I'm probably older! 31 years following JM come September.

EVERY one is most excellent!

Last but not least, the last one is my favorite!

[Masterdisk]

...according to this tweet by Masterdisc.

Masterdisk 26 years ago today, John Cougar Mellencamp's "Scarecrow" released on Riva Records, mastered at Masterdisk

It was played in Nashville as well. I believe it was the show after Ft. Wayne, but don't quote me on that.

Here is a GREAT blog with Jake Owen talking about performing "Jack and Diane" with Keith and how it all evolved. The Nashville performance is embedded in the blog.

http://tasteofcountry.com/keith-urban-jake-owen-jack-and-diane-cover/

Keith Urban and Jake Owen Improvise on ‘Jack and Diane’ at Nashville Concert
By: Billy Dukes

At select dates on Keith Urban‘s Get Closer tour, opening act Jake Owen has joined Urban on stage for the encore. In the video below, the pair are seen singing John Mellencamp‘s ‘Jack and Diane.’ During a recent chat, Owen tells Taste of Country that he didn’t know he’d be asked to help out on the hit song until he was already following Urban on stage.

“You can tell if you’ve seen the YouTube videos, they’re pretty loose,” Owen says of the impromptu performances. “I was just standing at the side of the stage a couple of nights and he saw me standing there when he went up to do his encore, and he just asked me to come up and do it with him. So that was pretty cool.”

There hadn’t been much collaborating between the two, aside from Urban learning Owen’s ‘Don’t Think I Can’t Love You’ for a performance at LP Field during Nashville’s CMA Music Festival in June. Owen says that Urban has been a very accessible tourmate, however.

“Keith is just a good guy,” he says. “He’s one of the people that I’ve really learned on the road that he’s not in it just for the fame or the fortune. The guy truly loves the music and he truly loves playing for people. If he could play for three hours a night he probably would sit out there and do it.”

Tonight, the Get Closer tour with Owen and Urban stops in Augusta, Ga.

No problem. Those types of mini challenges are always fun for me.

"Hurts So Good" (1:28 seconds worth) in Ft. Wayne. I love YouTube ;-) !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69x2Q_UJFa4

Looks like the second song was Hurts So Good. I found it on YouTube described as such but the video was removed.

Keith Urban July 31m 2011 Fort Wayne - Hurts So Good.MOV
Keith Urban at Fort Wayne Memorial Coliseum on July 31, 2011 singing Indiana's own John Mellencamp's Hurts So Good as one of the encore songs

Another GREAT Jack & Diane video with more of a crowd perspective.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNrKLxt3oWc

Okay, received a reply from one of the tweeters. She claims Keith & Jake did two -- she knew Jack & Diane but not the name of the other song covered.

[Lisa2384]

Added tweets (when searching "Mellancamp")

Lisa2384 My life is complete!!! @jakeowen & @KeithUrban rocked Mellancamp tonight!!! I am in Heaven!!! <3 <3 <3!!!!

LoAshleyyy Keith and Jake playing John Mellancamp.... I can't describe it #IU

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acwmcoliseum Memorial Coliseum @KeithUrban and @jakeowen are doing a Mellencamp cover in the encore. Awesome!

k2thehay the coolest part to me had to have been when he (Keith Urban) brought the people up on stage to sing and the mellencamp encore for a solid night cap

Cindy can you try to DM any of these twitter users and inquire what songs they did? Guess we should all be watching YouTube for videos too, surely some will show up. Taylor Swift did a bit of Jack and Diane in Indy over the weekend.

Good idea, Tony! I just found Jack and Diane on YouTube...awesome! It sounded from the tweets there may have been more than one song covered. I'll try to DM the tweeters too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4c4DTF-Xbo

[Lisa2384]

Added tweets (when searching "Mellancamp")

Lisa2384 My life is complete!!! @jakeowen & @KeithUrban rocked Mellancamp tonight!!! I am in Heaven!!! <3 <3 <3!!!!

LoAshleyyy Keith and Jake playing John Mellancamp.... I can't describe it #IU

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acwmcoliseum Memorial Coliseum @KeithUrban and @jakeowen are doing a Mellencamp cover in the encore. Awesome!

k2thehay the coolest part to me had to have been when he (Keith Urban) brought the people up on stage to sing and the mellencamp encore for a solid night cap

[dierksgrl]

...according to a few tweets.

Keith has been doing several interviews recently mentioning JM as a big influence, especially after seeing his Lonesome Jubilee tour in 1988 in Australia. Very cool he still gives JM a nod.

Here are the tweets...would love to know what he covered.


dierksgrl YES!! @KeithUrban is breaking out Mellencamp!!!


jessig03 Keith Urban did a set of John Mellencamp songs, just for us, Freakin amazing!

I found a movie still of Matthew wearing the WWW tour shirt in "A Time To Kill" however, it's a Warner Bros copy right protected shot so I'm only going to provide the link in the blog.

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm580557056/tt0117913

Still searching for the Kenny Chesney one.

Does anyone remember Kenny Chesney doing a cover photo shoot for a country music magazine wearing a Mellencamp shirt (I believe it was a LJ one)? I'm searching for it to use as part of a Trivia Tuesday blog on the mellenblog. Thanks! AND...if anyone has a still of Matthew McConaughey wearing the WWW shirt in a "Time To Kill" that would be great, as well.