Isikhathi esedlule sikaJohn Mellencamp sitshalwe ngokuqinile eSeymour naseJackson County. UMellencamp wazalelwa lapha ngo-Okthoba 7, 1951.
Owasinda ekuqaleni kwespina bifida, uMellencamp wakhulela eSeymour waphothula eSeymour High School njengengxenye yeKilasi lango-1970.
UMellencamp ukhiphe i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala, "Chestnut Street Incident" ngo-1976 futhi usekhiphe ama-albhamu esewonke angama-24. Uqoqe izingoma ezingama-22 eziphezulu ezingama-40 futhi uwine iGrammy.
Ingoma yakhe yokuqala ethi “Ngidinga Othandekayo” yavula indlela ye-albhamu yakhe eyaphuma ngo-1982 ethi “American Fool.” Leyo albhamu yakhombisa ingoma yakhe eyashisa izikhotha, “uJack noDiane” eyachitha amasonto amane endaweni yokuqala.
IJackson County iyaziqhenya ngoJohn Mellencamp futhi umphakathi umenyiwe ukuthi uzobona umbukiso wethu eJackson County Visitor Centre. Kukhona nombukiso eSouthern Indiana Center for the Arts, lapho uJohn engumnikazi wendawo, kepha eyiqashisela inhlangano.
Ngo-2019, umdwebo ohlangothini lwalesi Sitolo Somculo Esisakudala saqedwa ngumculi wase-Indianapolis uPamela Bliss.
Sonke isikhathi sikaMellencamp asichithe lapha ebusheni bakhe bonke nasemsebenzini wakhe siyaphila ngohambo lokushayela ngomsindo, olwenziwe yiJackson County Visitor Center. “Umsuka We-American Rocker,” unikeza amazwibela kaMellencamp abantu abaningi abangakaze bayibone. Izici ze-CD ziyama ezindaweni eziningi zakudala zokugxoba uJohn kanye nemephu eningiliziwe yeSeymour.
I-CD iyatholakala ukuze ithengwe eJackson County Visitor Center, 100 North Broadway Street, eSeymour, ngo- $ 10. Ngenxa yezivumelwano zokulayisensa, i-CD ayinakuthunyelwa ngaphandle kwe-Indiana. Ngemininingwane, xhumana ne-Jackson County Visitor Center ku-855-524-1914.
