Yes, Laura & I was there and we made it out alive. It was a whole lot of fun in the Texas heat. I remember eating a watermelon that was the best I ever had. 1987 PICNIC? Yes, July 4 at Carl’s Corner, just north of Hillsboro. WHAT HAPPENED: Willie intended to give the Picnic an old-school feel by taking it to a pasture outside Carl Cornelius’ truckstop and inviting people to bring in food, small coolers, sodas and umbrellas. The figuring was that up to 80,000 could come up from Austin and down from Fort Worth and Dallas, but it didn’t happen that way. A crowd of about 8,000 braved the heat and had a fine time, but the Picnic lost a lot of money. LINEUP: Included Bruce Hornsby and the Range, Jackie King and Roger Miller., Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson, Roger Miller, Bruce Hornsby and the Range, the O’Kanes, Jerry Jeff Walker, the Geezinslaws and Asleep at the Wheel. Also, Eric Johnson, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Rattle Snake Annie, Billy Joe Shaver, Emmylou Harris, Billy Roy and Heart of the Night, Bennie Kirby and His Country Dummies, Roy Garrett and Linda Elaine and Mack Abernathey. Still others scheduled to appear are David Allen Coe, Don Cherrie, Dwight Yokum, Cherokee Rose, Delbert McClinton, Joe Ely, Nitty Ditty Dirt band, Gary McClung Band of Hillsboro and others. QUOTE: “The one big problem we’ve had today has been when some kid picked up a field mouse and it bit her,” Dr. Red Duke, medical coordinator, told the Statesman.
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