Ravinia got two troubadours for the price of one when the once-in-a-lifetime combination of Emmylou Harris and Graham Nash came to the Hunter Pavilion, which was just completely overhauled and upgraded from the seating to the audio system.

Fans were able to take advantage of the comfort and class America’s longest-running music festival had to offer when these returning favorites took turns digging into their celebrated songbooks, each stretching back to the 1960s.

Nash certainly had no shortage of material between The Hollies, various iterations of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (alongside the late David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Neil Young) and a solo side, joined by three reverent and authentically replicating musicians.

He began on the local note of the latter era’s “Chicago Eight” protest anthem simply titled “Chicago,” featuring the revised line, “don’t ask Trump to help you,” greeted by cheers from those who caught it.

From there, the singer/guitarist sounded remarkable for 84 or otherwise throughout “Wasted On The Way,” “Marrakesh Express” and “Military Madness,” the latter of which was written 55 years ago, but was now applied to Nash’s suggestion the current Iran War “is only to distract us from the Epstein files,” again met with a noticeable roar.

In spite of being seated due to a kneecap injury, he continued confidently dusting off the classics, such as The Hollies’ “Bus Stop,” Stills’ “Love The One You’re With” and the trio’s ageless “Just A Song Before I Go,” though thankfully, the end was nowhere in sight.

Instead, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer twice over offered up the campfire-like “Our House” and “Teach Your Children,” then shifted towards the psychedelic era’s “Woodstock” and “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” as Ravinia got a final gaze at one of the all-time greats.

Ranking right up there was the inimitable Harris, 79, who recently finished a farewell tour to Europe, yet appears to still be performing in America for the foreseeable future where she and the always trusty Red Dirt Boys are slaying a split of originals or covers.

Despite recording less new music as of late, the 14-time Grammy Award-winner had dozens of previous projects to pull from in the folk, country and Americana traditions, plus started on the surprising note of a charming dueting with Nash on Young’s “Birds.”

After additional remakes of The Carter Family’s “Hello Stranger” and Townes Van Zandt’s “Pancho & Lefty,” “Red Dirt Girl” was loosely based on her Alabama upbringing, while “My Name Is Emmett Till” boldly spoke out against the racism that especially plagued the region around then.

Towards the middle of her co-headlining set, “Bright Morning Star” was presented almost a cappella besides an upright bass, prior to rootsy renditions of Nanci Griffith’s “Gulf Coast Highway,” The Flying Burrito Brothers’ “Wheels,” “Boulder To Birmingham” and The Stills-Young Band’s “Long May You Run,” much to the delight of both a lawn and pavilion honored to be in the mere presence of another living legend.

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For additional information on Emmylou Harris and Graham Nash, visit EmmylouHarris.com and GrahamNash.com.

Upcoming shows at Ravinia’s Hunter Pavilion include Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band (Jul. 28); Laurie Berkner (Aug. 1); Chance The Rapper (Aug. 8); Hugh Jackman & Chicago Philharmonic (Aug. 9); Brian McKnight and Gladys Knight (Aug. 11); Joe Bonamassa (Aug. 12); The Music Of Quincy Jones (Aug. 13). Brahms X Radiohead (Aug. 14); Moe. and Umphrey’s McGee (Aug. 15); Gregory Alan Isakov & Chicago Philharmonic (Aug. 19); Ricky Martin (Aug. 20); Alabama Shakes (Aug. 21); Bonnie Raitt (Aug. 22); “Grease” Sing-Along (Aug. 23); Deep Purple (Aug. 25); Brandi Carlile (Aug. 26); Kool & The Gang (Aug. 27); Alabama (Aug. 28); Ray LaMontagne (Aug. 29); Miranda Lambert (Aug. 30); Snoop Dogg (Sept. 4); Rod Stewart (Sept. 5); Squeeze (Sept. 6); Erykah Badu (Sept. 10); Alison Krauss & Union Station (Sept. 12); Los Tigres del Norte (Sept. 13); Ziggy Marley and Thievery Corporation (Sept. 17); Tom Jones (Sept. 18) and Martina McBride (Sept. 19). For additional details, visit Ravinia.org.