John Mellencamp gara aga ka a kụrụ nke ọma na Seymour na Jackson County. A mụrụ Mellencamp ebe a na Ọktoba 7, 1951.
Onye lanarịrị spina bifida mbụ, Mellencamp tolitere na Seymour wee gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Seymour High School dị ka akụkụ nke klaasị nke 1970.
Mellencamp wepụtara album mbụ ya, "Chestnut Street Incident" na 1976 wee wepụta mkpokọta album 24. Ọ chịkọtara 22 Top 40 hits wee merie Grammy.
Ihe mbụ o dere "Achọrọ M Onye Hụrụ n'Anya" meghere ụzọ maka album breakout ya nke 1982 bụ "American Fool." Album ahụ gosipụtara ọkpụkpọ egwu ya nke ọma, "Jack na Diane" nke nọrọ izu anọ na ọnụọgụ otu.
Jackson County nwere nnukwu obi ụtọ maka John Mellencamp ma kpọọ ndị mmadụ ka ha hụ ngosipụta anyị na Centerlọ Ọrụ Ọbịa nke Jackson County. E nwekwara ihe ngosi na Southern Indiana Center maka Arts, ebe John nwere akụ ahụ, mana mgbazinye ya na nzukọ ahụ.
Na 2019, onye na-ese ihe nkiri Indianapolis bụ Pamela Bliss rụchara mgbidi na oflọ Ahịa Egwu Old Guitar a.
Oge Mellencamp niile nọrọ ebe a n'oge ntorobịa ya na ọrụ ya na-abịa ndụ yana njegharị ịnyagharị ọdịyo, nke Jackson County Visitor Center mebere. "Roots of An American Rocker," na-enye ọhụụ nke Mellencamp nke ọtụtụ mmadụ ahụtụbeghị. Ihe CD ahụ na-akwụsị n'ọtụtụ ebe ụkwụ ochie John na map zuru ezu nke Seymour.
CD dị maka ịzụta na Jackson County Visitor Center, 100 North Broadway Street, Seymour, maka $ 10. N'ihi nkwekọrịta ikike ikike, CD enweghị ike ịbubata na mpụga Indiana. Maka ozi, kpọtụrụ Jackson County Visitor Center na 855-524-1914.
