Charlie once appeared on a TV show along with a classical violinist. In the green room prior to the show, the violinist was poking fun at fiddle players saying that anyone could play what they play, but not everyone could play classical music. Without a word, Charlie opened his case, took out his fiddle and proceeded to flawlessly play a difficult piece of classical music. The violinist conceded that perhaps he was mistaken.

@Sinvare

Жыл бұрын

In my senior of High School I got the chance to play with Mark O' Conner as part of our Chamber Orchestra and a similar event happened. He didn't think High Schoolers from a town of 20,000 could play well enough to be enjoyable and had said he would play the first 6 of 13 movements from one of his suites as an apology for missing an event at the community college. We got the music that day in class and play the first 6 movements. After school we played all 13 movements, sight reading the last 7. He said he didn't want to stop because he was having too much fun.

@ontxtteredwxngs

Жыл бұрын

Another thing is that not everyone can Singh country music but country singers can sing ANYTHING or almost anything

@MrOddball63

Жыл бұрын

Was this in Georgia by any chance? THAT would have been fitting...

@shelbynamels973

Жыл бұрын

try to fill an auditorium like the one here with classical music. Fiddlin' is where the money's at, obviously.

@susanfranks-craun811

Жыл бұрын

Travis Tritt, Johnny Cash, Marty Stuart, and Mark O'Conner did a follow up video in the 90s I believe. The devil comes back to try to win his fiddle back. This song is, in my opinion, more about making a video than having a hit song .

RIP to the legend, Charlie Daniels

@cynthiamgrooms8195

Жыл бұрын

🙏Amen🙏🇺🇸🙏

@ProudPatriot306

Жыл бұрын

RIP CHARLIE,JERRY REED AND GEORGE

@billypeek9785

Жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏 TO I THINK IS GREATESS .... MERCH SOUNDS GREAT

@sassymess7111

Жыл бұрын

Man...I forgot he passed.

@JCourts2k23

Жыл бұрын

@@sassymess7111 hard to keep up, we lost so many so soon, Charlie Daniels, Charley Pride, Kenny Rogers, Joe Diffie, etc.

This never gets old. I don't know how many people notice this (maybe just those who have ever played violin/fiddle at some point in their lives), but at the end of the song if you look at Charlie's bow, you'll notice the hair on it is looking pretty thin. That's about 1/4-1/3 of the amount of hair a bow should typically have. I wouldn't be surprised if Charlie had to have his bow re-strung after every concert. Actually, I *am* surprised that his bow never caught fire while playing this song because he's working it so hard and fast across the violin strings. He was incredible. I wish he was still around.

@GeekyGirl80

7 ай бұрын

He packed extra. I watched him live. He went thru two bows after a few songs. He broke every string on one. He held it up for everyone to see.

@hilarymol6607

7 ай бұрын

@@GeekyGirl80 I believe it!!

@xandlidradevilsuke

5 ай бұрын

He was so amazing love, he did our tiny town in oklahoma one year and ol coot had to be sobered up lol a cousin was his handler for the event and she came out after the concert was delayed by an hour saying how he was still so drunk on moonshine. Still blew away the entire concert drunk as a skunk.

@54raceman

4 ай бұрын

@@GeekyGirl80yep even in his later years he could still reach behind his back and grab another bow out of his pocket without even missing a note

@heatherfoster7878

2 ай бұрын

there was an interview I watched a long time ago and they said his bow had 1 string left at the end of the show...

"The House of the Rising Sun," "Chicken in the Bread Pan Picken out Dough," "Fire on the Mountan," etc., are traditional Appalachian fiddle tunes. Appalachian fiddle wasn't learned via written music but was passed down through one-on-one teaching and memorization. The song is saying that a real Southern fiddle player was such a master that even the Devil didn't have a chance. He's listing out the tunes that Johnny supposedly played to impress the Devil. I grew up with this song, but I had to look up what those lyrics in the chorus were about years back.

@anastasiabeaverhausen2647

Күн бұрын

Thank you! I have wondered this forever!!!

“This is freaking sick, and I don’t know why!” Congratulations. That’s called recognizing talent, and you don’t have to love the genre to appreciate it and the effort that goes into it.

@lisal6121

7 ай бұрын

Well said!!!! Talent is everywhere and to deny that is narrow minded and selfish.

@driley5004

9 күн бұрын

I was yelling the same thing! Lol

Actually, as a violinist, I can tell you that the second solo, which is actually Johnny's, was a more difficult solo to pull off. Go Johnny!

