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East Oregonian
Saturday, March 19, 2016
Country musician sings for a cure
By TAMMY MALGESINI
East Oregonian
Iconic country musician
Michael Martin Murphey
and his Rio Grande Band are
hitching up the wagon and
heading to Pendleton for a
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is performing at Hamley
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produced by Murphey Western
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the history and traditions of the
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WHEN: Saturday, April 9
TIME: 6 p.m., doors open;
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WHERE: Hamley Slickfork
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COST: $45/premier, $40/
general
TICKETS: www.mich-
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INFO: 541-240-0202
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will perform a benefit concert for Andy Rieber (right),
who is being treated for chronic Lyme disease, April 9
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Sunday, March 27, 2016 • 7 AM
Historic Meacham Hotel
Meacham, Oregon
Speaker is Pastor Rick Oliver
Music provided by Lon Thornburg
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