Love to see when a celebrity gives back especially to his own community.
Never forgets his roots.
“Small Town” is one of my favorites and reminds me so much of where I live.
Thanks for the info on John Mellencamp.
He is 68 now.
Seems like he never forgot where he came from, unlike many stars.
Fuzzy Zoeller has a beautiful golf course in our area. Our high school now has a new sound system this year for the basketball games by Nike. Our old system was embarrassing.
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We have a local guy playing baseball and another NBA. Visitors sometimes make comments about our local high school and our half time entertainment. Our school is inner city while the more affluent (funny..the farmers kids and more wealthy live on the Knobs in the city). We have what is called a Step Dance Team and a regular dance team. Visitors will look down their nose and ask why we have a dance team that stomps and claps to a song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcuynUSs4gs
This is an old video...this was 2011..students today stand and cheer them. And the team today is a mix of all backgrounds..
It is where I live. At least in the country nearby. John’s family was a farm family and the inspiration for Farm Aid. So you remember that. His grandpa had just had the family farm auctioned out from under him. Broke Johns heart. He had not made it big at that time.