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Country legend performs at Smithgall garden

Fans gather to hear Emmylou Harris at inaugural show

Emmylou Harris performs at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, A Smithgall Woodland Legacy, in Gainesville on Saturday, June 13, 2015. This marks the Smithgall garden's first concert in its amphitheater. - photo by Erin O. Smith

0614SMITHGALL 0008 — Emmylou Harris performs at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, A Smithgall Woodland Legacy, in Gainesville on Saturday, June 13, 2015. This marks the Smithgall garden's first concert in its amphitheater. - photo by Erin O. Smith

Robert Cooper of Gainesville has just about every Emmylou Harris album you can imagine. From her critically acclaimed 1975 record “Pieces of the Sky,” to the most recent release, “The Traveling Kind.” Imagine his excitement when he learned she was coming to his hometown.