@DaveB-hg7el

9 ай бұрын

As someone without any talent in music, I do appreciate your perspective. To my ears I prefer the first solo, and have from the first time I heard it back when it was released. Would it be possible to explain why the second solo is more difficult, speaking to someone who doesn't understand the technical skills required to play? If you can take the time to respond to this comment, I thank you in advance. Peace 💚

@elaines5750

9 ай бұрын

@@DaveB-hg7el chances are if you have no musical talent as you claim and never studied the violin, then any explanation I could give probably wouldn't help to clarify this for you. The Devil's solo was full of tremolos and glissandos whereas Johnny's excellent left hand technique coordinated with a fabulous use of his bow. What Johnny did took a lot more skill. I'm not saying the Devil's solo was bad or showed incompetence, just that Johnny's was better and showed more skill. He deserved that gold fiddle!

@DaveB-hg7el

9 ай бұрын

@@elaines5750 Thank you for taking the time to reply. I value hearing the perspective of an expert talking about a subject I love. In the 30 years that I had to share with my wife, I learned an incredible amount about singing. She was a trained opera singer, who spent 16 seasons as a chorus member. Being around a large group of talented artists never helped me to sing or play an instrument, but I gradually started hearing the music in different ways than I had before. By asking questions to the artists that created the music I heard, my love for music grew. Because my wife passed away in 2021, I can't ask her questions about music now. Your comment gave me a chance to ask a question again. Thanks, peace. 💚🖖

@elaines5750

9 ай бұрын

@@DaveB-hg7el I'm very sorry for your loss and I'm very happy to help. Feel free to ask me a question anytime. 😊🎶 Peace to you as well.

@DaveB-hg7el

9 ай бұрын

@@elaines5750 Thank you for your consideration. 💚

As a Tennessee born, Louisiana raised and Arkansas livin woman...that right thurr is part of every old school Southerner's Playlist. It was one of my very first albums. Everything CDB did was greatness !!!

I saw Charlie Daniels and Travis Tritt in concert (for my first time) in Oklahoma in December of 2019. Charlie was so dope and could still shred on his fiddle. He expressed his love for the USA, its citizens, and especially its men and women in uniform protecting our freedom and there was not one dry eye in the theater. He also saw a young boy in the front row who was dancing to the music and Charlie walked right over to him in the middle of a song and gave his bow to the boy. Pretty awesome souvenir and memory for that youngster. Now that he has passed I’m deeply saddened but also thankful that I decided to buy that ticket and drive from Texas to Oklahoma to see him perform. As I sat there just a few rows back I was amazed at how spry he was for being in his 80s. It just goes to show you that life is precious, health is paramount, and every day is a gift. RIP Charlie!

@josephcampbell2400

8 ай бұрын

Was that at frontier city? He would play their about every other year.

@planojag595

8 ай бұрын

@@josephcampbell2400 No, it was at Choctaw in Durant, OK.

Melissa Etheridge once said, Charlie Daniels playing is like holding lightning in a jar; your too scared to hold it and your afraid to let it go. One of the greatest storytellers of our time.

I was lucky enough to get to see Charley perform this live. He was getting older, but he wasn't slowing down one little bit. He gave us almost 3 hours of great music and funny stories. Great reaction.

@susieautrey6112

Жыл бұрын

I saw him at the State Fair back in the early 90s. They had a round revolving stage that they brought into the arena during the rodeo. He closed the show with this song, and jumped off the stage and ran around the arena while he did it. It was part of the rodeo queen contest package that the contestants took a group photo with the performers. He dismissed our photographer, rearranged us to suit himself, used his own photographer, and we also took individual photos with him. I fit rather neatly under his arm, cowboy hat and all. He was a very large man. It was the best performance of the seven or so that we saw that year.

@elainejones2092

Жыл бұрын

I saw him in 2015, still great. I'm glad I got to see him live!!

@lwilson4330

Жыл бұрын

I was fortunate to see him at a 9/11 tribute concert at Great Lakes Naval Base, IL in 2003. I remember him shredding the strings on the fiddle, was trying to figure out if it was planned/regular occurrence .... or an accident :)

@TheKyrix82

Жыл бұрын

I saw him in concert...and of all the songs, THIS was the song the mic freaking died on. Fortunately, the concert wasn't packed, so my friend and I were able to get to the front rail for a better chance at hearing it

@kathypriest95

Жыл бұрын

Saw the band in like 75 at a festival

I saw charlie daniels open for alabama 1 year before he passed away. He absolutely killed the show. It was alabamas 50th anniversary tour. It was amazing. That was my first concert.

I saw Charlie Daniels live back in 1981, just after the song came out. Great show.

I am almost 52 years old and this was HUGELY popular when I as a little kid. Charlie is an American treasure. Changing the line to "son of a gun" is the first radio edit I remember hearing.

@davidmc1489

Жыл бұрын

I concur...im 54

@jonellechambers607

Жыл бұрын

Yep

@michaelwaller7365

Жыл бұрын

yep, I'm 61 and there was no edit for years. Editing started happening with rap & parental warnings.

