Sammy Hagar was recently in Bloomington, Indiana to pay a visit to John Mellencamp for the upcoming season of his AXS-TV show, Rock and Roll Road Trip.
Hagar says, “One of my favorite interviews in my life. John is the real deal. It was really great, him and I hit it off even better than I expected. I’ve always been a fan. I knew him and I could connect on some soulful level and we did. We played a song, which is an old blues folk song called ‘Delia.’ No rehearsal or anything, so it was raw, rough, and ready, but very cool.”
Sammy didn’t limit the conversation to music, though. “He’s a fantastic artist-painter — he had a collection of work that I went through every piece and chose one called ‘Puppet.’ He insisted on giving it to me, but I am writing a check to Farm Aid or some other charity of his choice for the painting. It will be put up on display in my restaurants one month at a time before it goes in my home.”