Willie Nelson closed out his annual Farm Help pageant on Saturday night time. This 12 months the profit live performance came about in Saratoga Springs, New York.
“Glad Farm Help! 39 years!” Nelson mentioned from the stage. Some technical difficulties came about within the first half of his set, however had been resolved shortly.
You may view Nelson’s full set listing under, which included a canopy of Pearl Jam’s “Simply Breathe,” in addition to renditions of “Will the Circle Be Unbroken?” and “It is Laborious to Be Humble” with all of the visitor performers of the pageant.
That is the second time Farm Help has been held in Saratoga, with the final time being over a decade in the past in 2013.
“We’re energized to be again in New York,” Nelson mentioned in a earlier assertion (through Rolling Stone). “The farmers right here have at all times discovered methods to innovate and contribute to their communities, whilst they cope with uncertainties, excessive climate and insurance policies that favor companies over folks. Farmers want us to face with them as they work to develop our future.”
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Nelson’s finale got here after units by John Mellencamp, Neil Younger, Dave Matthews and a number of others: Mavis Staples, Margo Value, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Evening Sweats, Lukas Nelson with the Travelin’ McCourys, Charley Crockett, Pleasure Oladokun, Southern Avenue, Cassandra Lewis and Jesse Welles.
“They’ve all of the know-how to save lots of the planet,” Matthews mentioned at a pre-show press convention, “however the factor that stops us is greed. … It is company greed.”
“[Farming] is loads just like the music enterprise enterprise,” Value mentioned, “in the truth that it is simply not sustainable for lots of oldsters. … The place you spend your greenback — that issues loads.”
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Nelson has had a busy 12 months already, touring with Dylan and Mellencamp, in addition to Robert Plant and Alison Krauss on his Outlaw Pageant tour. Sadly, Nelson missed the primary eight exhibits of the tour on account of physician’s orders.
Presently, Nelson is scheduled to play three live shows in October, all in his house state of Texas.
Willie Nelson, Farm Help 2024, Set Checklist
1. “Whiskey River” (Johnny Bush cowl)
2. “Bloody Mary Morning”
3. “I By no means Cared for You” (Initially aborted as a consequence of home audio technical difficulties; restarted)
4. “Texas Flood” (Larry Davis cowl)
5. “(If I Die Once I’m Excessive) Midway to Heaven” (Particle Child cowl)
6. “Mammas Do not Let Your Infants Develop As much as Be Cowboys” (Ed Bruce cowl)
7. “Angel Flying Too Near the Floor”
8. “On the Street Once more”
9. “All the time on My Thoughts”
10. “Simply Breathe” (Pearl Jam Cowl)
11. “Georgia (On My Thoughts)”
12. “Assist Me Make It Via the Evening” (Kris Kristofferson cowl)
13. “All the things Is Bullshit” (Particle Child cowl)
14. “Final Leaf” (Tom Waits cowl)
15. “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me Once I Die”
16. “Will the Circle Be Unbroken?” (William MacEwan cowl) (with all visitor performers)
17. “It is Laborious to Be Humble” (Mac Davis cowl) (with all visitor performers)
18. “Will the Circle Be Unbroken?”
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