@grifftech

Жыл бұрын

51 here and man I loved this as a kid and still do!!

@wadepearce6656

11 ай бұрын

I am 68 and saw him I've in concert at Miami Jai Lai he played so hard the bow strings were coming apart and this was crossover hit from country to rock and pop for weeks

One of country music legend!! Charlie was crazy talent, but one of the most patriotic persons you could ever know!! He loved God, his family, and his country!! He did much to help veterans and people who served our country!! Hes also had many more big time hits....truly a country legend!!

@jeffking4176

Жыл бұрын

And yet, very few Country stations would dare play this song , and it was “Son of a Gun”. It was the Rock stations that played this. 📻🙂

@yaimavol

Жыл бұрын

The video of Charlie praying for Randy Travis is heart-breaking now that he is gone

@markgreiser464

Жыл бұрын

Charlie's talent made him a pure dee crossover, in the South and Texas. His Crowds in Houston were full of Hippies and Rednecks. Truly among the greatest , ever.

He played close to my town in his very last concert before passing away and he was still tearing up that fiddle. Over 80 years old and played it the same as he did in this version

I´m from Argentina. Never heard of Charlie Daniels or this song till (after a vacation in Florida) I started listening to a radio from Key West and they played this. It´s insane! Great great tune!

This song is sick because even if you don't like the genre, a good song is a good song. Some songs, no matter their genre, are so well put together that you just can't help but like them. That is my theory anyway.

@6li8storm40

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. I’m not generally a country fan, but this song is *fantastic*.

@MetalDetroit

Жыл бұрын

I hate country music. I cannot not listen to copperhead road.

@love68

Жыл бұрын

Well said! Beautifully expressed! 🌞🙏💛☯️🤘🤘🤘🔥🔥

@smythharris2635

Жыл бұрын

​@@MetalDetroit then don't come to Ireland or the UK.

@MetalDetroit

Жыл бұрын

@@smythharris2635 Why?

This song was used by an American gymnast in her floor routine at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, GA and the crowd absolutely exploded when it started to play.

@ransom8554

Жыл бұрын

Dominique Moceanu

@marge3157

Жыл бұрын

I remember watching that.

@jakerazmataz852

Жыл бұрын

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@bluefamily3937

11 ай бұрын

Me too!!

As a really young kid, I loved this song and so did all my friends...we used to sing our asses of to this song. Epic!

This was my fathers favorite song he would play it constantly. When he passed in July 2023 I made a video for his funeral playing this song. I told my my mom at the time is it appropriate for a funeral with a pastor present? Well call me shocked when the video was playing and the pastor was in his chair singing and jamming to the song! It was a sight to see. I played the clean version that was played on the radio where B is replaced with son of a gun. I love the true Charlie and the bars version though.

The first solo was actually the devil with a band of "demons". The second solo was Johnny.💚🌻 love yalls reactions!

@jordandavenport5784

11 ай бұрын

My grandpa also preferred the devils performance haha

@indiatastic

11 ай бұрын

I always thought the devil won

@bellyboo5353

10 ай бұрын

I like the devils version better. I'm probably in the minority

@davidmcdonald7298

8 ай бұрын

@@jordandavenport5784 yes I always thought that every time I hear it

@honolulublues5548

8 ай бұрын

​@@davidmcdonald7298the devil's portion was not difficult, though. Johnny's portion was more technical with outrageous finger work. Part of the devil's portion on the studio recording is played on a grand piano with a guitar pick scraping across the strings. Also, the devil cheats with "a band of demons". Plus, Charlie said when asked about it, if you listen to the devil's portion, it isn't music and hardly notes...it's noise.

I've never known anyone who doesn't think this is fire 🔥 and Charlie Daniel's was a master player and storyteller. RIP to a legend.

I smiled the whole way through this reaction!😂😂

Someone else already commented, but the first solo was the devil and his demons. The second solo was Johnny 🥰. This song is such a classic! 🎶

When the CDB won the Country Music Award for best single, Charlie was suffering from a broken arm he got after falling off a tractor, so the CMA brought in *TWO* of the best fiddlers in Nashville to cover for him.

When I was 3, I insisted that my mom play this song on 8-track EVERY morning before pre-school. Y’all are so great!

You didn't even notice the keyboardist playing with one hand. One arm was in a sling. Sort if like the drummer from Def Leopard. He list an arm and still played. He modified his drums so he could use his feet.

I first heard the whole song and when Dominque Moceanu used it for her floor routine in the 1996 Olympics. (Well worth finding and watching!) I had the privilege of seeing the band live in 2018. 81 years old and he was beyond amazing. I was somewhat familiar with a few more of his songs, but I went for Devil Went Down to Georgia. It was all thoroughly enjoyable-- predates and transends genre. They closed with Devil and it was even better live. At 81!!!!! Blew me away.

