Three words come to mind when I hear John Mellencamp: Family. Road. Trips. Growing up we had one cassette tape with Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA on side A and John Cougar Mellencamp American Fool on the B side. Honestly, I really haven't thought much about Mellencamp since those summer anthems of my grammar school days. But I do really dig the sound of the new album "No Better than This" produced by T-Bone Burnett and recorded using only one microphone and a mono-tape recorder. It's raw sounds have me waxing nostalgic for all those easy summer days.
John Mellencamp | My Sweet Love (official) from Concord Music Group on Vimeo.
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Since we are reliving our youth today...what was more important on a hot summer day than riding your bike up to the neighborhood sno-ball stand? or drinking sweet tea? or a little nibble on some Roman Candy? All the little sweet indulgences that make time stand still...all available at Jazz Fest.
![Nectar Snowball](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1297/1205019257_9a208235bc.jpg)
Plumb Street Snoballs, Image via
![Rosemint Iced Tea @ Jazzfest](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/480109963_a5ee2b61d1.jpg)
Sunshine Concessions Rosemint Iced Tea, Image via
![Roman Candy Wagon 19](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3199/2757839957_d651156151.jpg)
Roman Chewing Candy Company, Image via
I'll take a Spearmint please!
ReplyDeleteyummm i'll take nectar and icecream!
ReplyDeleteMissy: Nectar is my favorite too!
ReplyDeleteWill: I looked for a spearmint image for you but didn't see any I liked.
Lauren: Scarecrow was the B side. Remember? Rain on the scarecrow blood on the plow!!
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