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    • Nov 11, 1986

    A Nashville benefit raises $40,000 for O.B. McClinton, suffering from liver cancer. Performers include Reba McEntire, Kathy Mattea, Waylon Jennings, Ricky Skaggs, Jeff Cook, Jessi Colter, Tom T. Hall, Larry Gatlin, Johnny Rodriguez, Steve Wariner and Rex Allen Jr.

    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"
    Apr 2, 1987
    President Ronald Reagan presents Minnie Pearl with the American Cancer Society's Courage Award at the White House in Washington, D.C.
    Jun 13, 1987
    Barbara Mandrell attends as Diana Ross headlies the Swan Ball, a benefit for the Cheekwood Botanical Gardens in Nashville
    Jun 13, 1987
    The Oak Ridge Boys play for more than 56,000 fans at Alabama's annual June Jam charity concert in Fort Payne, Alabama, joined by John Schneider, Restless Heart, Percy Sledge, Carl Perkins, The Shooters, Michael Johnson and Sawyer Brown
    Jun 30, 1987
    Kris Kristofferson receives a plaque from a Vietnam Veterans group when he performs a benefit concert in Albany, New York. After the show, the plaque is found in the trash
    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
    Dec 11, 1987
    Rosanne Cash and Rodney Crowell lead a benefit at Nashville's War Memorial Auditorium for Nashvillians For A Nuclear Arms Freeze. Filling out the bill are Steve Earle & The Dukes, Gene Cotton, Tracy Nelson and Karen Taylor-Good
    Jun 11, 1988
    Alabama hosts June Jam VII in Fort Payne, Alabama. The lineup features Restless Heart, Exile, Carl Perkins, Steve Earle, K.T. Oslin, Eddy Raven, The Bellamy Brothers, Sawyer Brown, Mel McDaniel, Sweethearts Of The Rodeo, The Shooters, Dan Seals and Ricky Van Shelton
    Oct 22, 1988
    Winchester, Virginia, declares Johnny Cash Day as the Man In Black performs a benefit concert at the Handley High School Auditorium



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