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  • Apr 10, 1979
    Nashville's Ryman Auditorium plays host for two days of free Sissy Spacek concerts, as producers film live scenes for "Coal Miner's Daughter"
    Jun 22, 1979
    The Oak Ridge Boys host their first annual Stars For Children benefit at the Tarrant County Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas. They're joined by Tammy Wynette, George "Goober" Lindsey, Roy Clark, Larry Gatlin and Buck Trent, raising $65,000 to fight child abuse
    Jun 24, 1979
    Johnny Cash and June Carter begin a four-night stand as part of the Billy Graham Crusade in Nashville
    Jul 4, 1979
    Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic draws 17,000 to Pedernales, Texas, for such acts as Ernest Tubb, Bobby Bare, Johnny Paycheck and Leon Russell
    Jul 4, 1979
    The Statler Brothers' "Happy Birthday U.S.A." concert with Barbara Mandrell draws 52,000 to Staunton, Virginia
    Jul 4, 1979
    Johnny Rodriguez performs for patients at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Phoenix, fulfilling his sentence for marijuana possession in June
    Jul 7, 1979
    Olivia Newton-John, The Carpenters, Andy Gibb, Barbra Streisand and Michael Jackson are among the 60,000 concert-goers when The Bee Gees play Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles
    Jul 7, 1979
    Barbara Mandrell and The Oak Ridge Boys are booed off stage in favor of more traditional acts Roy Clark and Doc Watson at the first Montreux Country Festival in Switzerland. Irby Mandrell calls the crowd "a bunch of barbarians"
    Jul 31, 1979
    "Bartender's Blues" songwriter James Taylor plays a free concert in New York's Central Park, supporting a campaign to revitalize the park's Sheep Meadow
    Aug 4, 1979
    Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt perform "Love Hurts" during a tribute concert to late Little Feat guitarist Lowell George at the Forum in Los Angeles. Also performing: Nicolette Larson, J.D. Souther, Eric Kaz, Jackson Browne and Michael McDonald




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