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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 in Gainesville on Saturday, June 13, 2015, marking the garden's first concert in its amphitheater. Harris will return to the venue's stage for the garden's upcoming 10th anniversary. - photo by Erin O. Smith

0614SMITHGALL 0008 — Emmylou Harris performs at the Atlanta Botanical Garden in Gainesville on Saturday, June 13, 2015, marking the garden's first concert in its amphitheater. Harris will return to the venue's stage for the garden's upcoming 10th anniversary. - 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.