John Mellencamp

was National Golden Gloves champ twice.

Wow.

And then he played football for Duke.

And he was, you don't want to mess with Hud.

Don't want to mess with Hud.

He's 31 now.

Well, I went to college and I got a degree in broadcasting technology, which at that time was pretty

And they would have dances at college and bands playing.

And I would sit there in the audience and go, I can do this better than that.

I know I can.

And so as soon as I got out of college, I got into a band called the Mason Brothers, which I have so many funny stories.

Like I said, I'm so lucky.

I got into a band called the Mason Brothers and we played every weekend and I was a barroom singer.

I never wrote any songs or anything like that.

Wanna hear a funny story about the Mason Brothers, how the Mason Brothers ended?

This is good.

The guy that ran the band, I was just a singer, and the guy that ran the band was a guy named Dave.

And Dave talked to the booker

And we had a gig on a riverboat up and down the Ohio River.

And it was a fraternity show.