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Heartland rocker John Mellencamp releases his twenty third full-length album, Sad Clowns & Hillbillies featuring Carlene Carter, the daughter of June Carter Cash and stepdaughter of Johnny Cash. Sad Clowns & Hillbillies returns Mellencamp to the musical eclecticism that is, itself, a reflection of his wide-ranging musings on life. Mellencamp is an authentic voice of American music and master storyteller with a commitment to creating traditional rock & roll, bittersweet songs of happiness and melancholia, and fervent political dissent.
His passions and experiences resonate beautifully in this self-produced showcase of his music. The albums latest single, Grandview features country music star, Martina McBride while lead cut Easy Target served as a continuation of Mellencamps journey to convey the truth through a passionate and plain-spoken song, focusing on the Black Lives Matter movement as well as gun violence in America.
Sad Clowns & Hillbillies is the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers follow up to 2014s critically-acclaimed, Plain Spoken, Mellencamps fourth consecutive Top 20 album, dating back to 2007s Freedom Road.
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