My obsessive quest to figure out why all Sri Lankans know and love John Denver’s Country Roads has taken another turn. I first discovered this phenomena when they all knew the lyrics during Octoberfest here. Sheela just came across the Sri Lankan movie, Sisila Gini Gani, fimed in 1992. Some of the characters started singing “Country Roads”. This movie was filmed in 1992. So their love of this song has gone back at last 20 years.

I think I’m getting somewhere…

Also, in case you’re curious, you can easily find American country music on Sri Lankan radio stations. Why? I have no idea.