Sunday 2 May 2021

That's How I Got Here.






Charlie Skinner :

....Name That Tune.


Will McAvoy :

Play a little more —

Tom T. Hall :

"That's How I Got to Memphis."


Charlie Skinner :

You do play a little guitar on 

The Side.


Will McAvoy :

I do a little news anchoring on 

The Side.

Since when do you listen to Country? 




Charlie Skinner :

My Grandson Bo, Katie's oldest, 

has a garage band.


Ask me what instrument he plays.



Will McAvoy :

Guitar.


Charlie Skinner :

All of them.


Seriously, he's a savant.

You put an instrument in his hands, give him a day, 

and he can play it.


So I was at their house last weekend, 

and I wander out to the garage 

and see Bo teaching 

"That's How I Got to Memphis"

 to his friends.


And I ask him, 

"What's a kid from New Rochelle doing singing about Memphis?" 


He said, 

"Memphis is a stand-in for 

wherever you are right now.”


That it really means, 

“That's How I Got Here.”

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