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Emmylou Harris and Others to Play Hellman Tribute


Warren Hellman for Cover
Screen shot of Getty Images photo

We wrote last week that a tribute for bluegrass and country music-loving billionaire Warren Hellman would be held in Golden Gate Park on Feb. 19 at Hellman Hollow, which was renamed in honor of the 77-year-old financier and philanthropist shortly before  his death from complications related to leukemia in December.

The Hollow, previously known as Speedway Meadows, is the annual site of the Hellman-backed free music festival, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. (Hellman also founded and headed the board of The Bay Citizen.)

Since then, the lineup of artists has been released, but the location is now up in the air, as recent heavy rains may have rendered Hellman’s Hollow unusable, according to booker Dawn Holliday.

The artist lineup includes Emmylou Harris, who performed at Hellman’s December memorial, and his own band, The Wronglers. See the full list below:

Emmylou Harris

Robert Earl Keen

John Doe

The Wronglers with Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Old Crow Medicine Show

Boz Scaggs

Gillian Welch

Steve Earle

Dry Branch Fire Squad

Buddy Miller

Kevin Welch

Kieran Kane

Fats Kaplin

Poor Man's Whiskey

All of the performers have graced past Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival stages. The festival began in 2001, and, as written in a statement by Hellman's four children, "the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival will go on!". This year's event is scheduled for Oct. 5, 6, and 7th. 

Hat Tip: SF Weekly 

Correction: A previous version of this story stated that Speedway Meadows was renamed Hellman Hollow following Warren Hellman's death. It was renamed on Dec. 15, and Hellman died on Dec. 18.

Andy Wright
Andy Wright runs The Bay Citizen's Pulse of the Bay blog. Previously, Andy worked as the web editor at the SF Weekly and as the assistant culture and community editor for The Bay Citizen. A ... View Profile
Susan McCarthy
Susan McCarthy
wrote on 01/25/2012 at 8:08 p.m. PST

A parade! There should be a parade in honor of Warren Hellman's memory.

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