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Mar 23, 1975Neil Young and Bob Dylan play a benefit with three members of The Band--Rick Danko, Garth Hudson and Levon Helm--at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco. Music in the set includes "Are You Ready For The Country," "The Weight," "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" and the Carter Family classic "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"Oct 13, 1975Neil Young has throat surgery, while Linda Ronstadt is scaling the country charts with his song "Love Is A Rose"Nov 25, 1976The Band performs its farewell concert, "The Last Waltz," at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, leading off with "Up On Cripple Creek." The show is filmed for movie release. Among others on the bill: Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, Joni Mitchell, The Staple Singers, Van Morrison and Neil YoungOct 28, 1977Reprise releases the two-record Neil Young album "Decade," featuring his own version of "Love Is A Rose," a country hit he wrote for Linda RonstadtAug 2, 1978Neil Young, the author of Waylon Jennings' "Are You Ready For The Country," marries his second wife, Pegi Morton, at his home in Malibu, CaliforniaSep 16, 1978Neil Young kicks off a tour at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. It marks the first time an artist has performed with wireless microphones, which become standard equipment in many rock and country shows in the ensuing decadeNov 28, 1978Neil Young and his wife, Pegi, have a son, Ben YoungNov 4, 1979"The Last Waltz" premieres in New York. The film, documenting The Band's final concert, includes performances by Emmylou Harris, Neil Diamond, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Ringo Starr and Pops StaplesMar 4, 1983"Are You Ready For The Country" songwriter Neil Young faints backstage during a break in a concert in Louisville, Kentucky. He cancels the rest of the show--and the rest of a tourApr 15, 1984Neil Young shows up for a Bobby Charles recording session at Willie Nelson's Pedernales Recording Studio. Young meets Nelson for the first time; they are bound to become founders of Farm Aid
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