Buck Owens has passed on to his eternal reward, and the obituaries are springing forth far and wide. In his way, Dylan was likely paying tribute to Buck about a year ago, when he was slipping the song “A -11″ into his set-lists. It’s not actually one of the gems composed by Buck Owens himself, but I believe was made most famous by him (it was composed by Hank Cochran).

From Portland, Oregon, then, on March 11th of 2005, here’s a sample of Dylan and band, pleading please don’t play A - 11.

This used to be our favorite spot
And when she was here it was heaven
It was here she told me that she loved me
And she always played A - Eleven.

I don’t know you from Adam
But if you’re gonna play the jukebox
Please don’t play A - Eleven…

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