Years ago, a cue sheet for an "American Top 40" program I ordered had been alerted slightly. Someone had changed "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" by The Charlie Daniels Band to "The Devil Went Down To Plains, Georgia." Assuming it was a DJ who wrote that in the cue sheet that radio stations received, I wondered why (s)he inserted "Plains" into the title. These possibilities came to mind:
- Plains was the DJ's hometown, and (s)he wanted to give it some recognition.
- Plains was the city in which (s)he was a DJ, and the town didn't reflect his or her sensibilities. Thus, the tie-in with the devil visiting.
- The DJ was suggesting incorrectly that President Jimmy Carter was the devil who came from Plains, Georgia and returned there after his presidency.
My guess is that those possibilities are in descending order of likelihood.
