Farm Aid農民支援組織，持續今年的百萬募款活動去支援美國鄉村的農民。
年度音樂會的協辦人Neil Young、John Mellencamp 及Willie Nelson募款百萬美元支援鄉村農友。主辦單位說2019年它們支援鄉村農家百萬美元，和農村供電，也贊助都市裡的農民組織，此外，還提供農業相關科系學生獎學金。
今年稍早一 部分募得的款項幫助美國中西部及德州遭洪水災民，$32,000急難救助金已經發給農民應急。
Farm Aid 的主席Willie Nelson說：我們的目標是改造一個永久的農村食物供應到農家的系統。Farm
Aid同意加強農村家庭的力量，讓他們強化社區力量，以便在急難時互助，這是永續的活動，且將對大家有益，包括食物受收者與農民。
2019演唱會將於九月21日在威斯康辛州East Troy舉行，三位Farm Aid要角Neil Young、John Mellencamp、Willie Nelson將領銜演出，而長期支持Farm Aid活動的Dave Matthews，將和他的搭檔Tim Reynolds一同演出。
其它在預定演出名單上的藝人還有Bonnie Raitt、Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats及鄉村歌星Tanya Tucker、 Luke Combs、Jamey Johnson、Brothers Osborne及Margo Price。
搖滾樂手John Mellencamp 1975年前不在流行音樂圈，他曾用過 John
Cougar、John
Cougar Mellencamp為藝名，他的暢銷曲很多，在歷年暢銷歌星排行榜獲得第68名，因長期支援Farm Aid活動，急公好義形象早已深植人心。
John Cougar在排行榜上名次最好的歌是1982年獲得二周冠軍的Jack&Diane。而同年稍早推出的Hurts So Good則在錢櫃雜誌排行榜獲得冠軍。
Hurts So Good
Songwriters:
George Green / John Mellencamp
When I was a young boy,
Said put away those young boy ways
Now that I'm getting' older, so much older
I long for those young boy days
With a girl like you
With a girl like you
Lord knows there are things we can do, baby
Just me and you
Come on and make it a
Said put away those young boy ways
Now that I'm getting' older, so much older
I long for those young boy days
With a girl like you
With a girl like you
Lord knows there are things we can do, baby
Just me and you
Come on and make it a
Hurt so good
Come on baby make it hurt so good
Sometimes love don't feel like it should
You make it, hurt so good
Come on baby make it hurt so good
Sometimes love don't feel like it should
You make it, hurt so good
You don't have to be so exciting
Just trying to give myself a little bit of fun, yeah
You always look so inviting
You ain't as green as you are young
Hey baby it's you
Come on girl now it's you
Sink your teeth right through my bones, baby
Let's see what we can do
Come on and make it a
Just trying to give myself a little bit of fun, yeah
You always look so inviting
You ain't as green as you are young
Hey baby it's you
Come on girl now it's you
Sink your teeth right through my bones, baby
Let's see what we can do
Come on and make it a
Hurt so good
Come on baby make it hurt so good
Sometimes love don't feel like it should
You make it hurt so good
Come on baby make it hurt so good
Sometimes love don't feel like it should
You make it hurt so good
I ain't talking no big deals
I ain't made no plans myself
I ain't talking no high heels
Maybe we could walk around, all day long,
Walk around, all day long
I ain't made no plans myself
I ain't talking no high heels
Maybe we could walk around, all day long,
Walk around, all day long
Hurt so good
Come on baby make it hurt so good
Sometimes love don't feel like it should
You make it hurt so good
Hurt so good, come baby now
Come on baby make it hurt so good
Sometimes love don't feel like it should
You make it hurt so good
Come on baby make it hurt so good
Sometimes love don't feel like it should
You make it hurt so good
Hurt so good, come baby now
Come on baby make it hurt so good
Sometimes love don't feel like it should
You make it hurt so good
Hey, hey
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