It’s been a busy week finishing up this leg of the Lickskillet Road Tour. We had a great time playing a house concert in Dallas… a special thanks goes out to John, Ellen, Mike, and Jessi for making us feel welcome! Yesterday we headed to Houston to help promote baygo.com at the football game. And tonight, the last gig of the tour, it will be an honor to play a private party for the Dallas Cowboys Superbowl hero, Roger Staubach. We have some time to kill before the party, so we plan to pay a visit to Dido. Dido is a very small town close to Saginaw, TX. It was once a thriving community with a post office and stores but has declined after the railroad bypassed it in the 1890s. Among the 1,000 graves in the Dido cemetery is that of Townes Van Zandt, the aforementioned songwriter extraordinaire. Steve Earle was once quoted saying, “Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world and I’ll stand on Bob Dylan’s coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that.” Later, Townes responded with, “I’ve met Bob Dylan and his bodyguards, and I don’t think Steve Earle could get anywhere near his coffee table.” Rest in peace, Townes.

Tags: Bob Dylan, Dido, Kort McCumber, Lickskillet Road - Tours, Roger Staubach, songwriter, Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt

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