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Hootie and the Blowfish are back.
The band will perform at Farm
Aid '96, their first Columbia show
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Farm Aid president Willie Nelson
and Hootie and the Blowfish manager
Rusty Harmon, announced the
plans for Farm Aid '96. The family
farm benefit is scheduled to take place
at Williams Brice Stadium in Columbia
on Oct. 12. Tickets for the show
will go on sale in September.
Nelson said, "We are proud to hold
Farm Aid *96 in Columbia, S.C., a region
with a rich agricultural tradition
and hard working men and women
who struggle every day to make a living
on the land.
' "We hope this concert will remind
the nation that we need to change the
way we think about the food we eat
and the people who grow it. It's important
that we have someone there
growing food who cares for the land."
Nelson will perform along with fellow
Farm Aid founders, Neil Young
and John Mellencamp. Other performers
include the Beach Boys, Martina
McBride. Grand Old Odi-v star
John Conlee and Jewel.
Nelson announced that The
Nashville Network will telecast Farm
Aid '96 on Saturday, Oct. 19, at 6 p.m.
eastern standard time.
Nelson said a string of natural disasters
this year has made it harder
than ever for farmers to make a living
from the land. The current
drought in the Great Plains and Hurricane
Bertha, which caused crop
damage in the Carolinas, have hurt
family farm income; according to a
Farm Aid press release.
"Bad farm policies are already
causing 500 farmers a week to lose
their land, even without the complications
of hurricanes and drought.
Families who were on the verge of
bankruptcy have now had to face natural
disasters," Nelson said. "As long
as these men and women are willing
to work in the fields all day to provide
us with wholesome, good quality food,
Farm Aid will stand behind them."
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"We hope this concert will remind
the nation that we need
to change the way we think
about the food we eat and the
people who grow it. It's impor- m
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Willie Nelson, country singer I
Hootie and the Blowfish, in a I
statement read by Harmon, said, "We I
are veiy proud an honored that Willie, I
Neil, John and the folks at Farm Aid I jf;
chose our home town of Columbia, I
S.C., for this year's benefit. It is our I
privilege to bring to light the fact that I
the plight of the family farmer exists, I
not only in America's heartland, but I
in everyone's backyard.
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farmers in need."
Nelson said, "We are grateful that I
Hootie and the Blowfish have taken I
such a leadership role in helping fam- I
ily farmers. Their dedication is in- I
valuable to this organization, and we I
are proud to bring Farm Aid '96 to I
their hometown"
Columbia Mayor Bob Coble was I
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Farm Aid was founded in 1985 by
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and to provide assistance. In the past I
11 years, Farm Aid has granted near- I
ly $13 million to more than 100 farm I
organizations, churches and service I
agencies in 44 states.
Farm organizations in South Car- I
olina have received more than I
$200,000 since 1985.
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