![]() And obviously they’ve had some sort of impact on somebody or I wouldn’t be sitting here today.” Living his dream “You do a lot of looking back on your life and what all transpired and the songs you wrote. “Just to be in that unbroken circle of country music legends, it makes you ponder, it makes you think,” Dillon, 65, said. She handed the phone over so Dillon could talk to another friend.ĭillon is now in the company of Hall of Fame inductees such as Gill, Garth Brooks, Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard. “Oh, Vince Gill is calling,” Susie said at one point. He tossed out the word “humbled” more than once while he pet his poodle, Virgil, and sipped his soda and ignored his phone. Sitting down for an interview with The Gazette on the back porch of his ranch, overlooking hundreds of acres of hay fields and mountain views, Dillon seemed relieved that the news he’d kept secret for months was out in the world. This wasn’t a day for tears, at least as far as anyone could tell under Dillon’s dark sunglasses and cowboy hat. When Dillon found out about the honor back in March, Susie came home to find him crying. “Have y’all heard the big news today?” asks Dillon, who sports a hard-to-see smile under his long gray mustache. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette) JERILEE BENNETT THE GAZETTE Once he found out, his phone started ringing off the hook from well-wishers.He takes a congratulatory call from Vince Gill on Wednesday, August 12, 2020. ![]() George Strait - House of Cash (feat.Legendary country music songwriter Dean Dillon was just hanging out on his ranch near Gunnison, Colorado, on the day it was announced that he was going into the Country Music Hall of Fame.George Strait - Don't Take Her She's All I Got.George Strait - Deep In The Heart Of Texas.George Strait - A Little Heaven's Rubbing Off on Me.George Strait - You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody.George Strait - Today My World Slipped Away.George Strait - She Loves Me (She Don't Love You).George Strait - Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind. ![]()
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