Mellencamp
(Book)

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Published
New York : Atria Books, 2021.
Format
Book
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
ISBN
9781982112141, 198211214X, 9781982112158, 1982112158
Physical Desc
xviii, 300 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Status
Wausau - MCPL - Adult Nonfiction Biography
B MELLENCA
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Published
New York : Atria Books, 2021.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Street Date
2109
Language
English
ISBN
9781982112141, 198211214X, 9781982112158, 1982112158

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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"John Mellencamp is not your typical rock star. Not only has he absorbed into his own work the influence of Faulkner, Williams, Steinbeck and other such literary giants, but he himself could have stepped straight from the pages of any of their great American novels. A complex, colorful and larger than life character, Mellencamp, like Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash before him, walks to the beat of his own drum. Or, as he told author and veteran music journalist, Paul Rees: 'I just refuse to take shit off anyone.' Mellencamp will definitively chart the life of one of the most fascinating characters in all of American music. It will bring into full relief the complex, iconoclastic character of the man Billy Joel, when inducting Mellencamp into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008, urged to 'Stay ornery, stay mean. We need you to be pissed off,' Joel continued. 'People need to hear a voice like yours to echo the discontent in the heartland. Someone's got to tell 'em, "Don't take any shit," and John, you do that very well.' Along with Mellencamp's full blessing, Rees will include new interviews from his friends, family and colleagues, including Bob Seger, Stephen King, Willie Nelson, Larry McMurtry, Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow and Chuck D, among others. Rees will also include interviews from artists he has had a pronounced influence on such as John Mayer, Keith Urban, and Jason Isbell. Telling Mellencamp's story is telling the story of the American heartland, along with such pivotal moments in social history as the dawning of the Civil Rights movement, the hippy era, the anti-Vietnam War protests, Watergate, and the terms of such divisive US Presidents as Richard Nixon, Reagan, George W. Bush and now Donald Trump. In terms of music, Mellencamp's account runs parallel to the advent of rock-and-roll, the Summer of Love, the singer-songwriter superstars and the nihilistic punks of the nineteen-seventies, the founding of MTV and the have-it-all eighties, the creation of Farm Aid, and the radical re-shaping of the music industry that has gone on through this century"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Rees, P. (2021). Mellencamp (First Atria Books hardcover edition.). Atria Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Rees, Paul. 2021. Mellencamp. Atria Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Rees, Paul. Mellencamp Atria Books, 2021.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Rees, Paul. Mellencamp First Atria Books hardcover edition., Atria Books, 2021.

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