Charlie Daniel's band

The Charlie Daniels Band plays in front of US troops in Baghdad (2005)

The Charlie Daniels Band was an American country rock band. Her best known song is The Devil Went Down to Georgia , for which she was awarded a Grammy. The band existed from 1970 until Daniels' death in 2020.

Band history

Country musician Charlie Daniels began playing the fiddle and guitar as a child . In 1958 he founded the instrumental group The Jaguars , which became known mainly through numerous live performances in and around Texas. During these years Daniels developed into a sought-after songwriter, whose titles were recorded by Elvis Presley , among others .

On the advice of music producer Bob Johnston, he went to Nashville in 1967 to work as a session musician. A solo LP produced in 1970 turned out to be a commercial failure. Daniels then put together a band, the Charlie Daniels Band. The first-line cast included Don Murray, Charlie Hayward, James W. Marshall, and Joe DiGregorio. The group played southern rock modeled on the Allman Brothers and brought jazz , blues and boogie-woogie elements with.

1973 the band had their first hit with the song Uneasy Rider from the second album Honey in the Rock (1972). In this song Daniels mocks the hippie musicians from California who, unsettled by the movie Easy Rider , felt unsafe in pubs in the southern states and were afraid of being attacked because of their long hair. In 1974 they released Fire on the Mountain with the hit Texas . The album got into the Top 40 and got gold status. Another hit for Daniels was The South Is Gonna Do It Again , a hymn to southern rock and the lifestyle of the southern states. The album Saddle Tramp followed in 1976 - this record also went gold. During the 1970s, the Charlie Daniels Band became one of the main protagonists of southern rock. However, they did not make the big breakthrough in the pop or country charts. In 1974 he organized the first of several volunteer jam concerts that featured Southern rock musicians.

In the late 1970s, as southern rock began to decline in popularity, the band's music turned more and more towards country and the violin became Daniel's trademark. It also determined Daniels' biggest hit, The Devil Went Down to Georgia (1979). The song reached number 1 on the country charts and number 3 on the pop charts. The song was named single of the year by the Country Music Association (CMA). The album Million Mile Reflections went platinum several times and was also able to place in both the country and the pop charts. In 1980 the Charlie Daniels Band received a Grammy for "Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group".

In 1980, the Charlie Daniels Band appeared in the John Travolta film Urban Cowboy , thereby increasing their popularity considerably. The next album, Full Moon, sold accordingly and was awarded platinum. The subsequent productions were only moderately successful. In 1990, Simple Man was another top 20 hit.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		UK	US	Country
1974	Fire on the Mountain	-	US38 gold (34 weeks)US	-
1975	Night rider	-	US57 (12 weeks) US	Country27 (7 weeks) Country
1976	Saddle tramp	-	US35 gold (18 weeks)US	Country7 (18 weeks) Country
	High lonesome	-	US83 (10 weeks) US	Country17 (12 weeks) Country
1977	Midnight wind	-	US105 gold (11 weeks)US	Country42 (5 weeks) Country
1979	Million Mile Reflections	UK74 (1 week) UK	US5 × 3 Triple platinum (43 weeks)US	Country1 (95 weeks) Country	4 weeks in 1st place
1980	Full moon	-	US11 platinum (33 weeks)US	Country5 (37 weeks) Country
1982	Windows	-	US26th gold (19 weeks)US	Country7 (25 weeks) Country
1983	A decade of hits	-	US84 × 4 Quadruple platinum (12 weeks)US	Country25 (18 weeks) Country	Republication in 1990: 41st place in 70 weeks
1985	Me & the Boys	-	-	Country27 (29 weeks) Country
1988	Homesick Heroes	-	US181 (2 weeks) US	Country16 (43 weeks) Country
1989	Simple Man	-	US82 platinum (25 weeks)US	Country2 (114 weeks) Country
1998	Fiddle Fire: 25 Years of the Charlie Daniels Band	-	-	Country52 (9 weeks) Country
2001	The Live Record	-	-	Country38 (28 weeks) Country
2002	How Sweet the Sound - 25 Favorite Hymns and Gospel Greats	-	-	Country40 (21 weeks) Country
	Redneck Fiddlin 'Man	-	-	Country40 (6 weeks) Country
2003	Freedom and Justice for All	-	-	Country55 (6 weeks) Country
2004	Essential super hits	-	-	Country66 (1 week) Country
2007	Deuces	-	-	Country67 (1 week) Country
	Live from Iraq	-	-	Country72 (1 week) Country
2010	Land That I Love	-	-	Country68 (1 week) Country

