For anyone who might think venerable Phi Kappa Phi isn’t cool, “Check It Out,” as one of the rocker’s song titles puts it. Mellencamp came to town with his wife and father to root for his 16-year-old son Hud in the 10th annual Ringside World Championships amateur boxing competition at the KCI EXPO Center, Maria Davis, the Society’s National Marketing Development Manager, found out when meeting the proud papa and family on Thursday night. Of course Phi Kappa Phi, now instant fans, hopes it “Hurts So Good” for the young slugger, in the 138-pound weight class, to borrow from another of Mellencamp’s hits.Phi Kappa Phi headquarters staff doesn’t include “Jack & Diane,” perhaps the entertainer’s biggest smash. But Database Administrator Tammy Gates confirmed that John Mellencamp is, in fact, his name, even though early in his career he went by Johnny Cougar, among other appellations. Gates sleuthed this out by holding the elevator for Mellencamp when it was about to close, after realizing who was approaching and realizing she was about to have a celebrity encounter. Carting some dinner, he wound up missing his floor while Gates chatted with him for a bit.
“Minutes to Memories,” as Mellencamp sings in another number, applies not only to Davis and Gates but also to San Jose State delegate Gus Lease, who spent some leisurely time with Mellencamp in the concierge lounge on Thursday night. Lease filled Mellencamp in about entertaining American troops in the Orient and Europe in the mid 1960s with his variety show. When asked for reactions about rotating in a star’s orbit, Lease couldn’t offer any trivia or dish, however. Turns out that he had no idea who the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member was.
Mellencamp cancelled a gig with Bob Dylan in Kansas City to root for his boy, news outlets report.
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