Farm Aid

On this day in 1992 Willie Nelson staged his fifth Farm Aid Concert in Irving, Texas and 40,000 fans showed up. Farm Aid was put together to help the American farmer keep his land. The first Farm Aid Concert was in 1985, when a lot of farmers in the nation were losing their land. Willie stepped up to help out along with friends John Mellenkamp and Neil Young.

On Rick's Retro Rack is a singer who's birthday was this past Thursday. John Conlee was born August 11th, 1946 in Versailles Kentucky.