History Music / TheCharlieDanielsBand

* LetsDuet: The album ''Deuces'' features a massive SpecialGuest Star list of prominent Rock, Country and Bluegrass musicians, including Music/DollyParton, Music/DariusRucker, Brenda Lee (of "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" fame), Music/VinceGill, Music/BradPaisley, Music/BrooksAndDunn and Gretchen Wilson.

'''The Charlie Daniels Band''' was the primary musical output of American singer, fiddler and guitarist '''Charlie Daniels''' (born October 28, 1936), who started out his music career playing these instruments, along with the banjo and mandolin, in a local {{Bluegrass}} band in The50s, before getting interested in RockAndRoll and {{Jazz}} and branching out into playing for these kinds of groups in The60s. After playing sideman for Music/BobDylan, Music/LeonardCohen and Music/RingoStarr on their Country Rock albums, Daniels sought to establish himself as a band leader, not just a participant, of his own Rock band.

Between 1971 and '73, Daniels released three albums under his own name: his SelfTitledAlbum, ''Te John, Grease, & Wolfman'' and ''Honey in the Rock''. However, afterwards, most of Daniels' musical output was credited under the name '''The Charlie Daniels Band'''. His first three albums were monumental, however, as they were credited for influencing a whole new musical movement; Daniels' music blurred the lines between CountryMusic, Rock & Roll and {{Blues}}, making Daniels one of the pioneers of Country Rock and SouthernRock. Daniels' Jazz influences, which would be showcased on the Charlie Daniels Band's albums, also helped establish Progressive Country, as the CBD's blend of JazzRock, BluesRock, FolkMusic, Bluegrass and Country Rock created a kind of ProgressiveRock [[JustForFun/XMeetsY Meets Country]] sound.

Between 1971 and '73, Daniels released three albums under his own name: his SelfTitledAlbum, ''Te John, Grease, & Wolfman'' and ''Honey in the Rock''. However, afterwards, most of Daniels' musical output was credited under the name '''The Charlie Daniels Band'''. His first three albums were monumental, however, as they were credited for influencing a whole new musical movement that blurred the lines between CountryMusic, Rock & Roll and {{Blues}}, making Daniels one of the pioneers of Country Rock and SouthernRock. Daniels' Jazz influences, which would be showcased on the Charlie Daniels Band's albums, also helped establish Progressive Country, as the CBD's blend of JazzRock, BluesRock, FolkMusic, Bluegrass and Country Rock created a kind of ProgressiveRock [[JustForFun/XMeetsY Meets Country]] sound.

** The original version of "Long Haired Country Boy", from 1974's ''Fire on the Mountain'', contained the lyrics "People say I'm no good and crazy as a loon / 'Cause I get ''stoned'' in the morning / And get ''drunk'' in the afternoon", which were changed in live and the ''Blues Hat'' re-recording to "I get ''up'' in the morning / And I get ''down'' in the afternoon" to remove the references to smoking pot and getting hammered.

* ShoutOut: The song "The South's Gonna Do It Again" is a Southern Rock anthem referencing other Southern Rock bands Grinderswitch, The Marshall Tucker Band, Music/LynyrdSkynyrd, Music/ZZTop and Barefoot Jerry.

* LetsDuet: The album ''Deuces'' features a massive Guest Star list of prominent Rock, Country and Bluegrass musicians, including Music/DollyParton, Music/DariusRucker, Brenda Lee (of "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" fame), Music/VinceGill, the Del McCoury Band, Music/BradPaisley, Music/BrooksAndDunn and Gretchen Wilson.

* TheDevilIsALoser: After defeating {{Satan}} with ThePowerOfRock, Johnny [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu tells him off]] by saying "I told you once, you son of a bitch, I'm the best there's ever been!"

* PatrioticFervor: Aside from the non-album single "This Ain't No Rag, It's a Flag", Daniels put out enough patriotic songs throughout his career to fill up a compilation in the '90s.

** "Blind Man" quotes a guitar melody from Music/MikeOldfield's ''Music/TubularBells'' (appearing at around 20 minutes into Part One).

** "Blind Man" quotes "[[Music/MikeOldfield Tubular Bells]]".

* ViewersAreGeniuses: "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" contains interpolations of the folk tunes "Fire on the Mountain" (also the name of a CDB album) and "The House of the Rising Sun" and some lyrics quoted from "Ida Red" (by the Western Swing band Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, famously the basis for Music/ChuckBerry's song "Maybelline").

Between 1971 and '73, Daniels released three albums under his own name: his SelfTitledAlbum, ''Te John, Grease, & Wolfman'' and ''Honey in the Rock''. However, afterwards, most of Daniels' musical output was credited under the name '''The Charlie Daniels Band'''. His first three albums were monumental, however, as they were credited for influencing a whole new musical movement that blurred the lines between CountryMusic, Rock & Roll and {{Blues}}, making Daniels one of the pioneers of Country Rock and SouthernRock. Daniels' Jazz influences, which would be showcased on the Charlie Daniels Band's albums, also helped establish Progressive Country, as the CBD's blend of JazzRock, BluesRock, FolkMusic, Bluegrass and Country Rock created a kind of ProgressiveRock [[Just For Fun/XMeetsY Meets Country]] sound.

