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More Strange Songs and Stranger Songs is this week’s #StrangerSongs theme on CKCU. You can hear the show anytime at this link.

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#JimmyLaFave #CathyFink #EkizaGilkyson #PeggySeeger #PeteSeeger #ChristineLavin #WillieNelson #AmySpeace #KateWolf #GillianWelch #TheDoors

The inaugural #FarmAid concert was held in Illinois on #ThisDayInHistory in 1985, inspired by the #LiveAid show a few months earlier. Organized by #NeilYoung, #WillieNelson, & #JohnMellencamp, it benefited family farmers, and featured sets by #BobDylan, #BillyJoel, and many more.

On September 22nd, 1985: First Farm Aid benefit concert, Champaign, Illinois; organized by #WillieNelson, #NeilYoung and #JohnMellencamp; performers included #BobDylan, #TomPetty, #BillyJoel, #BBKing, Hoyt Axton, #JoniMitchell, Rickie Lee Jones, and #EmmylouHarris.

On Sep 22, 2018: Farm Aid held in Hartford, Connecticut; performers include #WillieNelson, #JohnMellencamp, #NeilYoung, #DaveMatthews, #ChrisStapleton, #KaceyMusgraves, Sturgill Simpson, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, and Margo Price.

On 21 Sep 2002: Farm Aid 15 held in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania; performers include #WillieNelson, #JohnMellencamp, #NeilYoung, #DaveMatthews, #KeithUrban, Lee Ann Womack, #KidRock, Gillian Welch, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and The Drive-By Truckers.

On September 21, 2013: Farm Aid held in Saratoga Springs, New York; performers include #WillieNelson, #JohnMellencamp, #NeilYoung, #DaveMatthews, #PeteSeeger, Amos Lee, Jack Johnson, #KaceyMusgraves, Toad the Wet Sprocket, #CarleneCarter, Pegi Young & The Survivors, and Insects vs Robots.

On the 21st of September 2024: Farm Aid held in Saratoga Springs, New York; performers include #WillieNelson, #JohnMellencamp, #NeilYoung, #DaveMatthews, Margo Price, Mavis Staples, Joy Oladokun, and Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats.

Where the Soul Never Dies ☠
#WillieNelson

Stand By Me ✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧
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On 20 Sep 2008: Farm Aid 21 held in Mansfield, Massachusetts; performers include #WillieNelson, #JohnMellencamp, #NeilYoung, #DaveMatthews, #JerryLeeLewis, Kenny Chesney, #ThePretenders, #ArloGuthrie, Steve Earle, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Jakob Dylan and The Gold Mountain Rebels.

On September 20th, 2025: Farm Aid 40th anniversary benefit concert held in Minneapolis, Minnesota; performers include #WillieNelson, #JohnMellencamp, #NeilYoung, #BobDylan, #DaveMatthews, Margo Price, Kenny Chesney, Steve Earle, and Billy Strings.

On Sep 19, 2015: Farm Aid (30th Anniversary) held in Chicago, Illinois; performers include #WillieNelson, #JohnMellencamp, #NeilYoung, #DaveMatthews, Imagine Dragons, Jack Johnson, #KaceyMusgraves, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Mavis Staples.

Dan Thompson brings the voice and storytelling of Willie Nelson to life in On the Road Again, live at Capitol 33 in Delhi, Friday, October 2, 2026 at 8:00pm.
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#Delhi #DelhiON #WillieNelson #TributeShow #CountryMusic

“They like to pick on me and Paul … “

#willienelson #meandpaul #theredheadedstranger #country #outlawcountry #music #musiciansky #musicsky Willie Nelson's tour bus is stopped near Lafayette, Louisiana on September 18, 2006, and The Red-Headed Stranger, along with four members of his band, are…

On the 18th of September 1994: Farm Aid VII held in New Orleans, Louisiana; performers include #WillieNelson, #NeilYoung, Neville Brothers, Spin Doctors, Gin Blossoms, John Conlee, #KrisKristofferson, Al Hirt, and Pete Fountain.

On 18 September 2005: Farm Aid 18 held in Tinley Park, Illinois; performers include #WillieNelson, #JohnMellencamp, #ArloGuthrie, Buddy Guy, #EmmylouHarris, James McMurtry, Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra, #JohnMayer, Kathleen Edwards, Kenny Chesney, Susan Tedeschi, Widespread Panic, and Wilco.

On 17 Sep 2000: Farm Aid 13 held in Bristow, Virginia; performers include #WillieNelson, #NeilYoung, #JohnMellencamp, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, #ArloGuthrie, Sawyer Brown, #AlanJackson, Travis Tritt, North Mississippi Allstars, Barenaked Ladies, and Tipper Gore.