I love it!  That's a fantastic moment to kick off this topic!

Thanks for posting this!  I really love Trouble No More but did not get to catch any shows from that time.  Amazing how John and the band can achieve the same level of excellent musicianship live as they do on the album.

Although I had some problems with Ticketmaster and the tickets were pretty expensive, I was thrilled by the ability to get such great seats - 2nd row in the orchestra pit.  And all with just a few (panicked) keystrokes, instead of 14 hours on a cold Minnesota sidewalk like the days of yore. There are not many things that I'll drop this amount of money for, but John is worth it.  Thanks Tony & Team! 

Fantastic, indeed!

Here are links to John's Public Service Announcement and a Toledo news segment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dl1M7XTtrY

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=news/local&id=7603272

I had some "issues" with Ticketmaster and inadvertently bought an extra pair of tickets. These are in the Pit, Row 3, seats 5 and 6.  Great seats!!

Wow, thanks for taking the time to share these again. There were actually a quite few I had not seen before!  I love the variety, and the going back and forth in time. I'll always be especially partial to John's long hair and tan during the Lonesome Jubilee days.  Thanks again!!

I'm Selena, from Minneapolis, Minnesota.  I've been a devoted Mellencamp fan for 28 years now.  I'm glad I had the good sense at age 12 to latch onto such a prolific artist with a seemingly limitless creative drive, because his music has been a constant companion to me as I've grown up and grown older. 

People who knew me as that crazy Cougar fan in junior high would be amazed if they pulled up next to me at a light, because they'd hear Mellencamp playing and wonder if I even skipped a beat between the 80's and the present day.  Well I guess one difference is that I no longer try to style my hair like his! (Yes, I tried (unsuccessfully, I might add) to emulate his over-the-eye hair as a 13 year old girl!)

John's compassion, his insight into the human condition, and his drive to keep pushing on are truly inspiring to me. I will always love his music, and will always think he's the best dancer!