shoes" is most likely in reference to an album of Bob Dylan covers Harrison was planning, but never recorded. "Wearing his disguise" fits in with the fact that Harrison traveled incognito. The lines "Out stepped Johnny B. Goode / Playing guitar, like a-ringing a bell" refer to Chuck Berry and his song "Johnny B. Goode". In the final verse of his song, Nelson sang, "If memories are all I sing / I’d rather drive a truck." This line may also be a reference to the song "Bob Dylan's 115th ...
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