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Bruce Springsteen, Mavis Staples, Darlene Love, Dion DiMucci, John Mellencamp and Jackson Browne at the second annual American Music Honors ceremony, Monmouth University, April 24, 2024. (Photo by John Cavanaugh)

A rollicking American Music Honors

John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen and Jason Aldean (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The Boss knows real small towns, Aldean

David Masciotra

Def Leppard lead singer Joe Elliott performs in Philadelphia, Aug. 1992. (AP/Chris Gardner)

Def Leppard's Joe Elliott on Mick Ronson

John Mellencamp (Getty/Adam Bettcher)

The true art of John Mellencamp

David Masciotra

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John Mellencamp (Marc Houser)

Blue guy in a red state

David Masciotra

In a perfect world

(Getty/Rick Diamond)

Fight apathy with art

David Masciotra

John Mellencamp (AP/Matt Rourke)

"He doesn't play to his base"

David Masciotra

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Clockwise from top left: Cast of "Fox & Friends," Michelle Malkin, Montel Williams, Kennedy. (Fox News/Reuters/Carlo Allegri/Salon)

My week in the Fox lie machine

David Masciotra

Taylor Swift (AP/Charles Sykes)

Stop hating these bands!

Stephen Deusner

John Mellencamp, Stephen King (AP/Jeff Christensen/Reuters/Mike Segar)

"I'm as left as you can get"

Stephen Deusner

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