Jest how much do yew know about yer favorite Good ol boy....?
- Charlie Daniels was born October 28, 1936 in Wilmington, North Carolina at the James Walker
Memorial Hospital.
- He was in high school and building a set for the senior play when he almost ended his music career prematurely
by cutting off the first knuckle of his right ring finger with a ripsaw. "The first thing I thought of when I looked down
— it hadn't even started bleeding yet — was thank goodness it was on my right hand instead of my left. It would
be tough picking chords with a short finger, but I can pick just fine with it."
- Charlie and some friends formed a bluegrass band called The Misty Mountain Boys, and after
a few setbacks, got a regular gig at a radio station playing every Saturday morning. Eventually the gig got moved to Saturday
afternoon and the band was able to play a few local square dances, and make about five bucks apiece. Charlie played fiddle
and sang lead vocals.
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Charlie Daniels sings National
Anthem at a Nascar Race
1970: Daniels cuts his first solo album, Charlie Daniels (Capitol Records). He forms
the Charlie Daniels Band and joins the first wave of Southern Rock bands. The CDB joins Kama Sutra Records and records
Te John, Grease and Wolfman, named after the band members’ nicknames. “Grease” was keyboard player
Joel DeGregorio, still with the CDB. Daniels was just “Charlie” on occasion, “the Fat Boy”.
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