Orange Blossom Special - Music

Charlie Daniels Born Charles Edward Daniels On October 28 1936 - July 6 2020 Was An American Singer Songwriter And Multi-Instrumentalist Known For His Contributions To Southern Rock Country And Bluegrass Music. He Is Remembered For His US Number-One Country Hit "The Devil Went Down To Georgia". He Was Inducted Into The Cheyenne Frontier Days Hall Of Fame In 2002 The Grand Ole Opry In 2008 The Musicians Hall Of Fame And Museum In 2009 And The Country Music Hall Of Fame In 2016. Daniels Began Writing And Performing In The 1950s. In 1964 Daniels Wrote A Song Called "It Hurts Me" Which Elvis Presley Recorded. He Worked As A Session Musician Including Playing On Three Bob Dylan Albums During 1969 And 1970. Daniels Recorded His First Solo Album Charlie Daniels In 1970. His First Hit The Novelty Song "Uneasy Rider" Came Off His 1972 Second Album Honey In The Rock And Reached #9 On The Billboard Hot 100. In 1974 Daniels Organized The First In A Series Of Volunteer Jam Concerts Based In Or Around Nashville Tennessee. Except For A Three-Year Gap In The Late 1980s These Have Continued Ever Since. In 1975 He Had A Top 30 Hit As Leader Of The Charlie Daniels Band CDB With The Southern Rock Self-Identification Anthem "The South's Gonna Do It Again". "Long Haired Country Boy" Was Also A Minor Hit In That Year. Daniels Won The Grammy Award For Best Country Vocal Performance In 1979 For "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" Which Reached #3 On The Charts. Subsequent Daniels Pop Hits Included "In America" #11 In 1980 "The Legend Of Wooley Swamp" #31 In 1980 And "Still In Saigon" #22 In 1982 . In The Late 1980s And 1990s Several Of Daniels' Albums And Singles Were Hits On The Country Charts. Daniels Also Released Several Gospel And Christian Records. Charlie Daniels Has Never Shied Away From Politics. "The South's Gonna Do It" Had A Mild Message Of Southern Cultural Identity Within The Southern Rock Movement. Daniels Was An Early Supporter Of Jimmy Carter's Presidential Bid And Performed At His January 1977 Inauguration. "In America" Was A Reaction To The 1979-1981 Iran Hostage Crisis It Described A Patriotic United America Where "we'll All Stick Together And You Can Take That To The Bank / That's The Cowboys And The Hippies And The Rebels And The Yanks." In Contrast "Still In Saigon" Written By Dan Daley Was An Effective Portrayal Of The Plight Of The American Vietnam Veteran Ten Years After The War It Was Part Of An Early 1980s Wave Of Attention To The Subject In Contrast To Treatments Such As Bruce Springsteen's "Born In The U.S.A." And "Shut Out The Light" Billy Joel's "Goodnight Saigon" And Somewhat Later Steve Earle's "Copperhead Road". In 1990 Daniels' Country Hit "Simple Man" Seemingly Advocated A Pseudo-Biblical Form Of Vigilantism Lines Such As "Just Take Them Rapists Killers Child Abusers Out In The Swamp / Put 'em On Their Knees And Tie 'em To A Stump / Let The Rattlers And The Bugs And The Alligators Do The Rest " Got Daniels Considerable Media Attention And Talk Show Visits. In 2003 Daniels Published An Open Letter To The Hollywood Bunch In Defence Of George W. Bush's Iraq Policy. His 2003 Book Ain't No Rag Freedom Family And The Flag Contains This Letter As Well As Many Other Personal Statements. During The 2004 Presidential Campaign Daniels Acknowledged That Having Never Served In The Military Himself He Did Not Have The Right To Criticize John Kerry's Service Record. In 2005 He Has Made A Cameo Appearance Along With Larry The Cable Guy Kid Rock And Hank Williams Jr. In Gretchen Wilson's Music Video For The Song "All Jacked Up" Whose Album Has Been Released. In November 2007 Daniels Was Invited By Martina McBride To Become A Member Of The Grand Ole Opry. In October 2016 Daniels Officially Became A Member Of The Country Music Hall Of Fame. On October 26 2018 Daniels Released A New Side Album Project That Was Not Solo Or CDB But A New Band Called Beau Weevils Along With CDB Bass Player Charlie Hayward Producer James Stroud On Drums And Billy Crain On Guitar. read less