Ixesha elidlulileyo likaJohn Mellencamp lityalwe ngokuqinileyo eSeymour naseJackson County. UMellencamp wazalelwa apha ngo-Okthobha 7, 1951.
Umsindisi wokuqala wespina bifida, uMellencamp wakhulela eSeymour waphumelela kwiSikolo samaBanga aPhakamileyo iSeymour njengenxalenye yeQela lika-1970.
UMellencamp wakhupha icwecwe lakhe lokuqala, "Isiganeko sasesitratweni iChestnut" ngo-1976 kwaye ukhuphe ii-albhamu ezingama-24 zizonke. Uqokelele i-22 ephezulu ye-40 kwaye waphumelela iGrammy.
Ukubetha kwakhe kokuqala "Ndifuna Umthandi" kwavula indlela yokuphuma kwe-albhamu yakhe yowe-1982 "I-American Fool." Elicwecwe lalinomntu ophumeleleyo ongatshatanga, "uJack noDiane" ochithe iiveki ezine kwindawo yokuqala.
IJackson County iyazingca kakhulu ngoJohn Mellencamp kwaye uluntu luyamenywa ukuba lubone umboniso wethu kwiziko labandwendweli iJackson County. Kukho umboniso kwiZiko lase-Indiana lase-Indiana lobuGcisa, apho uJohn angumnini wepropathi, kodwa eyiqeshisela umbutho.
Ngo-2019, umzobo osecaleni kweli Venkile yoMculo weGuitar yakudala yagqitywa ngumculi we-Indianapolis uPamela Bliss.
Lonke ixesha likaMellencamp alichithe apha ebutsheni bakhe nakwikhondo lomsebenzi uyaphila ngohambo lokuqhuba lokulalelwayo, olwenziwe liziko labandwendweli iJackson County. "Imvelaphi yeRocker yaseMelika," inika umbono weMellencamp uninzi lwabantu olungazange lubonwe. Iimpawu zeCD ziyema kwiindawo ezininzi zokunyathela zikaJohn kunye nemephu eneenkcukacha zeSeymour.
I-CD iyafumaneka ukuba ithengwe kwiZiko labandwendweli iJackson County, kwi-100 North Street Broadway, eSeymour, nge- $ 10. Ngenxa yezivumelwano zelayisensi, i-CD ayinakuthunyelwa ngaphandle kwe-Indiana. Ngolwazi, qhagamshelana neZiko labaTyeleli laseJackson County kwi-855-524-1914.
