Country Music Hall of Fame member Charlie Daniels dies at 83 |
July 6, 2020
Nashville Tennessean – Charlie Daniels, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame best known for “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” died Monday morning after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke. He was 83.
Daniels’ death was confirmed by his publicist, Don Murry Grubbs.
He is survived by his wife, Hazel, and son Charlie Daniels Jr.
Upon its release in 1979, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” didn’t just top the country chart, it became a huge pop crossover hit – climbing up to No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart behind The Knack’s “My Sharona” and Earth Wind and Fire’s “After the Love Has Gone.”
It gained even greater ubiquity one year later, when Daniels and his band performed it in the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy.”
“I get a chance to play it better tonight than I did last night and better tomorrow night than I did tonight,” Daniels said in 2016 of the song’s famous fiddle solo.
“I haven’t played it perfect yet. I am in love with walking on stage and entertaining people with songs I have written.
“It’s one of the few times in my life that I feel like I know what I’m doing … ” Read more.
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