— Chris Riemenschneider
4:03 p.m.: The lines now are some of the shortest they’ve been today, and are almost completely contained within the metal barricades set up. A steady rush broke within the last hour, said Max Peterson, who is managing one of the largest gates. “A lot of people came earlier than we expected,” he said. Most people are likely now in their seats, and Peterson said the staff is expecting only a small rush around 6 p.m., when Farm Aid 40’s biggest names start to take the stage.
Duluth band Trampled by Turtles performs Saturday at Farm Aid 40. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
3:58 p.m.: Steve Earle, a Farm Aid regular who takes the stage after Duluth’s Trampled by Turtles, has family-farm connections. “I’m one generation removed from a farm that didn’t do well. My grandfather was in and out of it several times. Raised peaches, northeast Texas,” Earle said. After watching the first Farm Aid in 1985, he got invited to the second show in Austin, Texas, where he was living at the time. He was embarrassed that he didn’t have a topical song to sing, so he wrote “The Rain Came Down” for Year 3, and it has become a Farm Aid staple.
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