A Decade of Hits

The Charlie Daniels Band - A Decade of Hits

A Decade of Hits
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Artist: The Charlie Daniels Band
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1999-08-31
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
  1. The Devil Went Down To Georgia
  2. The South's Gonna Do It Again
  3. Stroker's Theme
  4. Uneasy Rider
  5. Let It Roll
  6. In America
  7. Still In Saigon
  8. Long Haired Country Boy
  9. The Legend Of Wooley Swamp
  10. Everytime I See Him

Free Music Notes for A Decade of Hits

Free Music Review: Surpassed by the "Essential" Collection
Hit: 3 Stars

Since the CDB had hits for more than a decade, and may have even more to come, this CD leaves out too much for a fussy completist like me. The "Essential" Charlie Daniels (what happened to the "Band"?) has a couple more hits from the decade in question ("Texas" from 1976 and "Mississippi" from 1979) plus later hits "Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye", "Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues", and "Simple Man".

On the other hand, this disc is four dollars cheaper than "Essential" as of this writing. Though it's the same price, I can never recommend any of the tacky "Super Hits" CDs. All three rightly include "In America" which, while not Daniels' best song by a long shot, was a big hit absurdly left off the pricey 2-disc set also available. 3 stars for including all the best-known hits at a low price.

Based on a true story, "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" remains an amazing song. 1979 suffers from its disco-heavy reputation, but a lot of different sounds broke through on the radio that year and this is a prime example. The next year I loved "The Legend of Wooley Swamp", with its hard rock choruses alternating with mysterious spoken-word verses. A Halloween staple for me. "Uneasy Rider" was a big hit from a few years earlier, though I was so YOUNG I didn't know of it or the CDB until "Devil" hit. A good novelty song that may not work for fans of later hits, because it suggests a more liberal (hippie?) personality than later songs like "In America", "Simple Man", and "A Few More Rednecks". To go further out on this limb, I recall reading criticism that 1989's "Simple Man" was racist. I only heard the song once, and there was a line or two that concerned me, but can't recall it well enough to do more than to raise the point. I hope that neither Mr. Daniels nor his fans intend such sentiments.

Audio alert: I have the 1990 version of this disc. HOPEFULLY this (1999) version has better sound. I had to crank my car player to 32 for the same volume newer CDs put out at 20. (Obviously this isn't the Spinal Tap scale.) You can spot the difference by checking the upper right-hand corner of the cover. If you see the old "Compact Disc digital audio analog recording" logo, it's the inferior version I own. And which Amazon indicates is now worth .07 cents!

Karma alert: I see that Buddy Bregman reviewed this CD! He's an arranger/orchestra conductor dating back (almost) to the big band era. The car audio thing happened yesterday, when I played it for a friend who loves "TDWDTG". Last night, another friend--I have two, you see--and I randomly agreed to watch the horror DVD "Happy Birthday To Me". I'm now getting to the point...I didn't realize Buddy's daughter Tracey was in that (1980) film. I know this means so much to Charlie Daniels fans, but Tracey soon after went on to liven up "The Young and the Restless" and is still doing so today. Well, maybe Monday. I scanned Mr. Bregman's 9 reviews, and Daniels is the only non-pop/jazz/swing act he's written about. I think it's a good sign to be singled out for praise by someone from a different genre. No idea what Tracey (a/k/a Lauren Fenmore), who can also sing quite well, thinks about all this.

A Decade of Hits Poster

In 1979 redneck rock reached an apex with "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," a monster hit that reached No. 1 on the country charts and crossed over to No. 3 on the pop charts. But as this 1983 overview suggests, the Charlie Daniels Band was more than a one-hit wonder, even if the fiddle duel on "Devil" remains their definitive moment. Only Lynyrd Skynyrd could equal the energy of their rocking mix of Southern boogie, honky-tonk, and electric blues. At 10 tracks, this set may seem a bit skimpy, and while there's no dross, some listeners will find the nascent jingoism of "In America" and "The South's Gonna Do It Again" hard to swallow. --Roy Kasten

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