The American musician John Mellencamp, known as the singer-songwriter, painter, actor, and film director. He is also known for his catchy brand of heartland rock, which emphasizes traditional instrumentation. John Mellencamp has released a new single, "Chasing Rainbows," of the upcoming release "Strictly A One-Eyed Jack" January 21, 2022
The album features the previously released Bruce Springsteen duet “Wasted Days.”, he also appears on two other tracks "Did You Say Such a Thing" and "A Life Full of Rain".
Mellencamp, 70, lives in Bloomington, Indiana, and is currently working on the release of his 25th album, for which he debuted a sample of the song “I Always Lie to Strangers,” earlier this year. Taking a tone similar to that of his pensive new album are his oil paintings, for which he enlists a moody color palette and unsmiling subjects who portray sunken eyes and haunting stares. Mellencamp, who is of German descent, is drawn to a style consistent with early 20th-century German expressionism, which he taps into to manifest his artistic interpretation of both beauty and pain.
Official plans have yet to be confirmed, but Mellencamp aims to resume touring sometime next year. He confirms that he'll skip large arenas and stick to a consolidated schedule.
Today's tune "Chasing Rainbows" is the next track from the upcoming album, enjoy!
LEFT LANE CRUISERs third album for Alive Naturalsound records could be considered, in many ways, their best effort yet. "Junkyard Speed Ball" brings in the elements of the heavy, heart thumping, trash blues stomp they're known for, but it also showcases a wider range, with some slower numbers that will make you groove.
Recorded in Detroit by Jim Diamond, LEFT LANE CRUISER is joined by none other than Revrend James Leg (aka John Wesley Myers) of the BLACK DIAMOND HEAVIES playing keyboard on five songs, with his distinctive style undoubtedly bringing a new color to the duo sound. This whiskey fueled two man frenzy of blues-driven rock’n’roll noise straight from Fort Wayne, Indiana was formed by Freddy J. Evans IV (guitar/vocals) and Brenn "Sausage Paw" Beck (drummer/percussion/vocals), and hailing from Fort Wayne IN, LEFT LANE CRUISER has been bringing its unique style of high octane punk blues (aka deep blues) to fans all over the world, slowly gaining recognition from the press : “Assimilates the Mississippi Delta blues laid down by guys like Big Joe Williams and Son House and cultivates it into a country punk blues speedball (Popmatters).
"Most say it's a blues band, but they are also a hard rock band with a lot of Southern fried attitude. They are their own category. Call them Industrial Redneck, or Country Trash." (Atlanta Music Guide). “Reminds me of live CRAMPS, RL Burnside, and even old Henry Rollins.
Today's tune "Lost My Mind", filmed live @ Founders Brewery - Taproom 11/29/12, taken from the album "Junkyard Speed Ball", enjoy!
