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John Mellencamp talked Farm Aid, his new album Sad Clowns & Hillbillies, mortality and how his political views differ from his fans in a wide-ranging interview with CBS Sunday Morning.




The singer-songwriter also explains how he invented modern country music and why he'll never stop smoking

Throughout Mellencamp's career, the plight of the small town American seeped into the rocker's music, especially on 1983's Uh-Huh and 1985's Scarecrow.

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