The Highwaymen—Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash—took the stage for the first time at Nelson’s Fourth of July Picnic in 1985. After that, they appeared onstage ...
Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp organized the first annual Farm Aid in 1985. Taking place in Champaign, Illinois, the benefit for family farmers featured a star-studded lineup. B.B.
Willie Nelson’s Farm Aid is unlike any other festival. It has always been about more than the music. Launched by Nelson and fellow musicians in 1985 to respond to the economic crisis that was ...
Willie Nelson launched the festival in 1985 to save family farms. Amid corporate consolidation, it’s now a platform for ...
At Farm Aid’s 40th anniversary, Willie Nelson led a star-studded lineup and reminded fans of his unmatched legacy as music’s ...
In Iowa and throughout the Midwest, even century-old farms weren’t spared from the struggles that came in the mid-1980s. Urbana-born, Rantoul-raised Dave Stawick was a news reporter/anchor and farm ...
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