Marcus King joined Zach Top on Friday at PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania for a rendition of Merle Haggard’s “Swinging Doors.” The appearance marked the first time Top has performed the country classic live, while King has been playing the song onstage for years.
King’s guest spot came during the second of five Cold Beer & Country Music Tour shows The Marcus King Band is opening for Top. The collaboration also continued a run of sit-ins between the two artists that began Thursday in Pittsburgh.
“Swinging Doors” arrived in 1966 as the title track of Haggard’s third studio album and became one of the Bakersfield country legend’s signature songs. King has long put his own bluesy spin on the classic, performing it with The Marcus King Band several times between 2018 and 2020 as per Setlist.FM…