SAD CLOWNS & HILLBILSad Clowns & Hillbillies marks the first time in a decade that a John Mellencamp studio record finds him in the producer's chair. It's the first time ever that he's shared billing on an album cover. Carlene Carter is a singer songwriter and music biz veteran; the daughter of country music royalty Carl Smith and June Carter Cash making her the stepdaughter of Johnny. She and Mellencamp worked together on 2012's Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, the