Met him once in a Bennigans they (band and his blonde wife) were on the way home from Chicago gig and stopped at the Bennigans for food near Merrillville IN where I used to drink Guinness and Newcastle.
Just like the pictures ...he had a pack of cigarettes rolled up in his upper arm sleeve of a white t-shirt ...classic.
Mellencamp - I Need a Lover
* We used to hang sometimes in 74-75 at the Bluebird Cafe in Bloomington IN on the square downtown when I went to IU from 1969 -1975....I heard that Mellencamp (Cougar then) would play there as a local act before he was a star $5 cover charge I think. Sadly I never saw him then.