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    • Sep 4, 1985
    Farm Aid is incorporated
    Sep 22, 1985
    Willie Nelson sponsors the inaugural Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois, with Merle Haggard, John Cougar Mellencamp, Roger Miller, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Alabama, George Jones, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, B.B. King, Judy Rodman and Waylon Jennings, among others
    Jul 4, 1986
    Willie Nelson performs "Smokin' In The Boys Room" with Vince Neil in Farm Aid II at the University of Texas' Memorial Stadium in Austin. Also appearing: George Jones, John Mellencamp, Dwight Yoakam, Exile, Julio Iglesias, Huey Lewis, Alabama, Janie Fricke, Joe Ely and Rosanne Cash
    Feb 3, 1987
    Willie Nelson, dressed in black tie, receives an award from the Country Music Foundation for his efforts on Farm Aid. He's told: "We didn't ask you to raise money, we didn't ask you to buy an ad, and we didn't ask you to wear that tux"
    Sep 19, 1987
    Willie Nelson sponsors Farm Aid III at the University of Nebraska's Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. Participants include: Kris Kristofferson, Vince Gill, John Denver, Emmylou Harris, Dick Clark, Gary Morris, David Lynn Jones, Exile, Steve Earle and Lynn Anderson, among others
    Apr 7, 1990
    Willie Nelson hosts Farm Aid IV in Indianapolis. Elton John dedicates "Candle In The Wind" to AIDS patient Ryan White, who dies that night. Also on hand: Don Henley, Bonnie Raitt, Dwight Yoakam, Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Kris Kristofferson, Jackson Browne, John Mellencamp and Neil Young
    Mar 14, 1992
    Willie Nelson's Farm Aid V draws about 40,000 fans in Irving, Texas, with Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Joe Walsh, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Ricky Van Shelton, The Kentucky HeadHunters, Lorrie Morgan, Hal Ketchum and Paul Simon
    Apr 24, 1993
    Willie Nelson holds Farm Aid VI in Ames, Iowa, with Sawyer Brown, Martina McBride, The Kentucky HeadHunters, Marty Stuart, Dwight Yoakam, Waylon Jennings, Ringo Starr, Bryan Adams, Paul Simon, Travis Tritt, Ricky Van Shelton and others. Nelson closes with "Will The Circle Be Unbroken," "I'll Fly Away" and "I Saw The Light"
    Sep 18, 1994
    Willie Nelson presents Farm Aid VII in New Orleans' Superdome. The lineup includes John Mellencamp, Neil Young, John Conlee, Billy Joe Shaver, Deana Carter, David Allan Coe, Kris Kristofferson, Julio Iglesias and The Neville Brothers
    Oct 1, 1995
    Willie Nelson presents the 10th anniversary Farm Aid in Louisville, with John Mellencamp, Neil Young, John Conlee, Steve Earle, Tom Wopat, Radney Foster, Kris Kristofferson, The Dave Matthews Band, BlackHawk and Hootie + The Blowfish



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