Johnny Cash had his version as did Lynn Anderson and other singers like Stompin’ Tom Connors. I imagine Hank Snow would be proud if he were able to hear this version of the song that Snow made famous wherever he sang. In fact I shared it myself with one or two folks who are “Friends” on Facebook. Fiddle, I decided, I would just listen to the Grassy Knoll Boys again and marvel at how much I enjoyed this shared musical event. I listened once, twice and a third time and in the immediate hours following I found myself humming along to the melody and trying to fit in my own words. The name of this re-incarnation of the song sung by just about everyone is: I Ain’t Been Nowhere Man. What a wonderful surprise to hear the melody of a familiar song, I’ve Been Everywhere, with words substituted to expressly deal with isolation and boredom of being confined to barracks. I gave it a listen, mostly so I could mock our friend for what I suspected might be some yowling and screeching that would match some of the other at-home concerts making the rounds from the musically-challenged. Through this social media platform (I am even learning to talk the lingo) my friend sent along a song written especially to be considered the official song of the COVID-19 quarantine. I’m sorry to say I had never before, to my knowledge, heard of Chuck Mead and his Grassy Knoll Boys - until a friend shared a song with us through the amazing technological thing called Facebook.
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