Between 1971 and '73, Daniels released three albums under his own name: his SelfTitledAlbum, ''Te John, Grease, & Wolfman'' and ''Honey in the Rock''. However, afterwards, most of Daniels' musical output was credited under the name '''The Charlie Daniels Band'''. His first three albums were monumental, however, as they were credited for influencing a whole new musical movement that blurred the lines between CountryMusic, Rock & Roll and {{Blues}}, making Daniels one of the pioneers of Country Rock and SouthernRock. Daniels' Jazz influences, which would be showcased on the Charlie Daniels Band's albums, also helped establish Progressive Country, as the CBD's blend of JazzRock, BluesRock, FolkMusic, Bluegrass and Country Rock created a kind of ProgressiveRock Meets Country sound.

* ViewersAreGeniuses: "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" contains interpolations of the folk tunes "Fire on the Mountain" (also the name of a CDB album) and "The House of the Rising Sun" and some lyrics quoted from "Ida Red" (by the Western Swing band Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, famously the basis for Music/ChuckBerry's song "Maybelline") and "Granny Will Your Dog Bite".

* SequelSong: Aside from "Uneasy Rider '88", there was Mark O'Connor's "The Devil Comes Back to Georgia", which features Daniels, Marty Stuart and Travis Tritt, in which Satan is looking for a rematch with Johnny years later.

** Steve Ouimette recorded a cover of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia'' for ''[[VideoGame/GuitarHero Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]'', in which the competition involves guitar playing rather than fiddling. Daniels objected to the VideoGame's mechanics, as The Devil could win against Johnny in the game, which Daniels said violated the essence of the song.

* CoverVersion: They recorded an album of Bob Dylan covers called ''Off the Grid: Doin' It Dylan'', calling back to Daniels' time as part of the backing band for Dylan's Country Rock albums.

* ChristianRock: Two albums in The90s, ''The Door'' and ''Steel Witness'', stand out from Daniels' later GospelMusic albums by featuring an overt Blues Rock sound not present on Daniels' traditional Gospel albums.

* ChristianRock: Two albums in The90s, ''The Door'' and ''Steel Witness'', stand out from Daniels' later GospelMusic albums by featuring an overt BluesRock sound not present on Daniels' traditional Gospel albums.

Daniels, it should be noted, said that he never claimed to be a Country musician, and instead categorized his own music as simply being "American Music", as he played different genres of music pioneered in the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates, such as Country, Rock & Roll, Jazz and Blues.

** The original version of "Long Haired Country Boy" contained the lyrics "People say I'm no good and crazy as a loon / 'Cause [[TheStoner I get stoned in the morning]] / And get drunk in the afternoon", which were changed in live and later studio recordings to "I get ''up'' in the morning / And I get ''down'' in the afternoon" to remove the references to smoking pot and getting hammered.

Between 1971 and '73, Daniels released three albums under his own name: his SelfTitledAlbum, ''Te John, Grease, & Wolfman'' and ''Honey in the Rock''. However, since then, most of Daniels' musical output was credited under the name '''The Charlie Daniels Band'''. His first three albums were monumental, however, as they were credited for influencing a whole new musical movement that blurred the lines between CountryMusic, Rock & Roll and {{Blues}}, making Daniels one of the pioneers of Country Rock and SouthernRock. Daniels' Jazz influences, which would be showcased on the Charlie Daniels Band's albums, also helped establish Progressive Country, as the CBD's blend of JazzRock, BluesRock, FolkMusic, Bluegrass and Country Rock created a kind of ProgressiveRock Meets Country sound.

'''The Charlie Daniels Band''' was the primary musical output of American singer, fiddler and guitarist '''Charlie Daniels''' (born October 28, 1936), who started out his music career playing these instruments, along with the banjo and mandolin, in a local {{Bluegrass}} band in The50s, before getting interested in RockAndRoll and {{Jazz}} and branching out into playing for these kinds of groups in The60s. After playing sideman for Music/BobDylan and Music/RingoStarr on their Country Rock albums, Daniels sought to establish himself as a band leader, not just a participant, of his own Rock band.

* VigilanteMan: The title track of ''Simple Man'' (not to be confused with the unrelated Music/LynyrdSkynyrd song) caused controversy because Daniels appeared to endorse abdicating due process for rapists, murderers and child molesters in the lyric "Just take them rascals 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". Daniels clarified in subsequent interviews that he did support due process and did not actually advocate vigilantism.

After this song's massive success, the CDB, who were primarily a Rock band in the '70s, became primarily associated with Country in the '80s, with Charlie appearing in the movie Film/UrbanCowboy as himself. Daniels was also 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.

Between 1971 and '73, Daniels released three albums under his own name: his SelfTitledAlbum, ''Te John, Grease, & Wolfman'' and ''Honey in the Rock''. However, since then, most of Daniels' musical output has been credited under the name '''The Charlie Daniels Band'''. His first three albums were monumental, however, as they were credited for influencing a whole new musical movement that blurred the lines between CountryMusic, Rock & Roll and {{Blues}}, making Daniels one of the pioneers of Country Rock and SouthernRock. Daniels' Jazz influences, which would be showcased on the Charlie Daniels Band's albums, also helped establish Progressive Country, as the CBD's blend of JazzRock, BluesRock, FolkMusic, Bluegrass and Country Rock created a kind of ProgressiveRock Meets Country sound.

** The original "Uneasy Rider" is about a Long Haired Country Boy who finds himself in a conflict with hardcore conservatives who hate hippies. A SequelSong, "Uneasy Rider '88" is about a couple of GoodOlBoys who [[GayBarReveal accidentally end up at a gay bar]].