Texas native and Grammy award-winning artist Willie Nelson turns 89-years-old today!
organized by The Poor People's Campaign. He played his music in support of the organizer's goal of supporting voting rights and demanding change.
Willie Nelson attends at the We Are the Moral Resurrection! Georgetown-to-Austin March for Democracy rally to support voting rights at the Texas State Capitol on July 31, 2021, in Austin, Texas. Willie Nelson, Paul English, Lukas Nelson and Mickey Raphael perform in concert during the Luck Reunion at Luck, Texas on March 16, 2017 in Spicewood, Texas. Farm Aid was first organized by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp in 1985.
he organization's website says Dave Matthews joined the board of directors in 2001, and Margo Price joined in 2021. It also says Farm Aid has raised more than $64 million to promote resilience in the family farm system of agriculture. MANOR, TX - 1986: The audience at the 1986 Manor, Texas, Farm Aid II concert awaits the arrival of headliners Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp.
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