Merle Haggard, Bob Dylan & Benford
on the 2005 Never Ending Tour
"Haggard doesn't necessarily focus on his hits or even
his own songs. At this point in time he seems more
interested in playing what he wants to play and having
fun though plenty of his classics song were included
usually right up front to get things going. Tonight
however, he received standing ovations on quite a
few songs including "Mule Skinner Blues."
Tis a chapter in Volume Two of Waiting for A Train, and I could have written a book about this magic carpet ride of a tour with two of the greats, to say the least. I was part of the coming together and I documented it in Hunter S. Thompson style like the Okie historian that people don't know who he thinks he is.
Is a site I created back in 2002 and is sidetracked until I have the Waiting For A Train project sold and in production.
"Not only does George Strait belong on the Mt. Rushmore, I think he’d be second to only Merle Haggard and the argument would come down to who was third and fourth. Probably Dolly and Hank Sr, but you could make a case for others like George Jones and Loretta Lynn."
Taste of Country Jan 2024
ALL ABOARD FOR 55 DAYS & 39 SOLD OUT SHOWS WITH THE HAG AND DYLAN