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Bluegrass Battles Hunger event in St. Joseph, Missouri on September 25

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Big Smith performing spiritual "Study War No More" at a performance in Kansas City, Aug. 13, 2010. Joined up with some friends (and big fans) last night for a musical performance with Big Smith , a band from Springfield, Missouri, which uses acoustic instruments to showcase a solid range of traditional and original music. They performed outdoors under a lightning storm at Knucklehead's Saloon to an appreciative audience. At the conclusion of their performance they touted their participation in the hunger relief benefit " Bluegrass Battles Hunger " at Phil Welch Stadium in St. Joseph, Missouri on September 25, 2010. Proceeds from the concert benefit Second Harvest Community Food Bank in St. Joe. People in this working class city in northwest Missouri with a history of livestock trade and processing have been struggling with making ends meet. "Overall, all the agencies are overwhelmed by need. There is tremendously more need than what our individual a...