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July 6, 2020 at 2:37 pm #181714
Country Music legend Charlie Daniels, best known for his monster 1979 hit “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” died Monday of a hemorrhagic stroke. He was 83.
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/country-music-legend-charlie-daniels-dies-at-83
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July 6, 2020 at 3:04 pm #181717
Sorry to hear about Charlie Daniels. He was a really good down to earth guy who was involved with some great charities. Thanks for the music he left with us!
Mike
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July 7, 2020 at 7:07 am #181765
Yes, I had the pleasure of seeing him back in 1976 when his band opened up for Lynyrd Skynyrd at Pittsburgh’s Civic Arena. I had never heard of him but I knew I was in the presence of greatness…
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July 7, 2020 at 9:17 am #181776
Amazing guitar player Charlie was. Known more for his fiddle playing in the end, but could play guitar with the best of them. I saw CDB in the late 70’s, then again a couple of years ago. Charlie always put on a great high energy show. He was still rocking into his 80’s.
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July 7, 2020 at 10:39 am #181783
RIP Charlie Daniels,RIP Charlie Pride! Both men were great performers in the country style,and both were an asset to country music now and forever!!………….Sal
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July 7, 2020 at 4:27 pm #181812
He was well-known in Florida where I used to live decades ago. He was not considered as “country”, but as “southern rock” at that time. Maybe he went more country as time went on.
Sunjamr Steve
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July 8, 2020 at 2:32 pm #181876
He was a great guitarist. Bob Dylan hired him after Daniels filled in for another session guitarist while recording in Nashville. As the story goes, Daniels was packing up his gear after the day’s work and Dylan told him to stay. He was working as a side-liner in his early days. Back in the 70’s his band was beyond good.
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July 8, 2020 at 7:52 pm #181897
I have already posted but have a little more to say. Charlie was my favorite musician in the mid to late 70’s. I loved ‘the south’s going to do it again’, and my ringtone is me playing the intro to ‘long haired country boy’. But I tend to like the songs that aren’t commercial hits. And one of my favorites highlights Charlie’s guitar gifts, and is called ‘No Place To Go’.
It is a 17 minute jam that won’t be everyone’s cup of tea. It’s from the mid seventies and black and white. But the harmonized double lead at around 11 minutes in, is the type of music that hooked me.
I’m also a Vietnam vet and ‘Still In Saigon’ spoke to me.
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July 8, 2020 at 8:48 pm #181898
I have already posted but have a little more to say. Charlie was my favorite musician in the mid to late 70’s. I loved ‘the south’s going to do it again’, and my ringtone is me playing the intro to ‘long haired country boy’. But I tend to like the songs that aren’t commercial hits. And one of my favorites highlights Charlie’s guitar gifts, and is called ‘No Place To Go’.
It is a 17 minute jam that won’t be everyone’s cup of tea. It’s from the mid seventies and black and white. But the harmonized double lead at around 11 minutes in, is the type of music that hooked me.
I’m also a Vietnam vet and ‘Still In Saigon’ spoke to me.
I’ll miss Charlie.<iframe title=”The Charlie Daniels Band – No Place To Go – 10/31/1975 – Capitol Theatre (Official)” src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/jI_AvSF8bvU?wmode=transparent&rel=0&feature=oembed” allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture” allowfullscreen=”” id=”fitvid0″ frameborder=”0″></iframe>Richard
I too like Charlie’s non-commercial tunes and while it gets some air play, Uneasy Rider has always been one of my favorites. Shows Charlie’s humor and makes me wonder if it wasn’t based on a incident that Charlie had found himself in LOL
I’m not a vet but “Still In Saigon” always stuck with me, knowing how so many of our guys came home with PTSD. I thought that Charlie really caught the feeling of someone trapped in those memories and experiences
He was a very versatile musician and a true patriot that honored our military, law enforcement, first responders and our nation.
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July 9, 2020 at 5:15 am #181911
Like lots of others ive heard of him but know little of his work, its always sad when someone passes.
..Billy..
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July 9, 2020 at 6:32 pm #181964
He was working as a side-liner in his early days. Back in the 70’s his band was beyond good.
While The Allman Brothers led the way and blazed the trail for what we know today as Southern Rock, Charlie Daniels was very much right behind them, helping to establish the sound. Without Charlie Daniels, The Marshall Tucker Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd following the ABB, Southern Rock may have just been a passing fad.
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