ONCE AGAIN WE ALL HAVE TO HELP THE RICH… *&%$

WILLIE NELSON, THE PRETENDERS, JERRY LEE LEWIS Farm Aid 2008 [no label, 1CD]Live at the Comcast Center, Mansfield, Massachusetts, September 20, 2008. TV HD broadcast.
With ordinary Americans unhappy over the way Wall Street is currently asking for a massive bailout, one can easily add Farm Aid founder Willie Nelson to that list. Since Farm Aid began in 1985, Nelson and his group of friends, who include John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews, have been tirelessly working to raise money for family farmers in the United States. For more than 20 years, Farm Aid is all but ignored by the US government. But along come the banksters and the entire US government bends over backwards to save the rich.

In response to the proposed US$700 billion Wall Street bailout, Farm Aid has issued an open letter to Congress: “The proposed $700 billion bailout asks taxpayers to foot the bill without giving them the opportunity to share in any gains that might result… On the other hand, a $1 billion investment in family farm agriculture would enrich all of us, because we are all shareholders of the family farm. The return on investment in the family farm includes thriving local economies, nutritious food for better health, a safer and more secure food supply, a cleaner environment and more renewable energy.” Since 1985, Farm Aid has raised more than $30 million to help family farmers.

And so, Willie Nelson stoicly soldiers on, calling this year’s Farm Aid concert “the best ever.”
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Jerry Lee LewisTrack 01. Roll Over BeethovenTrack 02. You Win AgainTrack 03. Don’t Want to Be LonelyTrack 04. Before the Night Is OverTrack 05. Whole Lotta Shakin Going OnTrack 06. Great Balls Of Fire

The PretendersTrack 07. Boots of Chinese PlasticTrack 08. Don’t Cut Your HairTrack 09. Talk Of The TownTrack 10. RosaleeTrack 11. Back On The Chain GangTrack 12. Love’s A MysteryTrack 13. Thumbelina

Willie NelsonTrack 14. Whiskey RiverTrack 15. Still Is Still Moving To MeTrack 16. Beer For My HorsesTrack 17. Funny How Time Slips AwayTrack 18. Crazy > Night LifeTrack 19. Down YonderTrack 20. Mama Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be CowboysTrack 21. Angel Flying Too Close To The GroundTrack 22. On The Road Again

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