In 1972, George McGovern was running for president under the theme of uniting the country (divided by Vietnam). He held a political rally that was a concert by three great artists/groups. Dionne Warwick (who was near the peak of her career), plus a reunion performance by Peter Paul & Mary (who had not perform together for a few years before that), capped by a reunion of Simon & Garfunkel, who had gone separate ways in about 1971 and had not performed together since then.
Another great concert was in North Carolina by a performer named Mike Cross, primarily a local talent who has about nine or ten albums now. Cross plays four or five stringed instruments, including a great country fiddle, and he sings a lot of humorous songs. His best known song is the one about "the Scotsman" and what he doesn't wear beneath the kilt.
Anyone ever hear of him?
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