John Mellencamp

In dedicating his last album, Scarecrow, to his grandfather, who had recently died, John
Mellencamp wrote, "There is nothing more sad or glorious than generations changing
hands." That idea suffused the songs on Scarecrow, which was released in 1985, and it
comes to the fore once again on Mellencamp's complex, moving new album, The Lonesome
Jubilee. To state his theme this time, Mellencamp prints a passage from Ecclesiast... More >