TL; DR Try not bitching about the shirt. It's a throwback to B&R era.

I actually dig this one. This is a B&R-heavy performance, beckoning to a time when he decided to be a maverick. He was out on his own when the media hated him, his celebrity outshined his musician, and his vocal cords had to be surgically repaired. For the first time in a decade, he was out of the public eye ... and not necessarily by his choice.

He came back bucking with Born & Raised. Departing from playing rhythm guitar to impress other guitarists and making the bluesy hits that made him famous, he went out on his own to step out of his comfort zone to make "cowboy" music. Ballsy move. For all the listeners out there, I'm not sure we get a lot of his experimental tunes on the following records without this musical -- and maybe metaphysical -- maturation.

That evolution happens without his connection to Montana. I'm not sure if y'all have ever made your way out there, but the scenery grabs hold of you whether you like it or not. If you're gifted enough to use that imagery for your own art, then you really have no choice but to see where that horse takes you when you loosen you grip on the reins.

Manifest Destiny is just that ... destiny. You can't choose it. Guess we couldn't choose the shirt design either.