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WHAT ALMOST WAS - JOHN MELLENCAMP & EDDIE VAN HALEN:
On the promotional trail in support of his recent best of release Words and Music, John Mellencamp made an interesting comment in regard to guitarist Eddie Van Halen. It seems the two nearly joined up for an acoustic tour four years ago.
On the question of doing an acoustic tour, this was John's reply: "Actually, yeah, I have. Eddie Van Halen and I talked about it four years ago. He would play acoustic guitar and I would sing. We talked about it for three months. I went to MTV in the mid-80s, and they'll verify the story, and said, I want to do a concert in acoustic guitars. A couple years later they came up with acoustic — or unplugged. That was me (my idea)."
Another interesting response was his answer to a question about recording a country album. John's reply: "No, not really. Country sure has changed in the last 10 years. It was one thing, then it was another. Country has slowly marched toward a rock beat and rock preservation. Country artists of today. Man! That's how I used to sound in the `80s."
WHAT ALMOST WAS - JOHN MELLENCAMP & EDDIE VAN HALEN:
On the promotional trail in support of his recent best of release Words and Music, John Mellencamp made an interesting comment in regard to guitarist Eddie Van Halen. It seems the two nearly joined up for an acoustic tour four years ago.
On the question of doing an acoustic tour, this was John's reply: "Actually, yeah, I have. Eddie Van Halen and I talked about it four years ago. He would play acoustic guitar and I would sing. We talked about it for three months. I went to MTV in the mid-80s, and they'll verify the story, and said, I want to do a concert in acoustic guitars. A couple years later they came up with acoustic — or unplugged. That was me (my idea)."
Another interesting response was his answer to a question about recording a country album. John's reply: "No, not really. Country sure has changed in the last 10 years. It was one thing, then it was another. Country has slowly marched toward a rock beat and rock preservation. Country artists of today. Man! That's how I used to sound in the `80s."
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