opened for him on that tour, Little Big Town, was called on to record harmonies on the studio version of "Our Country", as well as seven other songs on Freedom's Road. and that "you'll be all right". New Releases . 14 single "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)" (Mellencamp's last Top 40 hit) and "Just Another Day", which peaked at No. Germano would remain in Mellencamp's band until 1994, when she left to pursue a solo career. ", In 1993, he released Human Wheels, and the title track peaked at No. George has written some great lyrics and we've written some great songs together, but I just couldn't do it any more. Our band features a Grammy award winner to those that have toured with some of the biggest names in the industry. John Mellencamp, also called Johnny Cougar or John Cougar Mellencamp, (born October 7, 1951, Seymour, Indiana, U.S.), American singer-songwriter who became popular in the 1980s by creating basic, often folk-inflected hard rock and presenting himself as a champion of small-town values. I went to New York and everybody said, 'You sound like a hillbilly.' In 1999, Mellencamp covered his own songs as well as those by Bob Dylan and the Drifters for his album Rough Harvest (recorded in 1997), one of two albums he owed Mercury Records to fulfill his contract (the other was The Best That I Could Do, a best-of collection). Mellencamp has been nominated for 13 Grammy Awards, winning one. It sounds like the 'Sgt. "Sugar Hill Mountain" is a fiddle-driven folk song that describes an idyllic location where there's "bubble gum and cigarette trees", no clocks, every day is spring, and anything you need is "gratis." If he has not been properly credited for that groundbreaking role, its largely because he committed the unforgivable sin of actually having hits while making innovative music. in the U.S.A. (A Salute to '60s Rock), Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits, Performs Trouble No More Live at Town Hall, List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. ", Mellencamp's 1994 Dance Naked album included a cover of Van Morrison's "Wild Night" as a duet with Meshell Ndegeocello. USA Today wrote: "The musical high point in a night of many highlights was probably John Mellencamp's interpretation of 'Highway 61 Revisited;' with a vocal tone and timbre that channeled Tom Waits', he made this usually scorching rocker into a blues dirge. I do not want some guy walking up to me going, Hey John, I saw you in Detroit or something, it was a great show except my wife got COVID and died. Just the thought of hearing thatThe business side of my career is like, This many people will see it! The worst thing was that I could have gone on making records like that for hundreds of years. 7 on the Billboard 200 the week of August 2, 2008. Never has Mellencamp sounded so artful. In December 2015, Mellencamp began recording a duets album with Carlene Carter, who was his opening act for all shows on the Plain Spoken Tour and would join Mellencamp for two songs during his set. We had Kris Kristofferson, Neko Case, Elvis Costello, Taj Mahal, all singing different characters' roles. [50], During a performance in his hometown of Seymour, Indiana on September 17, 2022 to benefit the Southern Indiana Center for the Arts, Mellencamp revealed the title of the new record to be Orpheus Descending. Theres no difference. So next year, hopefully, well be on top of (the pandemic) and itll feel alright to go out. [49]. I don't think it's a good idea, and I sure don't advocate it, but I'm not going to judge people. "[23], In October 2013, Mellencamp revealed that he was working on a new album, and he offered this update on the project to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune: "I've had a couple rehearsals with the band, and T Bone [Burnett] and I go in the studio in January. But we had a very clear idea of what we wanted it to sound like, even before it was written, right through to the day it was mastered. He opened each show on this tour with a cover of the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter" and also played a solo acoustic version of the Cuttin' Heads track "Women Seem" at each show. Im already writing songs for another record, so thats how far ahead I am, Mellencamp said. They depict existential scenes and human beings ridden with the angst of the everyday. But that's a good thing. Growing up in southern Indianawith which he is strongly identifiedMellencamp began playing in rock bands . The album, which was released on July 15, 2008, was produced by T Bone Burnett. They involve expressiveness by means of exaggeration and distortion of line and color, in favor of a simplified style intended to carry an emotional