That’s How I got to Memphis - Tom T. Hall Cover

There’s many great versions of this songs and I’ve liked it since Eric Church did it as part of a live medley on tour a few years ago. It now has special resonance with me as I have my own ‘how I got to Memphis’ story. Essentially in a freezing cold blizzard, from Nashville, with my wife and some good friends, to everything completely shut down for 2 days, is how I got to Memphis. Thankfully on the final day the ice and snow disappeared and we managed to get to Graceland, Beale Street, Rendevouz, and had one of the most memorable days ever.

Recorded in Piegut-Pluviers, France, a tiny town about an hour south of Limoges. It’s our last day pet sitting Alfie here before we head for a week in the city by ourselves.

The guitar is a beautiful fully acoustic Gibson J-45, lent to me by a friend of our hosts.

Played in standard tuning, Capo 2, in the key of E.