Neil Young in 1992 – photo by Paul Natkin. Bonnie Raitt performing at Farm Aid 2019. Hundreds of farmers came to Washington bearing an urgent message for legislators: “Act now to stop the destruction of family farms!” Their primary target was the “Freedom to Farm” bill that had been in place since 1996. Performers included Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, B.B. July 4, 2020 July 4, 2020. Farm Aid hosted a national town hall meeting where family farm leaders urged President Clinton to veto any farm bill that would force family farmers from their land. They represented rural America in crisis and they came searching for solutions to the problems they were facing. Farm Aid 2019 was held at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin, on September 21. The concert energized farmers and advocates and became a rallying point for a flurry of events. The set list follows the True Confessions pattern. Other artists that played included Kenny Chesney, The Pretenders, moe., Arlo Guthrie, Jerry Lee Lewis, Steve Earle, Nation Beat, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Jakob Dylan and The Gold Mountain Rebels, Danielle Evin, Jamey Johnson, Jesse Lenat, Will Dailey, One Flew South, and The Elms. Willie Nelson stated “In rural America, the farm economy is the economy. “Bob needed a band for the first Farm Aid,” says DeYoung. Two months earlier, in Philadelphia, Dylan had taken the stadium stage of Live Aid, the mega-benefit organized to raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief. Farmers and ranchers came by plane, bus, train and car from nearly every rural area in the United States to be in St. Louis, Missouri for three days. Before the concert, Farm Aid hosted a landmark gathering of farm leaders from across the country and civil rights leaders to learn about the legacy of civil rights organizing, Black land loss, and power-building in the Southeast. Farm Aid 1986 Pre-Broadcast Master contains the soundboard recording from the July 4th Farm Aid benefit performance. The entire reason why Farm Aid 1986 is here, and why there have been almost twenty Farm Aid events, is from an off hand remark from Bob Dylan at the end of the Live Aid event, suggesting that a similar event be held for the American farmer. Farm Aid hosted a screening of our documentary film, Homeplace Under Fire, at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). 100% of your money supports essential family farmers and ranchers who grow our food. Tickets to Farm Aid’s 16th concert sold out in two weeks. Other artists included Wilco, Jason Mraz, Jamey Johnson, Gretchen Wilson, Phosphorescent, Billy Joe Shaver, Will Dailey, Ernie Isley and the Jam Band, Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real, The Blackwood Quartet, and Ryan Bingham and the Dead Horses. A new message emerged from that effort: the well-being of our land, food and water supply depends on a network of family farmers who care about how our food is grown. A crowd of more than 27,000 enjoyed performances by Farm Aid Board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, and Dave Matthews with Tim Reynolds. The show was put together in six weeks and was held on September 22, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois before a crowd of 80,000 people. Allyn Kessler . Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Farm Aid (1986) Allyn Kessler. The concert’s title sponsor was Silk Soymilk, whose parent company White Wave buys soybeans from family farmers who use sustainable practices. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers perform a cover of \"Don't Bring Me Down\" originally by The Animals at Farm Aid in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985.\r\rA performance from the first Farm Aid benefit concert. There is no evidence this comes from the FM simulcast, such as compression or static that usually occurs on such tapes. Dylan paused, smiled and looked at Petty, the L.A. Times recounted. If you liked this review, buy me a cup of joe. 8 activities (last edit by leglessmoof, 3 Jun 2013, 13:27 Etc/UTC). It’s about someone who thinks they know it all.”  And Petty tells the crowd “We’re all about to be on television…Say hello to Willie Nelson” before a great version of “Spike”. Then he called his friends. Careful Axeman Eugene: Thanks very much for this great review. In the HOMEGROWN Village, more than 30 food and farm groups offered concert-goers hands-on interactive experiences with soil, water, food, renewable energy and family farmers.

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