Word: emmylou
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more elaborate, but FarmAid had the edge musically. There were frequent appearances throughout the 14 3/4-hour event by Co-Organizer Willie Nelson, whose heavy responsibilities never weighted the sensual ease of his vocals. There were also high-spirited performances by CoOrganizer John Cougar Mellencamp, Bonnie Raitt, Loretta Lynn and Emmylou Harris, and an incendiary set by Bob Dylan, whose remarks at Live Aid about American farm troubles, says Nelson, "put the idea (for FarmAid) in my head." Perhaps the fleetest combination of hard music and solid sentiment came during John Fogerty's appearance, his first before a paying audience since...
...Grand Ole Opry) and Group W Satellite Communications, was beamed into some 7 million homes via 725 cable operators. It was the largest subscriber launch in the history of cable television. The inaugural evening featured five hours of live music by such country stars as Tammy Wynette, Emmylou Harris and Tanya Tucker as they sang at kickoff parties round the country. The Nashville Network, according to Industry Analyst John Reidy, "looks to me like one of the best ideas I've seen in quite a while for advertiser-supported cable...