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Bob Dylan wears Rockmount to the Medal of Freedom ceremony

What do you wear to collect the Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama? If you're Bob Dylan, a Rockmount Ranch Wear shirt. Looking at photos of the May 29 ceremony, Rockmount president Steve Weil saw that Dylan, a longtime fan of the snap-button Western shirts, was in a Rockmount...
By Patricia Calhoun
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What do you wear to collect the Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama? If you’re Bob Dylan, a Rockmount Ranch Wear shirt. Looking at photos of the May 29 ceremony, Rockmount president Steve Weil saw that Dylan, a longtime fan of the snap-button Western shirts, was in a Rockmount solid white Pima cotton shirt with black diamond snaps No. 6940.

And that wasn’t Weil’s only celebrity sighting last week:Peter Buck of REM also stopped by the store to do some shopping.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com

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