HELL YEAH this song is fyah!!!! They played this on the top 100 radio stations back in the day 5 times a day and you NEVER got tired of hearing it! Even today this song still is bad ass!!! RIP Charlie Daniels.

This is always a banger, especially when folks realize it's ' spittin bars' with fiddles ;) You should look up the sequel - "Devil Comes Back to Georgia" feat. Mark O'Connor with Charlie Daniels, Johnny Cash, Travis Tritt and Marty Stuart

@terri2494

Жыл бұрын

I had never heard of that. I just watched it. We’ve sure lost a couple of great ones. RIP Johnny and Charlie. Thanks for bringing the sequel to my attention.

She said "I don't remember that part." Aside from the radio version, that's all anybody remembers. Great song. I also really like Legend of Wooley Swamp. Great tune. RIP Charlie.

I live in Nashville and stood right at the stage when the CDB was playing this. It was awesome. He threw me his guitar pick afterwards.

One of the coolest nicest guys in the entertainment industry’s! Met him tons of times at my job and he always treated everybody he met the same! The best kind of human being they ever made! RIP Mr. Daniels

@Pokeysaurus

Жыл бұрын

When a headliner at the MN State Fair dropped out a month before the date, Daniels put on a FREE concert for the slot.

@williethebeerman

Жыл бұрын

@@Pokeysaurus I was there. It was the day of the the show. Skynyrd was headlining but Lacy Van Zant( Ronnie, Donnie and Johnny's father) passed away. Charlie was amazing.

@slipknot6789

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! He was a class act. Met him many times. My dad and him were good friends. I never really understood just how big and popular he was when I was a kid. RIP to both Dad and Charlie! Now maybe you'll take Charlie up on that golf outing Dad.

Dr Dre said Charlie Daniel's is one of the original OG rappers...absolute legend and one of the most humble men ever!!! Loved him his concerts were fire!!!

@marysenini1581

3 ай бұрын

Been twice. Fun days!

Charlie Daniels was badass. Many great classic songs

Not a country fan at all, but i saw them years ago with some other big bands who were for some reason at a very small venue with few people. It was so fun to see the iconic little black fiddle come out when they launched into this song. Loved it then, love it now!

Not a country fan, but LOVEEEE this song. Rest in Peace Mr. Charlie Daniels. This song is basically a rap battle between Johnny and the Devil.

@MultiAsh93

11 ай бұрын

I’m the same! I’m from the UK and my dad got me to listen to this song and loved it ever since

A classic. You need to play it in the car, LOUD. It will get you going bro, and you won't realize how much this song can make you hyped! 💙🌺

@michelledorning9404

Жыл бұрын

Got me my fricking one and only speeding ticket!!! LOL!!!

Just got off from a bad day at work. This video popped up and glad it did! This was healing to my soul. Love that you have started your country music journey.

I'm from Texas and this was played in the "clubs" every night. I danced to it many times. Charlie was the best fiddler I've ever heard and I'm old as dirt.

I have actually seen Charlie Daniels 8 times in concert he is even better when you were there in person!!! Great reaction!!

@williamthomas7509

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely one of the best live performers of all time. From his earliest days until near the end he just delivered rocking, driving, shows that left you wanting more even though his shows were almost always 90 minutes or more.

@michellehubbard7865

Жыл бұрын

Seen him 3 times

I saw Charlie perform this live many times. He would play this as the encore song, and would go so hard on this song he would shred that bow! Loved him and his music. RIP, Charlie!

I was lucky enough to get to go to a Charlie Daniels concert at the fair one year I had a front row seat,.... It was an awesome experiance. Also, when this song was popular, it was played on both country AND rock stations on the radio.

My wife and I had the opportunity to see him live at our local fairgrounds and wase amazed to watch him completely shred his fiddle bow by the end of his performance. What an incredible talent. He was certainly the best there ever was. RIP Charlie.

My father was a popular local musician where I grew up and owing to that ended up being friends with a friend of Charlie’s tour manager. On several occasions he got to attend Charlie’s show and then hang out with him after. Despite all his success and his incredible musical talent, Charlie remained an incredibly gracious man. Always treated a virtual stranger like my father as part of the family. I’m glad to see people still enjoying his work.

@geebrewer8186

Жыл бұрын

before he passed, he was on Twitter, and he did seem like a genuinely nice man.

@_S.D._

11 ай бұрын

He was a genuinely humble, kind man. I got to meet him at a concert years ago. My daughter was 2 and going home with my stepdad, who was working on setup backstage. Of course, as soon as we got there, my stepdad scooped her up and ran off with her. I found out later when we met Charlie that he had already met my daughter earlier, lol. She loved him, and he let her teeth on his hat 💗. It was really adorable seeing him being all grandfatherly with my daughter.

