John Mellencamp plays his song "Pink Houses (Ain't That America)" live in concert at the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco, California on March 17, 2023. Pink Houses appeared on Mellencamp's seventh studio album, Uh Huh (1983). The song reached Number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. John Mellencamp is a Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter from Seymour, Indiana. Joining him onstage were Andrew York (guitar), Mike Wanchic (guitar), John Ginnell (bass), Dane Clark (drums), Lisa Germano (violin / mandolin), and Troye Kinnett (accordion / keyboards).

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Pink Houses lyrics:

There's a black man with a black cat
Living in a black neighborhood
He's got an interstate running through his front yard
You know he thinks he's got it so good

And there's a woman in the kitchen
Cleaning up the evening slop
And he looks at her and says, "Hey Darlin'
I can remember when you could stop a clock."

Oh but ain't that America for you and me
Ain't that America, we're something to see, baby
Ain't that America, home of the free
Little pink houses for you and me
Oh yeah, for you and me

There's a young man in a t-shirt
Listening to a rockin' rollin' station
He's got greasy hair and a greasy smile
He says, "Lord, this must be my destination"

'Cause they told me when I was younger
"Boy, you're gonna be president"
But just like everything else, those old crazy dreams
Just kinda came and went

Oh but ain't that America for you and me
Ain't that America, we're something to see, baby
Ain't that America, home of the free
Little pink houses for you and me
Oh yeah, for you and me

Well there's people and more people
What do they know
Go to work in some high rise
And vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico

And there's winners, and there's losers
But they ain't no big deal
'Cause the simple man baby pays for the thrills
The bills, the pills that kill

Oh but ain't that America for you and me
Ain't that America, we're something to see, baby
Ain't that America, home of the free
Little pink houses for you and me
Oh yeah, for you and me

Written by John Mellencamp

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John Mellencamp - Live And In Person Tour dates (2023):

Feb. 5-6 —Bloomington, IN @ Indiana University Auditorium
Feb. 8 — Charlotte, NC @ Ovens Auditorium
Feb. 10 — Atlanta, GA @ Fox Theatre
Feb. 11 — Jacksonville, FL @ Moran Theater
Feb. 13-15 — Clearwater, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Hall
Feb. 18-19 — Orlando, FL @ Walt Disney Theater
Feb. 21-22 — Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Feb. 24 — New Orleans, LA @ Saenger Theatre
Feb. 25 — Sugar Land, TX @ Smart Financial Centre
Feb. 26 — San Antonio, TX @ Majestic Theatre
Feb. 28 — Austin, TX @ Bass Concert Hall
Mar. 1 — Dallas, TX @ Texas Trust CU Theatre
Mar. 11 — Portland, OR @ Keller Auditorium
Mar. 13-14 — Vancouver, BC @ Orpheum
Mar. 15 — Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
Mar. 17-18 — San Francisco, CA @ Golden Gate Theatre
Mar. 19 — Fresno, CA @ Saroyan Theatre
Mar. 21 — Sacramento, CA @ SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center
Mar. 22 — Los Angeles, CA @ Dolby Theatre
Mar. 24-25 — Las Vegas, NV @ Wynn Las Vegas
Mar. 27 — Denver, CO @ Ellie Caulkins Opera House
Apr. 3-4 — Kansas City, MO @ Midland Theatre
Apr. 6-8 — Minneapolis, MN @ State Theatre
Apr. 10-11 — Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater
Apr. 13-14 — Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
Apr. 17-18 — Louisville, KY @ Kentucky Center
Apr. 19 — Peoria, IL @ Civic Center Theater
Apr. 21-22 — St. Louis, MO @ Stifel Theatre
Apr. 24 - 25 — Memphis, TN @ Orpheum Theatre
May 5-6 — Evansville, IN @ Old National Events Plaza
May 8-10 — Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
May 12-13 — Cincinnati, OH @ Aronoff Center
May 15-16 — Ft. Wayne, IN @ Embassy Theatre
May 17 — Columbus, OH @ Palace Theatre
May 19 — Greenville, SC @ Peace Center
May 20 — Durham, NC @ DPAC
May 22-23 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Benedum Center
May 25-26 — Cleveland, OH @ Playhouse Square
June 2 — Baltimore, MD @ The Lyric
June 3 — Philadelphia, PA @ Kimmel Cultural Campus

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John Mellencamp official bio:

John Mellencamp's career has spanned more than 35 years during which he transitioned from pre-fab pop idol to one of the most highly regarded mature songwriters of a generation. Mellencamp fell in love with music at an early age and was fronting a soul band in his native Indiana by the time he was 14. He would go on to release 26 albums with domestic sales exceeding 40 million units.

He has been nominated for 13 Grammys, received Billboard's Century Award, The Woody Guthrie Award, and Q's Classic Songwriter Award, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Mellencamp has amassed 22 Top 40 hits and holds the record for the most tracks by a solo artist to hit #1 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart.

John Mellencamp continues to live and work in Bloomington, Indiana. He is the father of two sons, Hud and Speck and three daughters, Michelle, Teddi Jo and Justice.