Mellencamp Live '03 album out now

John Mellencamp Performs Trouble No More Live at Town Hall is available now through Universal Music Enterprises. The newly mixed and mastered concert recording can be purchased on CD, digital or vinyl.

Released in 2003, Mellencamp’s acclaimed Trouble No More made a No. 1 debut on Billboard’s Blues chart. Featuring Mellencamp and his band’s takes on 11 American folk and blues classics, including Robert Johnson’s “Stones In My Passway,” Son House’s “Death Letter,” Woody Guthrie’s “Johnny Hart,” Willie Dixon’s “Down In The Bottom,” Lucinda Williams’ “Lafayette,” and several others, the album was recorded and mixed in just 17 days.

On July 31, 2003, John Mellencamp performed the complete album for a sold-out audience at New York’s Town Hall. For the concert, Mellencamp was joined by the same musicians who recorded the studio album: Mike Wanchic (guitars), Andy York (guitars), Miriam Sturm (violin), Dane Clark (drums), John Gunnell (bass) and Michael Ramos (keyboards).

They also performed stripped-down versions of Mellencamp’s “Small Town,” “Paper In Fire” and Pink Houses,” as well as Bob Dylan’s “Highway 61 Revisited” for the intimate audience of 1,500 people, which included members of Woody Guthrie’s family.
 
CD and digital audio packages both feature the complete 15-song concert, while the vinyl LP highlights 10 performances from the show. All three configurations include a new liner notes essay by Bob Merlis.

This fall, Mellencamp will release his 22nd full-length album, Plain Spoken, on Republic Records. 

Track listing (CD, digital)

1. Stones In My Passway (Robert Johnson)
2. Death Letter (Son House)
3. To Washington (John Mellencamp/Traditional)
4. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan)
5. Baltimore Oriole (Hoagy Carmichael/Paul Francis Webster)
6. Joliet Bound (Kansas Joe McCoy)
7. Down In The Bottom (Willie Dixon)
8. Johnny Hart (Woody Guthrie)
9. Diamond Joe (John Mellencamp/Traditional)
10. John The Revelator (Traditional)
11. Small Town (John Mellencamp)
12. Lafayette (Lucinda Williams)
13. Teardrops Will Fall (Marion Smith)
14. Paper In Fire (John Mellencamp)
15. Pink Houses (John Mellencamp)

Vinyl

Side One

1. Stones In My Passway (Robert Johnson)
2. Death Letter (Son House)
3. Joliet Bound (Kansas Joe McCoy)
4. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan)
5. Baltimore Oriole (Hoagy Carmichael/Paul Francis Webster)
 
Side Two

6. Diamond Joe (John Mellencamp/Traditional)
7. Down In The Bottom (Willie Dixon)
8. Small Town (John Mellencamp)
9. Paper In Fire (John Mellencamp)
10. Pink Houses (John Mellencamp)