Yesterday afternoon (and long into the night) I got to see the “Outlaw Music Festival” at Merriweather Post Pavilion, proof again that it’s often fun to root for the bad guys. If the headliners really were on the run from the law they’ve been doing a really good job of avoiding capture, because they’re two of the most famous musicians of the 20th century. (I am aware we are already a quarter into the next one.) Admittedly Bob Dylan at 84 spends his entire act hiding behind his piano, but hey, you’re seeing Bob Dylan, right? And Willie Nelson at 92 doesn’t have much of a voice anymore, but damn he plays the guitar like a boss.

Star of the show was Sheryl Crow, who let’s just say at 63 (she mentioned her age multiple times) still has it. She made only one error, the classic opening act faux pas: upstaging the headliners.

But no one seemed to mind.

And I’d be remiss if I did not mention Madeline Edwards and Waxahatchee, two groups I’d never heard of but now will follow, proof that the outlaw subgenre of country music is in good hands going forward.

Though honestly if anyone is still playing music when they’re 200 years old it’ll probably be Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan.

Those outlaws ain’t being captured for a long time.