RIP, Charlie Daniels, who loved being an American. . . Bet he couldn't stand the looks of things, these past few months. ... Keep jammin' in Heaven, CD. Ya' done good, ol' boy.
It's an honest-to-God urban legend. Wooley Swamp is a real place, just a few miles outside of Carver's Creek, North Carolina. The shack can be found in the swamp, and people still claim from time to time to see the ghost of Lucius Clay.
I've loved this kinda music ever since I can remember! Waylon Jennings, Jerry Reed, Hank Williams, Merle Haggard was always awesome, and of course, I love The Charlie Daniels Band! You can't get no better country music than this here!
Yep! I was 13, sitting in the dark listening to the radio on my headphones when this came on (the best way to listen to it, btw). All I could think was “Damn, that was scary!”
Gotta love the wonderful talent these gifted musicians brought to the people... We are so lucky to have been blessed by all of these founding fathers such as Skynard, Coe, Hank, and sooo many more... Such a wonderful inspiration for you and me... Thank you fellas...
1981 is calling and I'm going to answer the phone I had was poor but I hard great music and empire Strikes Back to watch at the movies and the king drove the 43 great time to be 10 years old boy
Oh my...if only ya'll knew!!! I was raised in Bladen County, North Carolina and know exactly where Mr. Daniels is singing about. I am from Dublin, not too far from Charlie's hometown of Elizabethtown. There wasn't much to do where we came from, other than work. So, on the weekends, we use to gather up with a twelve pack and some grass and go to places like "the Maco Light," the "Cape Fear" river, and "Wolly Swamp." I know for certain younguns, this is no "Boogie Man Legend," nor is it simply a song. This is a real folk song based on a real place with real history, and real characters that will haunt all of us back home forever. "If you care to take a dare," I'll show you a place "where the ground is always wet!"
You should not believe me...or anyone else. You seem like an intelligent man, full of curiosity, and the backbone to seek and find the truth. Ask your father, or mother for sure. Why you find it hard to endure. The truth that is told to thee, may not be just a fantasy. But, rather a truth that has been untold. So much longer than your very soul. Which color would you choose...black darkness, white light...it's all up to you. Hope you believe in the gift given you!
First, let me say that I never lived there or even visited. But I have a great imagination and can visualize a great story quite well. This song used to scare the shit out of me when I was a kid. Still does. I also believe you when you say this place and that ghost is real. "There's some things in this world you just can't explain." I wonder why no one (to my knowledge) ever wrote a book or made a movie about this. It would of course, take the right producers and directors and a lot of help from locals who know this story and can make it come to life (no pun intended) with the right amount of fear, and most important, the proper respect for the area, it's people and it's culture. And of course, the legend. Without turning it into another cheap cheesy teen horror flick. You should all demand that respect before the first page is written or the first roll of film is shot. Ah, but second thought, sometimes movies just screw things up. I've seen many a great story, both real and not, get ruined by making it into a movie. Maybe this story should just keep being passed along through the generations and stay in the deep, dark corners of everyone's mind. Where some of the scariest things ever seen, both real and imagined, still live.
Are you serious? You have to read it from a book, or watch it on a movie. Bo, let me tell you something. Something that your mother and father did not. If you have to read about it, or watch it unfold in a movie, you are over-protected. Some things in this life are very true without publication, and many things are not, no matter how many books or movies you read or see. The Bible is real. Spirits are very real. Where is your soul?
music like this southern rock is the kind of music everyone should appreciate. it is Anerican and wholesome. i appreciate all who posts charlie daniels, marshall tucker molly hatchett thank u
he came here to Sanford NC to play a concert at the fairgrounds a few years ago and that was one of my most memorable concerts I've been to and I've been to a lot including lynryd Skynyrd, Van Halen, and ZZ top but man did I love CDB
My neighbor called and wanted me to take the backhoe up to some woods on his place and bury a cow for him. It was getting close to sunset when I made it through the swamp and found the cow. This song came on the radio in the backhoe about dark while I was still digging. Ha, I was rocking out and thinking I need to finish up here and get out of this swamp.
Thanks Bama Girl, It was an adventure working my way through the woods, zig-zagging and squeezing the backhoe between all the trees through there and the swamp and even more fun trying to get back out of there after dark. Just crank up the radio and throw the hammer down, lol.
Me and my boyfriend gotta good laugh out of this. He is so afraid of an ole house a lady lived near him once upon a time. This related and we enjoyed the humor!
i'm 60 and back then and rite now this minute.. its country.. but I gotta say country continues to keep on keepin on.. new talent along with 'back then!' I ride an ole paint!
I'm not big on this type of music usually -- but this is excellent. Driving, wonderful story, well sung and performed. Wouldn't it be cool to see this performed on the Grammy Awards?.....Ha....probably not in my lifetime though. There's creole music, zydeco, country music, there's blues -- but this is swamp music of the tallest order...just as important to Americana. I'm from NY and I am proud my Southern brothers can whip up this type of music. My Yankee cap is off to you.
