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John Mellencamp - No Better Than This

Recorded In Savannah, Memphis, And San Antonio With 1 RCA 77 DX Microphone (Savannah & San Antonio) or 1 RCA 44 (Memphis)- Mono To An Ampex 601 ¼” Reel To Reel.

Right Behind Me (San Antonio, Room 414, Sheraton Gunter Hotel)

No Better Than This (Memphis Sun Studio)

Clumsy Ol’ World (Savannah First African Baptist Church)

Room 414 of the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio is where Robert Johnson first recorded for Brunswick Records in November of 1936; Mellencamp’s version of Johnson’s “Stones In My Pass Way” was the first track on Trouble No More, an album of blues and folk songs released in 2003. The room has been carpeted in the intervening years so a hardwood floor was placed over the carpet to better approximate the ambience heard on Johnson’s records. Mellencamp sang facing the corner of the room that Johnson had almost 74 years earlier.

John Mellencamp

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Brandon Rhyder - Conviction

Man of Conviction

I am a man of conviction, I shattered these walls
Spent my life in a bottle, cut myself had to crawl
Stared down a barrel of a 45, dared the man on the other side
To have the guts to pull the trigger
I am a man of conviction

Convicted of loving one girl too much
Sentenced to live without her touch
Convicted of somehow forgetting God
Sentenced to life of hell on earth
And they ain’t coming back, I’ve never known either to lie
It wasn’t my intention, I am a man of conviction

A promise made a promise broken, I’ve left nothing uncertain
I took the lower road, my back bent to carry my load
I broke hearts along the way, made a fool of myself most days
It wasn’t my intention, but I am a man of conviction

Convicted of loving one girl too much
Sentenced to live without her touch
Convicted of somehow forgetting God
Sentenced to life of hell on earth
And they ain’t coming back, I’ve never known either to lie
It wasn’t my intention, I am a man of conviction

Convicted of loving one girl too much
Sentenced to live without her touch
Convicted of somehow forgetting God
Sentenced to life of hell on earth
And they ain’t coming back, I’ve never known either to lie
It's too late for intervention, I am a man of conviction

No don’t you cry for me, I’ve made this bed where I lie
It wasn’t my intention, I am a man of conviction
It’s too late for intervention, I am a man of conviction

Brandon Rhyder

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John Cougar Mellencamp - Scarecrow

25 years ago (August 19th, 1985) Scarecrow the 8th album by Mellencamp arrived on a thriving mid 80's music scene! Wow, 25 years ago... 1985 also represents the year I barely graduated high school; not a dedicated student 1981-1985.

On Scarecrow; John, Kenny, Mike, and Toby provide quality timeless tunes worthy of ongoing spins!

John Mellencamp

Scarecrow (Wiki)

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