This, of course, was at a time of historic musical creativity. "There was so much great music to be discovered," Mellencamp continued. "Remember, there was Dylan, the Stones, the importance of James Brown. But for some reason on that week Paul Newman made the biggest influence on me, probably bigger than Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and James Brown--just by the nature of that character he played." - more on this story
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