John Mellencamp

And that's where we're gonna service those people.

Because back then there was payola and all that stuff going on.

So there was like no money coming into Indianapolis all of a sudden where there used to be.

It was all going to New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, to all these R&B stations.

And then what was that thing called when you could download records for nothing?

Yeah.

Yeah.

And then that started.

And then that really put us out of it, put all rock guys out of it.

It says, if you check the billboard charts right now,

I bet you'd be hard-pressed to find two rock bands in the top 100.

That's why I've decided, I don't mean to plug myself, but I...

They have been asking me, because I got tired of going on tour and being a cheerleader, which is what I was.

Let's do a rounding hit of Small Town.

I was born, you know, and everybody would stand up and sing.

I was playing to 20,000 people and everybody was drunk.

And I was just kind of the cheerleader, you know, the human cheerleader.

Yeah, giving them the opportunity.

I just thought...

I'm here to be a musician.