@paulahill3294

9 ай бұрын

I saw Charlie at a outdoors festival in Tupelo, MS in 2002 it was fantastic . The devil went down to Georgia was written and prefiormed bin 1979 .

@segreen1046

8 ай бұрын

Urban Cowboy days. I'd just moved to this country and kinda freaked out on the cowboy stuff till I realized it was a fashion phase (kinda of). Yes, I've been to Gilly's, yes I saw the dirty mattresses they had around the bull, yes the whole place smelled like stale beer and cigarettes, yes I've known two former coworkers that skipped work to be extras in the film. It was a strange and weird time. Oil was big, expense accounts were big, and topless bars performers were bigger. It was an odd time to be a youngster.

As great as this one is, Charlie did a sequel in the 90's called "The Devil Came Back to Georgia". Johnny Cash, Travis Tritt and Marty Stuart played parts in the lyrics. But the star was fiddler Mark O'Connor, who played Johnny's fiddle solo...but played THREE notes for every one note Charlie played in the original. If Charlie's playing was volcanic, Mark's playing is a supernova!

Charlies Daniels band was the best! Thank you for playing this particular song. I have always loved it.

Charlie was a friend of my dad and he hired my dad's sound company to go on tour. Truly a nice man.

The "Faustian Deal" has been a popular theme in music, literature and movies for a long time now. Not to take anything away from this song. It's AWESOME!

@little1942

11 ай бұрын

This is one of the best takes of the Faustian deal I’ve ever heard. The line “I told you once you son of a b*tch, I’m the best there’s ever been!” is iconic in it’s delivery. And I’m not real big into country music, but I can always listen to this one.

@starryspicytacgogh4331

11 ай бұрын

@@little1942 Exactly! I'm not big on country either, but this song gets me every time. And, yes, that line is the knock-out punch of the song. No sympathy for the devil in this one. Jonny is one bad M0F0.

@TheSkim424

11 ай бұрын

@@starryspicytacgogh4331 My interpretation of this song is that Ol' Johnny lost the deal though. He fails because of his pride. The Devil just basically traded a fiddle of gold for a soul. The line "I told you once you son of a b*tch, I'm the best there's ever been!" is a dead give away. I used to not think that way in my younger years, but I heard it one night driving and it hit me. If you believe the Christian Mythos, Pride is a big no no.

@k_tess

11 ай бұрын

​@@TheSkim424He wouldn't have given him the fiddle. The Devil is petty. Johnny even admits it's a sin. And it can be seen that in a way by verbally acknowledging this Johnny has also counts as atonement by many Christian sects.

@TheSkim424

11 ай бұрын

@k_tess I get what you're saying, but Johnny wasn't acknowledging his pride. He says in the song that accepting the bet might be a sin. I was just pointing out he will probably go to hell for his pride.

I saw him many times and he was older the last time I saw him and he was just as good as when he was younger. He had to have gone through 5 bows in his concert with how much he saws on the fiddle. RIP TO AN AMAZING LEGEND MR CHARLIE DANIELS. MUCH LOVE

1979(I think)and I was 15. He had just released this song and I saw him live~it was my first concert and it was 🔥 RIP my dude......❤

My son grew up listening to old outlaw country & southern rock because of his father and me... Before he was even old enough to go to school he would go on road trips with his father in his father's semi otr and his father would play Charlie over and over... When my husband died my son surprised me & took me to see CDB at a very smal, intimatel venue near our house.. same venue his father took me to see Charlie years before... We drank and laughed and cried all night, it was friggin fantastic. . I love watching your videos, seeing you experience for the first time and loving the same music we listened to all our lives. . the first five videos I watched of yours were basically the soundtrack of my life...lol. . I'm truly hooked on your videos.. keep them coming!

They used to play this song on album-oriented rock radio stations back in the day. The Charlie Daniels Band transcends genres.

@kennythompson9682

Жыл бұрын

Same for _Because I Got High_ by Afroman. Great music knows no boundaries.

I loved this song growing up. If you didn't know Charlie Daniels was a very very devout christian through and through. I always loved one of his patriotic songs called "In America"

I was about 12 when this song came out, and I remember being enthralled every time it was on the radio. I always figured the devil lost because he needed a band to back him up, whereas Johnny was just playing the fiddle alone.

I'm a Dimash fan, here to watch this reaction. I have spent many hours on solo road trips, playing and replaying this song to memorize all the words!!!😂 Great fun to sing along!

Charlie was more than just country. Some of his music was Southern Rock like the bands Molly Hatchett, The Allman Brothers, and .38 Special played. When he was younger he was a studio session player in Nashville, and was one of Bob Dylan's favorite session players.

