Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, and John Mellencamp

“It’s clear that our lives are a distillation and expansion of the lives that have come before us,” – Owen Temple

I was lucky to be in Northern California when the Outlaws Music Festival rolled through Mountain View, California this weekend. Across the street from Google, Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan brought their 176 years of experience making some of the best American music to an audience at Shoreline Amphitheater.

Thanks to each of them (and to John Mellencamp) for singing us together one more time.

John Mellencamp setlist:
1. “John Cockers”
2. “Paper in Fire”
3. “Ghost Towns Along the Highway”
4. “Small Town”
5. “Check It Out”
6. “Longest Days”
7. “Jack and Diane”
8. “Rain on the Scarecrow”
9. “Lonely Ol’ Night”
10. “Crumblin’ Down”
11. “Pink Houses”
12. “Cherry Bomb”
13. “Hurts So Good”

Bob Dylan setlist:
1. “Highway 61 Revisited”
2. “Shooting Star”
3. “Love Sick”
4. “Little Queenie”
5. “Mr. Blue”
6. “Early Roman Kings”
7. “Can’t Wait”
8. “Under the Red Sky”
9. “Things Have Changed”
10. “Stella Blue”
11. “Six Days on the Road”
12. “Soon After Midnight”
13. “Ballad of a Thin Man”
14. “Simple Twist of Fate”
15. “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight”

Willie Nelson setlist:
1. “Whiskey River”
2. “Stay All Night, Stay a Little Longer”
3. “Still Is Still Moving to Me”
4. “Bloody Mary Morning”
5. “I Never Cared for You”
6. “(If I Die When I’m High) Halfway to Heaven”
7. “Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys”
8. “Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground”
9. “On the Road Again”
10. “You Were Always on My Mind”
11. “Good Hearted Woman”
12. “Help Me Make It Through the Night”
13. “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die”
14. “Workin’ Man Blues”
15. “I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train”
16. “The Eyes of Me, The Eyes of You”
17. “Everything Is Bullshit”
18. “Write Your Own Songs”
19. “Will the Circle Be Unbroken?”/”I’ll Fly Away”
20. “It’s Hard to Be Humble”

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