...and John Mellencamp and Dave Mathews and...
Today on Rust Radio (streaming Neil Young concerts back-to-back all weekend every weekend) I was hearing nothing but Neil's Farm Aid concert segments, one after another. What the-- ? I searched the news and -- of course -- today was the 25th annual Farm Aid concert. Rust Radio must have had 24 sets to choose from.
Did you know? I didn't. I don't see anyone else diarying this so what the hell, I'll say it: THANK YOU...
Thank you to:
Farm Aid 2010 Announced Lineup:
Willie Nelson
Neil Young
John Mellencamp
Dave Matthews with Tim Reynolds
Kenny Chesney
Norah Jones
Jason Mraz
Jeff Tweedy
Jamey Johnson
Band of Horses
The BoDeans
Amos Lee
Robert Francis
Lukas Nelson and The Promise of the Real
The Blackwood Quartet
Randy Rogers Band
Check out youtube -- they're spotlighting Farm Aid videos right now on the right side of the page. You can stream the whole concert. You can go to Farm Aid's channel and donate.
Here's one from me: A song Neil Young wrote and sang at the first Farm Aid in 1985. Youtube has that video and another beautiful one from Farm Aid 1987, but I'm choosing a different version in my diary of thanks. Thank you Ben Keith (1937-2010). Rest in peace and music.
Lately, I've been thinking 'bout daddy,
And how he always made things work, when the chips were down,
And I know I've got something inside me
There's always a light there to guide me
To what can't be found.
This old house of ours is built on dreams
And a businessman don't know what that means.
There's a swing outside the kids play on every day
And tomorrow morning a man from the bank's
Gonna come and take it all away.
Take it all away, take it all away, take it all away.
Take it all away, take it all away, take it all away.
It could have been written yesterday.
P.S. This is brilliant! John Mellencamp said at the Farm Aid news conference that he's starting a campaign to award Willie Nelson a Nobel Peace Prize. Oh, hello!