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The country-rock band invited Top to join them in a rendition of Anderson's 1983 CMA Single of the Year, "Swingin'"

The Red Clay Strays and Zach Top sing "Swingin'" for John Anderson in Nashville. Carly Mackler/Getty Images

At the Red Clay Strays ‘ Oct. 22 show at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, the loss of country legend John Anderson was clearly on the sSuthern rock band’s mind. Joined by Zach Top , the Strays offered up an appropriately grooving version of Anderson’s 1983 CMA Single of the Year, “Swingin’,” with lead singer Brandon Coleman trading vocals with Top.

And that wasn’t even the night’s only Anderson cover: opening act Sierra Ferrell performed her rendition of “Years,” a song that routinely makes it into her set and was recorded for 2022’s Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute to John Anderson.

“Swingin’” has seen scores of country covers over the years, including everyone from the Mavericks, who tackled it in 2019, to LeeAnn Rimes, who flipped the original lyrics…