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The Devil Went Down To Georgia by Charlie Daniels Band

Artist Biography For Charlie Daniels Band

The Charlie Daniels Band Was An American Country And Southern Rock Band Led By Charlie Daniels. The Charlie Daniels Band Was Formed In 1970 With Charlie Daniels Joined By Barry Barnes Guitar Mark Fitzgerald Bass Fred Edwards And Gary Allen Drums And Taz DiGregorio Keyboards . They Started Recording Southern Rock-Styled Albums For Kama Sutra. Although A Multi-Instrumentalist Daniels Was A Limited Vocalist But His Voice Was Well Suited To The Talking-Style "Uneasy Rider" Which Reached The US Top 10 In 1973. He Followed It With His Anthem For Southern Rock "The South's Gonna Do It". In 1974 Daniels Had Members Of The Marshall Tucker Band And The Allman Brothers Band Join Him Onstage In Nashville. It Was So Successful That He Decided To Make His So-Called Volunteer Jam An Annual Event. It Led To Some Unlikely Combinations Of Artists Such As James Brown Performing With Roy Acuff And The Stylistic Mergers Have Included Crystal Gayle Singing The Blues With The Charlie Daniels Band. The Charlie Daniels Band Underwent Some Personnel Changes On 1975's 'Nightrider" With Tom Crain Charlie Hayward And Don Murray Replacing Barnes Fitzgerald And Allen Respectively. When Daniels Moved To Epic In 1976 There Was A Concerted Effort To Turn The Band Into A Major Concert Attraction Despite The Fact That At 6 Feet 4 Inches Tall And Weighing 20 Stone Daniels Was No Teenage Idol He Hid His Face Under An Oversized Cowboy Hat. The Albums Sold Well And In 1979 When Recording His "Million Mile Reflections" Album He Recalled A 20s Poem "The Mountain Whipporwill" By Stephen Vincent Benet. The Band Developed This Into "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" In Which Johnny Outplays The Devil To Win A Gold Fiddle. Daniels Overdubbed His Fiddle Seven Times To Create An Atmospheric Recording That Topped The US Country Charts And Reached Number 3 In The US Pop Charts. It Was Also A UK Top 20 Success. In 1980 The Band Recorded "In America" For The Hostages In Iran And Then In 1982 "Still In Saigon" About Vietnam. The Band Were Featured On The Soundtrack For Urban Cowboy And Also Recorded The Theme For The Burt Reynolds Movie "Stroker Ace". The 13th Volunteer Jam Was Held In 1987 But Financial And Time Constraints Meant The Event Was Put On Temporary Hiatus It Resumed Four Years Later . In The Late 80s Daniels Appeared In The Movie "Lone Star Kid" And Published A Book Of Short Stories But Continued Touring And Playing His Southern Boogie To Adoring Audiences. In The Late 1980s And 1990s Several Of Daniels' Albums And Singles Were Hits On The Country Charts And The Music Continues To Receive Airplay On Country Stations Today. Daniels Also Released Several Gospel And Christian Records. Http //www.Charliedaniels.Com/

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: The Devil Went Down to Georgia

The Song Is A Narrative About The Devil Who Comes To Georgia To Procure Souls. He Has Not Obtained Any Recently And Is Willing To "make A Deal" Out Of Desperation. He Happens Upon A Young Fiddle Player Named Johnny Who Is Minding His Own Business And Playing Impressively. The Devil Approaches Johnny And Informs Him That He Too Plays The Fiddle. He Then Decides To Challenge Johnny To A Fiddle-Playing Contest Confident That He Is More Skillful Than The Young Boy. The Terms Of The Duel Are That Should Johnny Win He Will Be Given A Fiddle Made Of Solid Gold But Should The Devil Triumph He Gains Johnny's Soul. Johnny Accepts The Terms Proudly Telling The Devil That He Will Regret It As He Is "the Best There's Ever Been". The Duel Commences With The Devil Performing A Sinister And Powerful Piece With The Backing Of Demon Musicians. Despite This The Devil Is Squarely Defeated When Johnny Takes His Turn To Perform. The Devil Acknowledges Being Bested And True To His Word The Devil Presents Johnny With A Beautiful Golden Fiddle. Johnny Boastfully Informs The Devil That He Is Welcome Anytime To Come Back For A Rematch. The Narrative Is A Derivative Of The Traditional "pact With The Devil" Motif. Charlie Daniels Has Stated In Interviews "I Don’t Know Where It Came From But It Just Did. Well I Think I Might Know Where It Came From It May Have Come From An Old Poem Called 'The Mountain Whippoorwill' That Stephen Vincent Benét Wrote Many Many Years Ago 1925 That I Had In High School."

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