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Article: WILLIE WOWS CROWD AT MUSIC FESTIVAL BEACHGOERS ROCK AND SURF ROILS DURING HOLIDAY WEEKEND SPARED BY HURRICANE.(LOCAL)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- September 1, 1996
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Byline: DAVE ADDIS AND BILL REED, STAFF WRITERS
VIRGINIA BEACH -- It was Willie Nelson, not Hurricane Edouard, who blew folks away at the Oceanfront Saturday afternoon.
Croonin' and strummin' in his loosely fluid style, the Texas troubadour kept an estimated crowd of 6,000 to 7,000 fans standing as he played old standards such as ``Whisky River'' and ``On the Road Again.''
The concert was part of the weekend-long American Music Festival, which ends Monday with the appearance of The Temptations and The Four Tops.
On hand to catch Nelson's act after a brief snooze on the sand were Sam and Sylvia Parab of Cranbury, N.J., who said the ...