Yep, Charlie Daniels was from Wilmington, North Carolina and spend most of his childhood there. His career spanned more than 50 years, starting in the 1960s and going well into the 2010s. He had many hits, and won a lot of awards.
But c'mon. You know him for this song. This song - co-written by the band and his biggest hit on both the Country (#1) and POP (#3) charts by a country mile - started life an octave lower, as an instrumental by Vassar Clements called "Lonesome Fiddle Blues". Daniels had performed on the original, and raised the song an octave, adding lyrics and a devil of a story... and making a hit.
Yes, I absolutely did share the uncensored version. We can say "son of a bitch" on here.
Unfortunately, they didn't let him say that on CBS. Also, even in his older years, he played the hell out of that song.
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