John Mellencamp

"You guys are selling out what the people stood up for and fought for, and you're making money off of it selling it to a bunch of white kids?"

Top 10 'Scarecrow' hit was born out of his frustrations with a typewriter.

Determination and hope from the best of his turn-of-the-2010s material return.

Singer-songwriter also spoke about his rough and rowdy past, which includes punching a member of the Cars.

"If I wanted to play in this type of drunken environment, I'd play outside or I'd play in an arena," he told Cleveland crowd.

Topical single arrives ahead of new album 'Orpheus Descending,' out June 2.

Impassioned song opens his upcoming album 'Orpheus Descending,' out on June 25.

Yeah, We know when we live in a small town. And for the most part, we love it. Sure we don't have a few things that we would love to see come to Wenatchee. We've talked about before. But there are a few other signs. And we like to make fun of ourselves for it.

Performance included a couple of songs from his most recent album, 'Strictly a One-Eyed Jack.'

"One last one for the Killer," the Boss said.