impact. Mellencamp participated in the Vote for Change tour in October 2004 leading up to the 2004 U.S. Presidential election. There would be four or five days like that when I would be completely gone. Feb. 27, 2023 Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 8:33 a.m. San Antonio rocked out with John Mellencamp at the Majestic Theatre over the weekend. [4], Mellencamp attended Vincennes University, a two-year college in Vincennes, Indiana, starting in 1972. The first song with video, "Jena", was introduced on Mellencamp's website in October 2007. He has also been bestowed with the Nordoff-Robbins Silver Clef Special Music Industry Humanitarian Award (1991), the Billboard Century Award (2001), the Woody Guthrie Award (2003), and the ASCAP Foundation Champion Award (2007). [34], In October 2018, it was announced that Broadway Licensing have redeveloped Ghost Brothers of Darkland County and made it available for worldwide licensing beginning in 2019. The show featured performers returning to small venues where they performed during the early stages of their careers. I wish I would've been able to enjoy it, but I was too busy slugging. Mellencamp recorded the album using a 1955 Ampex portable recording machine and only one microphone, requiring all the musicians to gather together around the mic. He returned to the concert stage in early 1995 by playing a series of dates in small Midwestern clubs under the pseudonym Pearl Doggy. "[36], In addition to his work on Sad Clowns & Hillbillies, Mellencamp wrote the title song to the 2017 American war movie The Yellow Birds, which was released on June 15, 2018, by Saban Films.[37][38]. "I told them, I have 600 songs published. "[84], Mellencamp lives five miles outside Bloomington, Indiana, on the shores of Lake Monroe,[85] but he also has a vacation home on Daufuskie Island, South Carolina. His single "I Need a Lover" became a hit in Australia in 1978, and then a Top 30 track in the U.S. upon its release with the John Cougar album in 1979. [27], Outside of the Plain Spoken Tour, Mellencamp's most noteworthy live performance in 2015 came on February 6, when he paid tribute to Bob Dylan at the annual MusiCares Person of the Year event by performing a piano-and-vocal rendition of "Highway 61 Revisited" (the piano was played by Troye Kinnett from Mellencamp's band). John's work is beautifully executed with incredibly fascinating studies. "Do you guys know who Orpheus was? [86] In January 2018, Mellencamp purchased an 1,800-square-foot (170m2) loft in the Soho district of New York City for $2.3 million that he is using as an art studio. "He is a great American musician from an agricultural heartland, which is close to our own agrarian roots," said Lois Riggins-Ezzell, the Tennessee State Museum's executive director. During the recording of Uh-Huh, Mellencamp's backing band settled on the lineup it retained for the next several albums: Kenny Aronoff on drums and percussion, Larry Crane and Mike Wanchic on guitars, Toby Myers on bass and John Cascella on keyboards. Band Member Spotlight - Jon E. Gee. On July 30, 2012, in San Jose, CA, Mellencamp was honored with the John Steinbeck Award, given to those individuals who exemplify the spirit of "Steinbeck's empathy, commitment to democratic values, and belief in the dignity of the common man. A video for the song was filmed in Savannah, Georgia on June 9, 2008. It wasn't just me. Hell, if that was the case, you wouldn't like anyone in the music business because everyone's blowing cocaine. McCain's campaign responded by pulling the songs from their playlist. Mellencamp released a compilation album of cover songs titled Other People's Stuff on December 7, 2018. ", "Every day that I walk up in my art studio and I complete a painting, I have something to show for my time", says Mellencamp, who sees himself painting through old age. An exhibit of Mellencamp's paintings, titled "American Dreams: Paintings by John Mellencamp", was on view at the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia from January 11 to April 12, 2015. "[12], As Frank DiGiacomo of Vanity Fair wrote in 2007, "The Lonesome Jubilee was the album in which Mellencamp defined his now signature sound: a rousing, crystalline mix of acoustic and electric guitars, Appalachian fiddle, and gospel-style backing vocals, anchored by a crisp, bare-knuckle drumbeat and completed by his own velveteen rasp."[13]. Mellencamp co-wrote several of his best-known songs with his childhood friend George Green who, like Mellencamp, was born and raised in Seymour, Indiana. Began playing in rock bands 9, 2008 during a life of grueling poverty did Rosanne Cash just kill song! 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