POP/ROCK - Nov. 19, 1990
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Willie Aid?: Willie Nelson raised millions with his Farm Aid concerts. Now the country music star’s fans say it’s time to return the favor with “Willie Aid” and help Nelson out of a $16-million tax jam. Nelson, who co-founded the Farm Aid movement to save struggling farmers from foreclosure, had 22 of his properties in four states seized by the Internal Revenue Service last week. The IRS says Nelson owes $16.7 million in back taxes, interest and penalties. “If everybody’d just give a dollar, everybody who loves him and his music, we’d get it in no time,” said Annetta White, who is spearheading the drive to help Nelson.