John Mellencamp yav dhau los yog cog hauv Seymour thiab Nroog County. Mellencamp yug ntawm no lub Kaum Hlis 7, 1951.
Ib tus muaj sia nyob thaum ntxov ntawm spina bifida, Mellencamp loj hlob hauv Seymour thiab tau kawm tiav Seymour High School ua ib feem ntawm Chav Kawm xyoo 1970.
Mellencamp tso nws thawj zaug nkauj, “Chestnut Street Incident” hauv xyoo 1976 thiab tau tso tawm tag nrho 24 album. Nws tau sib tw 22 Top 40 hits thiab tau yeej Grammy.
Nws thawj zaug ntaus "Kuv Xav Tau Tus Lover" tau txoj hau kev rau nws cov nkauj tawm 1982 "American Fool." Ntawm cov nkauj ntawd nthuav tawm nws cov nkauj tshaj plaws, “Jack thiab Diane” uas tau siv sijhawm plaub lub lis piam nyob ntawm tus naj npawb ib.
Jackson County zoo siab heev rau John Mellencamp thiab cov neeg pej xeem raug caw tuaj saib peb cov zaub hauv Jackson County Tus Qhua Tuaj Rau Tsev Kawm Ntawv. Kuj tseem muaj cov khoom tso tawm ntawm Southern Indiana Center for the Arts, uas John tau muaj cov khoom ntiag tug, tab sis xauj nws rau lub koom haum.
Hauv 2019, muaj mural ntawm ib sab ntawm No Laus Guitar Music Store tau ua tiav los ntawm Indianapolis artist Pamela Bliss.
Txhua lub sijhawm Mellencamp siv sijhawm ntawm no thoob plaws nws lub neej hluas thiab kev ua haujlwm tau los ciaj sia nrog kev ncig xyuas lub suab, tsim los ntawm Jackson County Lub Tuam Tsev Saib Xyuas Chaw. "Cov hauv paus ntawm ib qho American Rocker," muaj ib qho pom ntawm Mellencamp uas neeg feem coob tsis tau pom dua. Daim CD nta nres ntawm ntau thaj chaw qub John tus choj thiab daim duab qhia ntxaws ntawm Seymour.
Daim CD no muaj muag rau yuav khoom hauv Jackson Cheeb Tsam Chaw Qhua Hauv Tsev, 100 North Broadway Street, Seymour, rau $ 10. Vim kev cog lus tso cai, daim CD tsis tuaj yeem xa tawm sab nraud ntawm Indiana. Yog xav paub cov ntaub ntawv ntau ntxiv, hu rau Jackson County Lub Tuam Tsev Saib Xyuas Tsev ntawm 855-524-1914.
