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Nelson Picnic Brings Different Musical Elements Together

Stephen K. Peeples, Cash Box, 26 July 1975

HOLLYWOOD — This year's Willie Nelson 4th of July picnic was streamlined in production and presentation: narrowed to one day as opposed to three last year, and located on a privately-owned farm in Liberty Hill, some thirty miles northeast of Austin, The local populace expressed curiosity at the mix of lifestyles represented by the thousands of people who showed up to take part in a festival of high-energy music. No hostility was evident.

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