( 12/9 Update:Springsteen and Mellencamp performed “Glory Days” and “Pink Houses” together for coverage, click here. will host, and Narada Michael Walden will be the musical director. In addition to Springsteen and Mellencamp, performers will include James Taylor, Eurythmics, Bob Geldof, Ricky Martin, MJ Rodriguez, Shaggy and H.E.R. Sting and Friends’ Rainforest Fund Benefit Concert, featuring songs and videos from the ’80s and ’90s, will take place at the Beacon Theatre in New York on Dec. As is traditional at this annual event, Springsteen, as an honoree, did not perform.ġ0. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. 5, 2009, Mellencamp performed Springsteen’s “Born in the USA” when Springsteen received Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. They performed separate mini-sets but can both be seen in this clip of one of the show’s encores, “This Land Is Your Land.”ĩ.
On May 3, 2009, both participated in a concert celebrating Pete Seeger’s 90th birthday in New York. Here’s a video of them both, and many others, performing Patti Smith’s “People Have the Power.”Ĩ. They didn’t perform at the same shows except for one: The all-star concert at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C., Oct. In 2004, both men joined the Vote for Change tour, which supported John Kerry in his presidential campaign against George W. 2, 1995, both performed, separately, at a Municipal Stadium, Cleveland concert celebrating the opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.ħ. Mellencamp performed Guthrie’s “Do Re Mi” Springsteen, Guthrie’s “I Ain’t Got No Home” and “Vigilante Man.”Ħ. In 1988, both recorded tracks for the compilation album, Folkways: A Vision Shared - A Tribute to Woody Guthrie & Leadbelly. On May 26, 1988, Springsteen sang Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” with Mellencamp at Mellencamp’s concert at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre in Irvine, Calif.ĥ. Springsteen contributed “Merry Christmas Baby” Mellencamp, “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.”Ĥ. In 1987, both were featured on the A Very Special Christmas compilation album, which raised money for the Special Olympics. Maybe this is a bit of a stretch, but in a mid-’80s interview, Bob Dylan linked Springsteen and Mellencamp together as two artists who showed that “people can make it and have an individual point of view and get that across on a larger scale.”ģ. Springsteen” on a song called “Kid Inside.” It was recorded for an album that was not released at the time, but came out, without Mellencamp’s consent, in 1983, as The Kid Inside.Ģ. In 1977, Mellencamp (then still known as John Cougar) sang “It’s getting hard to justify my position/When everything I’m sayin’ can be said better by Mr. More:Hear Wasted Days, the new song from John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen 'Strictly a One-Eyed Jack' is currently available for CD and digital pre-orders, with Amazon also accepting orders. Features John backed by his longtime guitarist Andy York and the house band including former. “The singers alternate lines detailing just how precious time can truly be.1. John performs Born In The USA as part of the Kennedy Center Honors tribute to Bruce Springsteen. “Two of the nation’s most beloved chroniclers…sounds like a pair of old friends sitting around a fire.” “The duo sing and strum along to reflective lyrics about the passage of time, which would feel just as relevant at a cornfield bonfire as on the Metro-North.” “carries an implicit message about making the most of the years, months and minutes we’ve got left” John Mellencamp explained his close friendship with Bruce Springsteen, calling the Boss a big brother to him. Thats exactly what happened to diners at the Uptown Cafe in Bloomington, Indiana over the weekend. Imagine having lunch in a local cafe when all of a sudden Bruce Springsteen and John Mellencamp walk in.
The album-written and produced by Mellencamp himself at his own Belmont Mall Studios in Bloomington, Indiana-features three collaborations with Springsteen including the first album single “Wasted Days.” Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp Go Out To Lunch By Karena V. Stream and purchase it HERE and listen to the new album single “Did You Say Such A Thing” HERE. John Mellencamp’s new album Strictly A One-Eyed Jack is out now on Republic Records.
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