Charlie Daniels Band

Like the State of Texas, Charlie Daniels is partly Western and partly Southern. His signature "bullrider" hat and belt buckle, his lifestyle on the Twin Pines Ranch (a boyhood dream come true), his love of horses, cowboy lore and the heroes of championship rodeo, Western movies, and Louis L'Amour novels, identify him as a Westerner. The son of a lumberjack and a Southerner by birth, his music – rock, country, bluegrass, blues, gospel – is quintessentially Southern.
It hasn't been so much a style of music, but more the values consistently reflected in several styles that has connected Charlie Daniels with millions of fans. For decades, he has steadfastly refused to label his music as anything other than "CDB music" – music that is now sung around the fire at 4-H Club and scout camps, helped elect an American President and been popularized on a variety of radio formats.
His 1975 collection "Fire On the Mountain" was propelled to Double Platinum status with "Long Haired Country Boy" and "The South's Gonna Do It."
In the summer of 1979 he delivered "The Devil Went Down to Georgia."  This became a Platinum single, topped both country and pop charts, won a Grammy Award, became an international phenomenon, earned three Country Music Association trophies, became a cornerstone of the "Urban Cowboy" movie soundtrack and propelled Daniel's "Million Mile Reflections" album to Triple Platinum sales levels.
By 1981 the Charlie Daniels Band had twice been voted the Academy of Country Music's Touring Band of the Year. "Full Moon," issued in 1980, became Charlie Daniels' third Platinum album. "Simple Man" (1989) is also Platinum, while "A Decade of Hits" (1983) is Triple Platinum, and "Windows" (1982), "Saddle Tramp" (1976) and "Midnight Wind" (1977) are Gold. His "By the Light of the Moon: Campfire Songs & Cowboy Tunes" (1997), "Christmas Time Down South" (1990) and "Blues Hat" (1997) albums added further layers to his multi-faceted style.
Charlie's annual Volunteer Jam concerts (musical extravaganzas that served as a prototype for many of today's annual day-long music marathons) always featured a variety of current stars and heritage artists and are considered by historians as his most impressive contribution to Southern music.
"I used to say, 'I'm not an outlaw. I'm an outcast,'" says the Grammy Award winning star. "When it gets right down to the nitty gritty, I've just tried to be who I am. I've never followed trends or fads. I couldn't, even if I tried. I can't be them. I can't be anybody but me."

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