Charlie Daniels - "Uneasy Rider" (forgotten song)

Charlie Daniels died earlier this week.  I've already covered that owing to the time and place of our birth, both Danette and I are big Southern rock fans, of which the Charlie Daniels Band was a central member.  Similar to how The Allman Brothers straddled Southern rock and the Grateful Dead-style jam band sound, CDB straddled Southern rock and country & outlaw country.

Of course, he'll forever be known for "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", several other of his songs were radio staples growing up: "The Legend of Wooley Swamp", "In America", "The South's Gonna Do It Again" (the original name check song?), and "Long Haired Country Boy".  The thing that most of these songs have in common is that they all tell great stories.

But I'm going to choose to remember him with his first single, 1973's "Uneasy Rider", from the LP "Honey in the Rock".   You still occasionally hear it on the radio, but it's infrequent.  Not only is it a fun story, it also captures the time when Charlie Daniels was still an outlaw and not the establishment.

"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" is a great song, but you should explore the rest of his canon as well.

Charlie Daniels - "Uneasy Rider"