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Lee
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http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/worth-the-trip/Farm-Aid-to-Mark-30th-Anniversary-in-Chicago-318770281.html?_osource=SocialFlowFB_CHBrand


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Posted : July 28, 2015 12:00 pm
BillyBlastoff
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That sure sounds like a good time.

You Chicagoans sure get a bunch of good shows.

A friend of mine just got 4 tickets for David Gilmore in April. It looks like I might be making a trip to the MidWest.


 
Posted : July 28, 2015 12:50 pm
rongabbard
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It sure does sound like a good time,,hard to believe it's been 30 yrs.
That's a lot of support,


 
Posted : July 28, 2015 3:36 pm
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I went to Farm Aid '96 in Columbia, South Carolina.

Interesting to note, the inaugural Farm Aid was spurred on by Bob Dylan's comments earlier the same year at Live Aid:

"I hope that some of the money…maybe they can just take a little bit of it, maybe…one or two million, maybe…and use it, say, to pay the mortgages on some of the farms and, the farmers here, owe to the banks…"

Bob Geldof, organizer of Live Aid was not pleased:

In his best-selling autobiography, Is That It? (published in 1986), Geldof was extremely critical of the remark; he states:

"He displayed a complete lack of understanding of the issues raised by Live Aid…. Live Aid was about people losing their lives. There is a radical difference between losing your livelihood and losing your life. It did instigate Farm Aid, which was a good thing in itself, but it was a crass, stupid, and nationalistic thing to say."


 
Posted : July 29, 2015 3:48 am
Lee
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Just entered to win tickets from a local radio station. Crossing my fingers! Smile


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Posted : July 30, 2015 6:50 am
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