Crossroads was based on the story of Robert Johnson, the legendary blues musician, who was supposed to have sold his soul to the devil for the ability to play the guitar so well at the crossroads in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Charlie Daniels was a phenomenal musician in his own right and got air time on radio stations with all types of formats.

@lexidecimal9941

6 ай бұрын

Also, rumours of Jimmy Page also sold his... great stories.

@robertgilmore9119

6 ай бұрын

I heard rumors that Page actually wore a vile of dirt from the crossroads in Clarksdale around his neck. Great stories indeed .

@debibailey2968

3 ай бұрын

Been to Clarksdale MS many times. Always loved this story! ❤

I seen this band live in 1985 and seeing it live was insanely good.

I remember when this song came out. I was a little kid learning how to play the drums. I was into rock but i heard this and had to play it. I played it so many times that i still remember it word for word today!

This is the first song that made me fall in love with the fiddle in country music. When the Chicks released March March I was waiting for the fiddle to come in and omg it did NOT disappoint. Garth Brooks fiddler player is always AMAZING

I saw him perform this live a while back in South Georgia and it’s never lost any of its greatness. He was a helluva performer

As a person native to the state of Georgia who grew up hearing this song at Stone Mountain every summer on the fourth of July; this song is iconic for me and holds so many memories. I dont know if there are clips of the Stone Mountain laser light show with it in it but if there are you should watch them.

@bluefamily3937

11 ай бұрын

Don't you remember the ladder show on Stone Mountain too?! It was awesome!!

Ya'lls reaction was priceless! Loved it. I can understand why you were having issues following the lyrics too. The vocals seemed somewhat muffled, but I could sing this song backwards I know it so well. They actually performed this song in the movie & for the soundtrack of the John Travolta movie, Urban Cowboy in the 80's.

To one of the FIRST rap stars out there. And the greatest fiddler that heaven graced us with. RIP Mr Daniels. In the 90s when country first started to head mainstream a bunch of big names in country music (including the original Man in Black Johnny Cash!) did a sequel to this called "the Devil went back to Georgia". It's not this good but it's definately catchy and the fiddling is top tier. (ps - loving the channel, been a fan since damn near the beginning and just love the vibe you put out there; Happy early Father's Day)

I remember challenging a few of my friends to a dancing contest at a club years back, and I chose this song. I BEAT my friends and quoted Johnny from the song, which made them bow down to me. I love this song, man! Thanks!

I'm so glad you guys enjoyed that. That's what we had back in my day, living in the country.

You probably don't remember "that part" because radio stations usually played the version with "son of a gun" instead. Banger of a song!! 🔥

There were two studio versions. The one played on most radio stations back in the day said “Son of a gun”.

@shelbyseelbach9568

Жыл бұрын

Radio edit.

@kah10161

Жыл бұрын

That version was played on the Muppets, too.

@davidrhyne1036

Жыл бұрын

The reason for the change was Charlie himself. He became more religious and changed the lyric himself because he no longer cursed. This wasn’t a radio edit.

@shelbyseelbach9568

Жыл бұрын

@@davidrhyne1036 Straight from Wikipedia entry for the song. Johnny's final boast, from the album version of the song, goes, "I done told you once, you son of a bitch, I'm the best that's ever been". But to accommodate radio airplay for Country and Top 40 formats, Daniels changed the lyric for the single release to, "'Cause I told you once, you son of a gun", though AOR stations continued to use the unaltered version. Yes, it was SPECIFICALLY, a radio edit. LMFAO.

My husband and I saw him in concert about 10 years ago. He is such a LEGEND!!!

R.I.P. Charlie Daniel's, The Greatest Fiddle Player 🎻, I understand where you are coming from , I'm from Arizona, I'm both Hispanic and Native American , My name is Samuel , and living both ways and stuck in the middle , I get called Indian , next I get called Mexican , now I'm 67 yrs old and learned to live with both , Thank You , AZ Sam , Later , Kool

This was a big crossover hit in the late 70's/early 80's.

This song came out in 1979 as I recall, I was a kid. It was a sensation on rock and country radio.

@stephentaylor6617

Жыл бұрын

This song peaked at #3 on the pop chart in August of 1979 during the peak of disco. It was a number one country hit as well.

