Years later, Mackerras orchestrated it for a festival performance, the country's greatest musician paying his dues to his pioneering forebear.
At one of the bars we hit in Nash Vegas, there was an impromptu performance by country star LeAnn Rimes!
26 with a performance by country rock musician Uncle Kracker, best known for the hit singles "Smile" and "Follow Me".
After decades of stagnation, political uncertainties, and anemic economic performance, the country has emerged from the ashes of despair, confidently riding on a wave of cautious optimism.
There are limited opportunities for countries to compare their performance against countries in the same region or around the world.
That raises hopes that Germany and some other countries will grow strongly enough to help compensate for the abysmal economic performance of countries like Greece and Italy.
The other notable trend is the depressing performance of countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Both the IEA and the World Energy Council analyses illustrate how widely the performance of countries differs.
The first telethon for flood victims, held last week, raised $1.7m£1.1m1m) with performances by country stars such as Keith Urban and Vince Gill.
Dell said it expects to benefit from improving performance emerging countries, notebooks, enterprise and services.
To be sure, there are stark differences in performance across countries and regions.
