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    • Dec 4, 1970
    Johnny Cash headlines at New York's prestigious Madison Square Garden with band member Carl Perkins. The set includes recent hits "Folsom Prison Blues," "A Boy Named Sue" and "Daddy Sang Bass"
    Dec 30, 1970
    Kris Kristofferson performs at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York with Ian & Sylvia. His band includes Billy Swan, Donnie Fritts and Norman Blake, plus The Lovin' Spoonful's Zal Yanovsky
    Dec 30, 1970
    John Denver and co-writers Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert perform "Take Me Home, Country Roads" publicly for the first time at the Cellar Door in Washington, D.C.
    Jan 26, 1971
    Elvis Presley begins a 57-day concert run at Las Vegas' International Hotel, performing in spite of a death threat
    Feb 26, 1971
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band opens for comedian Bill Cosby at the landmark Carnegie Hall in New York. Defying musical boundaries, they welcome jazz trumpet player Dizzy Gillespie on their first number
    Mar 1, 1971
    A Loretta Lynn show in Louisville raises more than $500,000 for 104 children orphaned by a December mine blast in Hyden, Kentucky, that killed 38 people. Also on the bill: Conway Twitty, Roy Acuff, Tom T. Hall, Connie Smith and George Morgan
    Mar 20, 1971
    When Steve Goodman attends an Arlo Guthrie show at the Quiet Knight in Chicago, the club's owner, Richard Harding, encourages Goodman to play "City Of New Orleans" backstage. Guthrie ends up recording the song and earning a pop hit with it
    Apr 27, 1971
    The Beach Boys are unannounced guests at a Grateful Dead show at the Fillmore East in New York. Among the songs the two bands perform together is a surprising version of Merle Haggard's "Okie From Muskogee"
    May 1, 1971
    The Everly Brothers play a benefit for the Free Clinic of Southern California at the Hollywood Bowl, joined in the lineup by Joan Baez, The Association, Country Joe McDonald and Earth, Wind & Fire
    May 23, 1971
    Kris Kristofferson brings out two surprise guests during a show at New York's Bitter End: John Prine and Steve Goodman, who serves up "City Of New Orleans"



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