I have loved this song since it came out in 1979. When my mom (a first-class concert violinist) first heard it, she started getting hooked on bluegrass, and she played the song even better than Charlie Daniels. 😀 Due to this song, some amazing things happened in her life. In 1990, she moved back over here to South Dakota (after several other moves since 1976). Shortly thereafter, she heard about Shoji Tobuchi, and began writing to him and comparing both of their pretty much lifetimes of violin playing (she started at age 5, and he at age 7). By the time she started sending e-mails to him and then they began sending back and forth recordings of their music, to share with each other (so very, very similar in style), she was totally hooked on bluegrass, rather than anything else, though she could still play anything that anyone "threw at her." A couple of years later, she and a small group of her church friends chartered a small bus and went to Shoji's big Christmas event at his Branson theater. Their seats were all "paid for" by Shoji. When they arrived, they were greeted by a special team of ushers, who took them to their balcony loge seats, which looked down at the stage really nicely. At the intermission, those ushers came ROLLER SKATING in front of them! Each one was carrying a single red rose. Mom had shared with Shoji, several weeks before, that my dad had always bought her a single red rose for their anniversary (in October). He passed away just a few weeks after their anniversary, in early November, 1973, which was while we still all lived in Alaska. The Christmas concert was just a couple of weeks of those annual dates that were so important to Mom. As the skaters got to Mom, they each dropped their roses in her lap, as everyone in the whole theater gave her a standing ovation, because Shoji had introduced her and told about their collaborations online and through the mail. Then the ushers escorted her to the stage where they got to meet for the first time, in person. After the concert, she was also escorted to the merch tables and told to take at least one of anything she wanted--free of charge. In her typical thrifty manner, she chose her favorite two cassette tapes. In later years, she bought several CDs, as well. I now possess all of them, and love them. When I listen to any of them, I hear my mom. Their playing styles were nearly identical. During the next couple of years, Mom wrote a complete Christmas cantata, that her church presented that year. I have all of the hand-written and notated music for that, along with the cassettes she recorded for it. Since she passed away in 2014, my youngest daughter Judi and I have talked about putting it together and getting it published for her, but we've still not done it. In 2007 (at age 74) Mom played her final "live concert." She had promised to play at Judi's wedding that March, but just a couple of weeks previously, she fell, broke her right thumb, and totally dislocated her left shoulder. She couldn't play at the wedding, but a few weeks later, she combined her promise to play her fiddle at the church we were attending at the time, over in Aberdeen, WA, with her promise to play for Judi and Harry's wedding. She never played in public again. My sister recorded the event, and on January 15, 2019, I posted that video on my gaming channel (Grandma's Gone Gaming). Before she started playing, she told the amazing story about the violin she's holding (one of the many she owned over the years). When she started playing, she was a little stiff, but within a few phrases, she got her stride, and it ended up wonderfully. In the description, I put the time-link for when she actually starts playing, so that listeners can go straight to that part, if they prefer. My sister now owns that wonderful violin (fiddle). It's been nine years, and she has just started talking about getting the necessary repairs made to it, and getting it a new bow, because it's time to pass on that part of Mom's legacy to another person who will treasure that particular violin with its amazing history, since nobody else in our family plays violin. Judi used to play viola at one time, back in high school, but never kept up with it. The rest of us all play multiple instruments, but none of us ever took up the fiddle. In 2021 I bought myself a brand new silver trumpet. I used to play cornet until my ex-husband pawned my beautiful instrument and it was sold almost immediately (grrr). The new trumpet has helped me get back a lot of my singing voice after rheumatoid arthritis stole most of my range for over 15 years. All I ever wanted to do was sing, and used to have nearly the same range (literally) as Tim Foust. I never lost my bass range. The trumpet helped me get back up into the low soprano range, and watching Dan Vasc for the last couple of months has helped me remember postures and breathing techniques I hadn't practiced in a LONG time, and recently I can actually get back up ALMOST to the top of my range, and have finally defeated the two register changes involved in all of that, and I am totally STOKED! Anyway...I thought you might like to see the video, since you've reacted to this particular one (NOT for a reaction to Mom's video, but just because I thought you might really like it). She played, "One Day At a Time." Most of the time she used to make her own instrumental tracks (she played organ, piano, electronic keys, accordion, ukelele, guitar, recorder, and autoharp, and sang beautifully, as well). In this case, she hadn't been able to do that, but she had a wonderful "canned" track that I got started for her. If you'd like to watch the video, you can search for, "Phyl and Her Fiddle--September 2007--Her Final Public Performance," and it will pop right up in the results. The cover has pictures of her and her fiddle from over the years.

G'day Seb and Ali, I've got a mate who is an entertainer, and he does this number as part of a 3 song play-off, at the end of his first set, but instead of a fiddle he plays a harmonica and has changed the lyric to "golden mouth piece" and follows it with Copper Head Road and Dueling Banjos, all on guitar,,, it's always a crowd favourite... it's one of those songs that, no matter what music you're into, it almost always hits the mark!! Happy you are enjoying your trip down the country music rabbit hole, there is some awesome stuff down there, and not just seppos either, you should take a peep into some of the aussie country artists like the late Slim Dusty, Lee Kernaghan, Jasmine Rae, Casey Barnes, John Williamson, Graham Connors, Beccy Cole, Felicity Urquhart, Gina Jeffries, Adam Brand, Adam Harvey,,, it's not just K.U...the list is almost endless...we have a thriving country music scene down here, you'd be surprised to see just how good they all are... 😁😉 🙃🐨🇦🇺

YES! Crossroads with Steve Vai and Ralph Macchio has one of THE best music battles EVER. That last 15 minutes of the movie is so, SO sick! The theme of selling your soul to the devil for talent or fame dates back to the turn of the 20th century and is rather specific to the black folk culture of the time- a deal with the devil at the crossroads. This story harkens back to that a bit, for sure. Someone looked it up and this came out right before the Sugar Hill Gang started what we know as modern rap. He was, indeed, spittin' bars. Great reaction!

