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RIP Charlie Daniels

I went to a small engineering college and they saved up for two years to get a big name for homecoming. They settled on Charlie Daniels. Charlie had a large contract with a ton of specifications. there was a contract stipulation that the ramp be built to certain specifications to handle the weight. Being stupid kid engineers, they decided the specs were not very good and redesigned the ramp to be stronger and more efficient. Charlies team pulled up the morning of the concert, asked about where their ramp was. When told it had been improved the manager simply said four words "out of contractual compliance". He then spun on his heel and the entire entourage of trucks, buses and cars drove away never to be heard from again. There was no concert that night. The school paid him. And he never even came out of the bus to ask what was going on.
 
I sure hope the thing about people dying in threes is wrong. Charlie and Ennio in one day is already too much.
 
The there is this: Could use a little of this these days.

What would be the modern equivalent of "put your hand on a Pittsburgh Steelers fans" as an example of American enthusiasm like in that song? Maybe it would still be a Pittsburgh Steelers fan, but what else?

It is ironic that CD did that song and then died in the middle of a time when stuff like that song is needed.
 
Saw him in Lancaster 2 years ago and he was on top of his game. Very energetic. Excellent show. He was touring until covid and was going to resume.
 
I went to a small engineering college and they saved up for two years to get a big name for homecoming. They settled on Charlie Daniels. Charlie had a large contract with a ton of specifications. there was a contract stipulation that the ramp be built to certain specifications to handle the weight. Being stupid kid engineers, they decided the specs were not very good and redesigned the ramp to be stronger and more efficient. Charlies team pulled up the morning of the concert, asked about where their ramp was. When told it had been improved the manager simply said four words "out of contractual compliance". He then spun on his heel and the entire entourage of trucks, buses and cars drove away never to be heard from again. There was no concert that night. The school paid him. And he never even came out of the bus to ask what was going on.
That’s a real dick move. school should have stiffed them as any real judge would throw a breach claim out of court
 
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Just watched the end of Urban Cowboy on Saturday night with CD fiddlin’ away. I actually wondered if he was still alive while watching it.
 
I went to a small engineering college and they saved up for two years to get a big name for homecoming. They settled on Charlie Daniels. Charlie had a large contract with a ton of specifications. there was a contract stipulation that the ramp be built to certain specifications to handle the weight. Being stupid kid engineers, they decided the specs were not very good and redesigned the ramp to be stronger and more efficient. Charlies team pulled up the morning of the concert, asked about where their ramp was. When told it had been improved the manager simply said four words "out of contractual compliance". He then spun on his heel and the entire entourage of trucks, buses and cars drove away never to be heard from again. There was no concert that night. The school paid him. And he never even came out of the bus to ask what was going on.
Ahole man of the people. What a Jack—-
 
The Devil Went Down to Georgia was classic Charlie, but my favorite song of his was Stroker's Theme, with Long Haired Country Boy to place and The Legend of Wooly Swamp to show.

Stroker Ace was born to race he had a mean streak two feet wide
A son of a gun with a taste for fun and more than his share of pride
Take a dirt road curve with a devils nerve make a car dance across the mud
Haulin shine was his regular line till the track got in his blood

Was a real hot shot and he bragged a lot, but man that fool could drive
'Cause he loved the feel of the steering wheel
And the girls with bedroom eyes
And in a race of time or a bar room fight, Ol Stroker stole the show
A back stretch blazer, a real hell raiser and a racetrack Romeo

Mama lock your daughters up that vile bunch is back in town
And them little girls get frisky when they hear that race car sound
They're bringing out the yellow flag, somebody's brakes have failed
There's an oil slick on the inside and a wreck along the rail
You'd better stand on it Stroker 'cause a bandit's on your tail

It?s a dynamite joy for a country boy when he hears them engines moan
But you've gotta hang tough when it gets real rough
When you're out there on your own 'cause they'll push you down
They'll knock you down, they'll shove you up against the wall
And you always know when the engine blows that a man can't win em all

You can push that car just a little too far any Sunday afternoon
And if you'd break your neck in some damn fool wreck
They'd forget about you soon
But Ol Stroker Ace was born to race and it's worth all the trying
Just the dirt champagne in the victory lane and to hear that concrete whine

Stroker get your dander up this ain't no time to laugh
You've got to make the lap up if you're gonna take that checkered flag
Number 10 is closin in to even up the score
It's time to wave bye bye and put the pedal on the floor
You'd better stand on it Stroker 'cause your blowin off their doors

Blow their doors off Stroker
Stand on it, son
Ah, you good lookin devil you
 
For me, it was always about Uneasy Rider...

