The mid-tempo “Down in the Goldmine” – – with Clark working on the downbeat, beautifully dragging the snare just behind the vocals – recreates the Waylon vibe. “Waylon and Willie” is a Steve Earle/Joe Ely redux. The most notable of these included Dance Naked (1994), which went gold on the strength of its cover version of Van Morrison ’s Wild Night Mr. “Sweet Temptation ” cuts through with lyrics about opportunities to stray, matched to a blues-rock sound. When Jennie DeVoe joins in on “I Wouldn’t Be Me Without U,” it is the magic of two seasoned Americana performers having fun. Beitrags-Autor: Beitrag veröffentlicht: 15. Twenty years ago, Clark played drums in Crane’s band when the guitar player first split with his former boss. John Mellencamp performs 'Jack & Diane' at Farm Aid 2021 at Xfinity Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut, on September 25. A Mellencamp-influenced sound, and any Hoosier musician around long enough to have played during 1980s heartland rock heydey must find the stuff thick in their veins.įor Dane Clark, who has worked as John Mellencamp‘s drummer for the past 16 years, his new album Postcards from the Hard Road brings together many branches from that Indiana heartland rock tree, through direct ties to Mellencamp (current bandmembers), or by way of Larry Crane, John’s guitar player throughout the 1980s. A typical gig earned the band 500 to split among the group’s seven members. Make no mistake, there is a sound of Indiana.
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