Guest Blogger: Brendan 2

John mellencamp (or know as John Cougar) is one of the best solo artist of his era. Known for his catchy songs. When he first started making and producing music teenagers use to look up to john. Like in the music video to it hurts so well he wore a black leather jacket and back in the 80s people thought that was the cool thing to ware. John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008. When he first started making music he looked up to Bob Dylan and Rolling Stones to help point him in the right path in the music industry. When he first started making music he went under a different name John Cougar, Cougar is his middle name, he changed it to mellencamp in 1982. His genres of music consist of rock all the way to folk music. His first hit song was “I need a lover” The song starts off with three minutes of just a beat no words then the song enters with a fast pace of music. He dint take off till 1982 and that is when he started to make most of his hit songs. He is the only artist to hit number- one on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. Mellencamp has been nominated for 13 Grammy awards but only winning one. In a lot of his songs he talks about what makes him happy like his home town in the song “This Is My Town”, he also likes to sing about the girls that he likes like in the song “Cherry Bomb”. For four decades people have loved to listen to john’s music. John is still make music today at the age of 62 years old. He also likes to give back to the community; He donates part of his money to an organization that he created himself. The organization he created is called Farm aid helping to keep family farms. John has made great music and he will continue to make music.