Everytime I went to a Charlie Daniels Concert, his bow/fiddle would have broken strings hanging from it by the time he was finished, he played that fiddle hard and he was a talented man and a very nice man who loved our Country and our Vets.❤

How can you not LOVE this song?!?! Great reaction guys!! RIP to the great, amazing legend Charlie Daniels!!!!

As soon as you said Steve Vai, I knew you were gunna talk about Crossroads.😂 It's funny to see him "screw up" so abysmally when you just KNOW he's too good for such a basic mistake. WAY too good.

My favorite thing is watching reaction videos to songs I know and that have something to blow your mind in them. The anticipation of seeing their jaws drop is delicious lol

This song came out when I was 8 and it was HUGE. When. It came on and the verse started, all the conversation would stop and everyone would just listen, not kids, but adults. You'd listen to the whole song just for the last line and it would make you laugh no matter how many times you'd already heard it. Several months later, Rapper's Delight was released and even though I was a kid, I knew that this new rap music would always be around because I saw in this song how captivating someone telling a story in rhyme over music is.

This played on both the pop and country stations! When Harriet became a Christian he started to say son of a gun. He felt he needed to set an example!!

@jeffking4176

Жыл бұрын

When this was released, few Country stations would dare play it. It was the Rock stations that were playing it in my area [ St.Louis]. And all were playing “… son of a gun.” In fact, there was only 1 station bold and crazy enough to play the “son of a B” version. KSHE-95 - the Hard Rock / Album Rock station. It actually took a little while , but eventually, the Country stations did begin playing the ‘sanitized’ version. 📻🙂

I’ve been following your channel for about a month and I really enjoy it. There’s one other channel that I really love after watching it I came upon yours and I really had fun so thank you for what you’re giving to people in the world. It’s a great gift!

I’m not a Country Music fan but this is just so crazy good. Glad you guys reacted!

"Crossroads" originally "Cross Road Blues" was written and performed by Blues artist Robert Johnson in 1936. Some say it was a true story about him.

One of Charlie's first hits is "Uneasy Rider". React to that and "Long Haired Country Boy", a must see~

@kenhayhurst374

Жыл бұрын

I will up-vote "Un-easy Rider". One of my faves. I haven't seen a reaction to it yet.

Seriously, it stuns me how so many not so young people don’t classic music from previous generations. We boomers loved music going back 40 years.

@foxymacadoo

7 ай бұрын

Or longer 😂

This is perfect and the cartoon parody of selling the best pot is hilarious

Great reaction! I saw Charlie at a fair years ago and he shredded several bows. There was someone below the stage that would hand him new ones. He had to have been in his 70s. It was an amazing concert!

YES!!!! Love some CDB!!!!!!! Down south this is like an anthem. We learn the words to this when we get out of diapers! LOL

This is one of the best reactions I have seen on KZread love it guys

We were so lucky to have him perform at our county fairgrounds street dance in 1984. It was so awesome to watch him in person. Thank you, Charlie! ❤️❤️❤️

Yes! I never get tired of seeing reactions to this

As the granddaughter of a professional fiddle player here in Texas, this was a favorite song in the family when I was growing up!

Talking to music was extremely common in western country music in my father's time (he was born in 1927). so i always found it hilarious that he couldn't stand rap but he listened to essentially what could still be called rap way way back when LOL

This last month watching all these young KZread reaction videos discovering this song is making me so happy

Powerfully good music & singing make me cry too. It's not always about thoughts leading to tears, but just the power of the art itself. 💛

Home free covered this & it's quite impressive being mostly acapella ❤

- the song has been used in many movies over the years. - the difference between a violin and a fiddle is 1) the price tag, 2) voilins have strings, fiddles have strangs. ;) - he doesnt normally swear .. in his regular song he says "i dun told you once you son-of-a-gun" because of broadcast censors.. but that show was aired live and he went for it which is another reason why the fans went crazy lol

Great reaction! I saw Charlie play this at a concert in LA in the early 1980s and he rocked the dump. Such a talented musician and iconic Southern rebel. For a slightly mellower, but no less powerful Daniels, check out his eulogy and performance at the memorial service for the incomparable George Jones at The Grand Ole Opry in 2013.