Waylon Jennings - I Ain't Living Long Like This (Live at Farm Aid 1985)

Waylon Jennings performs "I Ain't Living Long Like This" at Farm Aid in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985.

A performance from the first Farm Aid benefit concert. Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp founded Farm Aid and serve on the board of directors. The three agreed that family farmers were in dire need of assistance and decided to plan a concert for America. The show was put together in six weeks and was held on September 22, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois before a crowd of 80,000 people. It raised over $9 million for America's family farmers. Performers included Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, B.B. King, Loretta Lynn, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and many more.

Dave Matthews joined Farm Aid's Board of Directors in 2001 to help further Farm Aid's mission of keeping family farmers on their land.

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[Brett Moore]

jason aldean or justin moore would give their left nut to be this good

[AuH2O]

I'll take Waylon Jennings over anybody any ol' day of the week.

[CaptainRoryDorkhole]

^W^

[atwaddell]

Grateful he missed the plane and hung around a few more years.

[mikey8view]

True American Legend,, when men were men!!!!!!

[mdn305]

I live here in Champaign IL, always cool that we had the first Farm Aid. Wish it would come back here!

[mns000001]

Who?



[ksr9t]

If so far from reality the thought never crosses their mind Probaly never heard of waylon till now

[Dan Blather]

Brett, you're 100% correct.

[wayneinwinnipeg]

eric church and all those so called new country singers should listen to a real country singer like waylon .

[gene23z]

yes!

[gene23z]

Too bad that somehow the whole effort became extinguished. Lesson learned (?) -activists who depend on the "famous ones", even if they're well intentioned need to understand that they have to be "inspired" to stay in it for the long haul. The biotechnology gang is actually smarter than them, can their egos handle it?