The day I heard about the death of Charlie Daniels was a sad one for me. He was a true American and had an enormous talent for music. The CDB was my first ever concert back in 1976 where he opened for the Marshall Tucker Band. Great concert and great memories of a great musician. RIP Charlie Daniels...
i saw danny live 1981 at lee county arena florida. i was 10 it changed me for the better. the next show was iron maiden in 82 it didnt come close god bless america!!!!!!
Song reminds of when I drove through the Florida Everglades at night down Alligator alley. Miles of straight highway with gators hiding along the ditches and only the occasional passing of headlights going the other way to let you know you weren't alone. Definitely creepy!
madmikeastoria no lights! no fences! hasn't really changed much since I was a child except now it's even creepier since the introduction of pythons, boas, and other exotic wildlife!
john smith I hear ya Bro,and I wouldn't even be scared if I broke down going through it at night..I'd just listen to all the night sounds and lite a fatty!
What a great song full of lots of wisdom for the young ones to learn from.yes there really are things that go bump in the night and they are always watching for all the naughty little sinners to punish & traumatize
Used to drive the Trail when it was 2 lanes, pull over at night (no one else from Naples to Miami) and listen to the gators talk back and forth 'til the mosquitos drowned them out...
I am familiar with the Carvers Creek area,it was just down from my great grand-parents home maybe 15 miles and those who don't know,Charlie Daniels is from Leland,NC. The mention of Wooley Swamp hushed up alot of us great grand children,but for us it was grandparents just scaring us all.Legendary song non the less!
One of the first albums I bought, back when I was 12 or 13, just after I bought my first copies of The Wall and Back in Black! Charlie Daniels Band knows how to rock this shit!
Careful John...that's just what the Tabor boys did and went lookin for his money. Didn't work out to well for them, thinkin he acted too funny. The best advice is to go on down there, if you dare, and if you make it out then unwind and have some shine. That's what we do from Dublin and we all made it back alive, except for four or five.
I'm aware of that, I was saying this is not the original version of the song. Many artists that have gotten up in the ages went back and redid they're greatest hits, such as Merle Haggard and it's instantly reconizeable it's not the original version as when they redo it they change it and it don't come across the same as the original even when it's the same guys redoing the song.
I live in the swamps of south GA, yall come on down here and we can take a small walk on shaky mud and find out how many like the sun going down 'sides me. LOL!
There will never be another one better. R.I.P Charlie Daniels
RIP, Charlie Daniels, who loved being an American. . . Bet he couldn't stand the looks of things, these past few months. ... Keep jammin' in Heaven, CD. Ya' done good, ol' boy.
RIP Charlie! Seen you many times but my favorite was last time I saw you with my kids! God speed!
2020....some things in this world you just can't explain
What a great Patriot and musician. RIP Charley, you will be missed
This song scared the fuck out of me when I was a kid.
Lynn Barns why ? lol
How do ya feel about it now???
I enjoy it now :)
Lynn Barns Same
Lynn Barns You haven't ever been to Centertown then.
It's an honest-to-God urban legend. Wooley Swamp is a real place, just a few miles outside of Carver's Creek, North Carolina. The shack can be found in the swamp, and people still claim from time to time to see the ghost of Lucius Clay.
It's true. I swear me and my brothers threw him into the swamp. How did he get out?
This is my favorite Charlie Daniels song. I got to see him live, and he performed it. I was so happy! R.I.P. To a legendary artist, and a great man.
im only 22 but this is the kind of country music i grew up with.
I hadn't heard this song since I was a little girl....I loved singing the chorus!
I've loved this kinda music ever since I can remember! Waylon Jennings, Jerry Reed, Hank Williams, Merle Haggard was always awesome, and of course, I love The Charlie Daniels Band! You can't get no better country music than this here!
We miss you Charlie. One of the best story tellers there ever was
I love how this song never fails to give me the goosebumps. :)
The first time I heard this song as a child in the 70's it scared the bejeezus outta me! Still does! Luv it! 🇨🇱
Robin Schewire hello to ya
Yep! I was 13, sitting in the dark listening to the radio on my headphones when this came on (the best way to listen to it, btw). All I could think was “Damn, that was scary!”
70? 5his came out in 80's
In my town a man and his wife was killed and robbed the jars are still bearied to this day .i saw him bearing them then ran away ..i was 6
Any questions?
Gotta love the wonderful talent these gifted musicians brought to the people... We are so lucky to have been blessed by all of these founding fathers such as Skynard, Coe, Hank, and sooo many more... Such a wonderful inspiration for you and me... Thank you fellas...
So young when this song was made, bit grew up listening to my uncle Charlie get down on bass.. Love CDB
I still like this song in 2019.
That's Y I'm here listening to it.
🤓👍
1981 is calling and I'm going to answer the phone I had was poor but I hard great music and empire Strikes Back to watch at the movies and the king drove the 43 great time to be 10 years old boy
Cool man
Oh my...if only ya'll knew!!! I was raised in Bladen County, North Carolina and know exactly where Mr. Daniels is singing about. I am from Dublin, not too far from Charlie's hometown of Elizabethtown. There wasn't much to do where we came from, other than work. So, on the weekends, we use to gather up with a twelve pack and some grass and go to places like "the Maco Light," the "Cape Fear" river, and "Wolly Swamp." I know for certain younguns, this is no "Boogie Man Legend," nor is it simply a song. This is a real folk song based on a real place with real history, and real characters that will haunt all of us back home forever. "If you care to take a dare," I'll show you a place "where the ground is always wet!"
