Willie Nelson's Farm Aid
Country music legend Willie Nelson holds the first benefit concert for American farmers.
Witness History: Archive 2014 · BBC World Service
October 3, 20149m 3s
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Show Notes
In 1985 a benefit concert was held for farmers living in the world's richest country, the USA. The money went toward preventing suicides and helping farmers keep their land. Witness speaks to the main organiser, the Country music legend Willie Nelson.
(Photo: Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings by Paul Natkin/Photo Reserve, Inc)