More albums

• 1970: Charlie Daniels
• 1971: Te John Grease and Wolfman
• 1972: Way Down Younder
• 1973: Honey In The Rock
• 1978: Volunteer Jam 3 & 4
• 1981: Volunteer Jam 6
• 1987: Powder Keg
• 1991: Renegade
• 1994: The Door
• 1994: Super Hits (US:× 2Double platinum  Double platinum)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		UK	US	Country
1975	The South's Gonna Do It Fire On The Mountain	-	US29 (10 weeks) US	-
	Long Haired Country Boy Fire On The Mountain	-	US56 (8 weeks) US	Country27 (10 weeks) Country
1976	Texas Nightrider	-	US91 (4 weeks) US	Country36 (11 weeks) Country
	Wichita Jail Saddle Tramp	-	-	Country22 (11 weeks) Country
1977	Billy the Kid High Lonesome	-	-	Country75 (4 weeks) Country
	Heaven Can Be Anywhere (Twin Pines Theme) Midnight Wind	-	-	Country85 (4 weeks) Country
1979	The Devil Went Down to Georgia Million Mile Reflections	UK14 (10 weeks) UK	US3 Platinum + gold (18 weeks)US	Country1 (22 weeks) Country	Re-release in 2004
	Mississippi Million Mile Reflections	-	-	Country19 (11 weeks) Country
1980	Behind Your Eyes Million Mile Reflections	-	-	Country87 (4 weeks) Country
	In America Full Moon	-	US11 (15 weeks) US	Country13 (11 weeks) Country
	The Legend of Wooley Swamp Full Moon	-	US31 (14 weeks) US	Country80 (4 weeks) Country
1981	Carolina (I Remember You) Full Moon	-	-	Country44 (10 weeks) Country
	Sweet Home Alabama	-	-	Country94 (2 weeks) Country
1982	Still in Saigon Windows	-	US22 (12 weeks) US	-
	We Had It All One Time Windows	-	-	Country69 (5 weeks) Country
	Ragin 'Cajun Windows	-	-	Country76 (4 weeks) Country
1983	Stroker's Theme	-	-	Country65 (6 weeks) Country
1985	American Farmer Me And The Boys	-	-	Country54 (10 weeks) Country
1986	Still Hurtin 'Me Me And The Boys	-	-	Country17 (33 weeks) Country
	Drinkin 'My Baby Good-Bye Me And The Boys	-	-	Country8 (22 weeks) Country
1988	Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues Homesick Heroes	-	-	Country10 (17 weeks) Country
1989	Midnight Train Homesick Heroes	-	-	Country43 (9 weeks) Country
	Cowboy Hat in Dallas Homesick Heroes	-	-	Country11 (36 weeks) Country
	Simple Man Simple Man	-	-	Country12 (26 weeks) Country
1990	Mister DJ Simple Man	-	-	Country34 (18 weeks) Country
	A Few More Rednecks Simple Man	-	-	Country56 (5 weeks) Country
2001	This Ain't No Rag, It's A Flag	-	-	Country33 (13 weeks) Country
2003	Southern Boy Redneck Fiddlin 'Man	-	-	Country51 (6 weeks) Country	with Travis Tritt
	My Beautiful America Freedom And Justice For All	-	-	Country58 (1 week) Country

Video albums

• 1990: Homefolks and Highways (US:gold Gold)

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1. ↑ ^{a b} chart sources:
   • The Charlie Daniels Band in the Official UK Charts (English)
   • Charlie Daniel's band on the Billboard Hot 100 chart
   • Charlie Daniels Band on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart
   • Charlie Daniel's band on the Billboard 200 chart
   • Charlie Daniels Band in the Top Country Albums Charts
2. ↑ ^{a b} Gold and Platinum Record Database of the RIAA , accessed on March 9, 2018

Web links

• http://www.charliedaniels.com/