I was takin' a trip out to LA
Toolin' along in my Chevrolet
Tokin' on a number and diggin' on the radio
Jes' as I cross the Mississippi line
I heard that highway start to whine
And I knew that left rear tire was about to go
Well the spare was flat and I got uptight
'Cause there wasn't a fillin' station in sight
So I jes' limped down the shoulder on the rim
I went as far as I could and when I stopped the car
It was right in front of this little bar
A kind of a redneck lookin' joint called the Dew Drop Inn
Well I stuffed my hair up under my hat
And told the bartender that I had a flat
And would he be kind enough to give me change for a one
There was one thing I was sure proud to see
There wasn't a soul in the place 'cept for him an' me
And he just looked disgusted an' pointed toward the telephone
I called up the station down the road a ways
And he said he wasn't very busy t'day
And he could have somebody there in jest 'bout ten minutes or so
He said now you jes' stay right where yer at and I didn't bother
Tellin' the durn fool
I sure as hell didn't have anyplace else to go
I just ordered up a beer and sat down at the bar
When some guy walked in an' said who owns this car
With the peace sign the mag wheels and four on the floor
Well he looked at me and I damn near died
And I decided that I'd jus wait outside
So I layed a dollar on the bar and headed for the door
Jes' when I thought I'd get outta there with my skin
These five big dude come strollin' in
With this one old drunk chick and some fella with green teeth
An' I was almost to the door when the biggest one
Said you tip your hat to this lady son
An' when I did all that hair fell out from underneath
Now the last thing I wanted was to get into a fight
In Jackson Mississippi on a Saturday night
'Specially when there was three of them and only one of me
Well they all started laughin' and I felt kinda sick
And I knew I'd better think of somethin' pretty quick
So I jes' reached out an' kicked ol' green-teeth right in the knee
He let out a yell that'd curl your hair
But before he could move I grabbed me a chair
And said watch him folks 'cause he's a thouroughly dangerous man
Well you may not know it but this man's a spy
He's an undercover agent for the FBI
And he's been sent down here to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan
He was still bent over holdin' on to his knee
But everyone else was lookin' and listenin' to me
And I layed it on thicker and heavier as I went
I said would you beleive this man has gone as far
As tearin' Wallace stickers off the bumpers of cars
And he voted for George McGoveren for president
Well he's a friend of them long-haired hippie type pinko fags
I betcha he's even got a Commie flag
Tacked up on the wall inside of his garage
He's a snake in the grass I tell ya guys
He may look dumb but that's jus a disguise
He's a mastermind in the ways of espionage
They all started lookin' real suspicious at him
And he jumped up an' said jes' wait a minute Jim
You know he's lyin' I've been livin' here all of my life
I'm a faithfull follower of Brother John Burch
And I belong to the Antioch Baptist Church
And I ain't even got a garage you can call home and ask my wife
Then he started sayin' somethin' 'bout the way I was dressed
But I didn't wait around to hear the rest
I was too busy movin' and hopin' I didn't run outta luck
And when I hit the ground I was makin' tracks
And they were jes' takin' my car down off the jacks
So I threw the man a twenty an' jumped in an' fired that mother up
Mario Andretti woulda sure been proud
Of the way I was movin' when I passed that crowd
Comin' out the door and headin' toward me in a trot
An' I guess I shoulda gone ahead an' run
But somehow I couldn't resist the fun
Of chasin' them jes' once around the parkin' lot
Well they're headin' for their car but I hit the gas
And spun around and headed them off at the pass
Well I was slingin' gravel and puttin' a ton of dust in the air
Well I had them all out there steppin' an' a fetchin'
Like their heads were on fire and their asses was catchin'
But I figured I oughta go ahead an split before the cops got there
When I hit the road I was really wheelin'
Had gravel flyin' and rubber squeelin'
An' I didn't slow down 'til I was almost to Arkansas
I think I'm gonna re-route my trip
I wonder if anybody'd think I'd flipped
If I went to LA via Omaha!
 
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I saw them in the late 70s or early 80s in Scranton and got him to sign my Rebel Flag. The flag has several signatures from Southern Rock bands like Marshall Tucker, The Outlaws, 38 Special and Rossington-Collins (Skynyrd v2.0).

The flag is safely tucked away in my closet in a plastic bag. Sad that it was hijacked and adopted by hate groups. Why can’t these hate groups adopt things like the network news flags as their symbol. Or even the OSU flag :)
 
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