Ua kanu paʻa ʻia ʻo John Mellencamp's past ma Seymour a me Jackson County. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Mellencamp ma aneʻi ma ʻOkakopa 7, 1951.
He mea ola i ka mua o spina bifida, ua ulu ʻo Mellencamp ma Seymour a ua puka i ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Seymour ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka papa o 1970.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Mellencamp i kāna album mua, "Chestnut Street Incident" ma 1976 a ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia he 24 mau mele. Ua ʻākoakoa ʻo ia i nā 22 Top 40 hits a ua lanakila i kahi Grammy.
ʻO kāna mele mua "Pono au i kahi mea aloha" i hoʻomākaukau i ke ala no kāna album breakout 1982 "American Fool." ʻO kēlā album i hōʻike i kāna mele mele i kūleʻa loa, "Jack a me Diane" i hala ʻehā mau pule ma ka helu ʻekahi.
Haʻaheo loa ʻo Jackson County iā John Mellencamp a ua kono ʻia ka lehulehu e ʻike i kā mākou hōʻike ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Kūkala ʻO Jackson County. Aia kekahi hōʻike ma ka South Indiana Center for the Arts, kahi a John nona ka waiwai, akā hoʻolimalima ia i ka hui.
Ma ka 2019, kahi mural ma ka ʻaoʻao o kēia Old Guitar Music Store i hoʻopau ʻia e ka mea pena ʻo Indianapolis Pamela Bliss.
ʻO nā manawa a pau a Mellencamp i hana ʻia ma aneʻi i kona wā ʻōpio a me kāna ʻoihana e ola me kahi huakaʻi hoʻokani leo, i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka Hale Kipa ʻO Jackson County. "ʻO nā Mole o kahi Pohō ʻAmelika," hāʻawi i kahi hiʻohiʻona o Mellencamp i ʻike ʻole ka hapanui o ka poʻe. Kū ka hiʻona o ka CD ma nā kahua hehi wāwae he nui a John a me kahi palapala ʻāina kikoʻī o Seymour.
Loaʻa ka CD no ke kūʻai mai ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Kālā ʻo Jackson County, 100 North Broadway Street, Seymour, no $ 10. Ma muli o nāʻaelike laikini, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻouna ʻia ka CD ma waho o Indiana. No ka ʻike, e kāhea aku i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Kālā ʻo Jackson County ma 855-524-1914.