"It took a long time to build this song," Mellencamp said. Stradlin's gritty, insistent riffs and Lynch's beats were salvaged for the final version, and country vocalist Martina McBride came on board to portray Mellencamp's foil in the song's home stretch. Mellencamp said the "Sad Clowns" version of "Grandview" includes some vocals he recorded in the '90s and some recorded this century. An early stab at recording the song featured Indiana native and former Guns N' Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin and drummer Stan Lynch, formerly of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Something old: “Grandview,” the current single from the album that arrives in stores today, is a sonic time traveler Mellencamp co-wrote with his cousin, Bobby Clark, in the 1990s. Mellencamp said no specific concept guided the making of "Sad Clowns," but the album neatly checks off good-luck traditions associated with weddings. It's more of a bit-by-bit collection that's fit for a bride: something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. "Sad Clowns & Hillbillies" isn't a 13-song document that arrived completely by cryptic transmissions. I wasn’t even thinking about race or poor people. 'You need to stop what you’re doing and write this down.' "I didn’t want to write that song," Mellencamp said during an interview at his Brown County recording studio. One example is "Easy Target," a track released in advance of new album "Sad Clowns & Hillbillies." Mellencamp said the bleakly sarcastic song, which refers to minority groups and the impoverished as being "created equal, equally beneath me and you," presented itself when he was devoting time to his second artistic passion of painting portraits, landscapes and social commentary. John Mellencamp isn't the first musician to say he hears voices in his head.įortunately, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer claims his visitors don't bring fear or confusion. Watch Video: John Mellencamp's 'Sad Clowns & Hillbillies'īELMONT, Ind.
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