The track is just one of a few that celebrate the Oklahoma group by name.
WhenDierks Bentleystumbled into a Ragweed concert at Nashvilles Exit/In in the early 2000s, he was just another fan.
He struck up a conversation with the headliners, who suggested Bentley join them on tour as an opener.
Dierks Bentley and Cross Canadian Ragweed at the 2004 CMA Awards. Bentley famously shouted out the band in his hit “Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go).“Rick Diamond/WireImage/Getty
On their first run, Bentley told Canada, Thanks for making us look cool.
The song became his fifth chart-topper and added further mystique to the Red Dirt torchbearers.
From: Ragweed written on it.
Cobb also name-checked the Turnpike Troubadours Ragweeds co-headliners at two of their comeback concerts in April.