I don't believe you
You should not believe me...or anyone else. You seem like an intelligent man, full of curiosity, and the backbone to seek and find the truth. Ask your father, or mother for sure. Why you find it hard to endure. The truth that is told to thee, may not be just a fantasy. But, rather a truth that has been untold. So much longer than your very soul. Which color would you choose...black darkness, white light...it's all up to you. Hope you believe in the gift given you!
First, let me say that I never lived there or even visited. But I have a great imagination and can visualize a great story quite well. This song used to scare the shit out of me when I was a kid. Still does. I also believe you when you say this place and that ghost is real. "There's some things in this world you just can't explain." I wonder why no one (to my knowledge) ever wrote a book or made a movie about this. It would of course, take the right producers and directors and a lot of help from locals who know this story and can make it come to life (no pun intended) with the right amount of fear, and most important, the proper respect for the area, it's people and it's culture. And of course, the legend. Without turning it into another cheap cheesy teen horror flick. You should all demand that respect before the first page is written or the first roll of film is shot. Ah, but second thought, sometimes movies just screw things up. I've seen many a great story, both real and not, get ruined by making it into a movie. Maybe this story should just keep being passed along through the generations and stay in the deep, dark corners of everyone's mind. Where some of the scariest things ever seen, both real and imagined, still live.
Are you serious? You have to read it from a book, or watch it on a movie. Bo, let me tell you something. Something that your mother and father did not. If you have to read about it, or watch it unfold in a movie, you are over-protected. Some things in this life are very true without publication, and many things are not, no matter how many books or movies you read or see. The Bible is real. Spirits are very real. Where is your soul?
Don Taylor i'm from the same area, can't beat the ole cape fear river swamp man!
A Northern New englandah.. who absolutely LOVES CDB!!! We need more of y'all southern folks up here to drain the swamp!! God Bless!!!!!
grow a backbone
Hell yeah 😎
there are real things back in the woods and best left alone
Some people do things !!!
James Stiles I’m curious and dumb enough to find the crazy and strange things in the woods
Just don't talk to the shadows .
True that!
RIP Charlie Daniels!
I have a weakness for good storysongs...and this is one of the best.
Man this reminds me so much of growing up in the low country of South Carolina. We had these wooley swamps.
There's nothing more awesome than Charlie...this is a classic.
Charlie Daniels... great performer...hope he's still around for long time
music like this southern rock is the kind of music everyone should appreciate. it is Anerican and wholesome. i appreciate all who posts charlie daniels, marshall tucker molly hatchett thank u
Love this classic song and one of my favorites by this band. ❤
i'm 44 yrs old...back in my day this was country music
nothing like them old country legends!
he came here to Sanford NC to play a concert at the fairgrounds a few years ago and that was one of my most memorable concerts I've been to and I've been to a lot including lynryd Skynyrd, Van Halen, and ZZ top but man did I love CDB
My neighbor called and wanted me to take the backhoe up to some woods on his place and bury a cow for him. It was getting close to sunset when I made it through the swamp and found the cow. This song came on the radio in the backhoe about dark while I was still digging. Ha, I was rocking out and thinking I need to finish up here and get out of this swamp.
Will Digg LOL .... good story!
Thanks Bama Girl, It was an adventure working my way through the woods, zig-zagging and squeezing the backhoe between all the trees through there and the swamp and even more fun trying to get back out of there after dark. Just crank up the radio and throw the hammer down, lol.
Me and my boyfriend gotta good laugh out of this. He is so afraid of an ole house a lady lived near him once upon a time. This related and we enjoyed the humor!
Who gives an actual fuck?!
Carson Sharpe you obviously because you read it and even took time out of your day to Grace us with your comment.
Miss riding to High School listeing to this in a Bad aas 71 c/10 with a stereo that make your ears feel like they were going to bleed........
David Tweed Sounds sweet :)
I have a 70 c10 still lesson to this song grandkids ask what you lessening to I replied music son
i'm 60 and back then and rite now this minute.. its country.. but I gotta say country continues to keep on keepin on.. new talent along with 'back then!'
I ride an ole paint!
I'm not big on this type of music usually -- but this is excellent. Driving, wonderful story, well sung and performed. Wouldn't it be cool to see this performed on the Grammy Awards?.....Ha....probably not in my lifetime though. There's creole music, zydeco, country music, there's blues -- but this is swamp music of the tallest order...just as important to Americana. I'm from NY and I am proud my Southern brothers can whip up this type of music. My Yankee cap is off to you.
AWESOME SONG AND ONE HELL OF A SHOT OF THE FULL MOON LOVE IT..I'VE BEEN TO ALOT OF CHARLIE DANIELS SHOWS.. I DON'T REMEMBER THIS ONE THANKS✌💜😂♌
absolutely LOVE CDB .. always have, for a long time
You couldn't believe it could you I love this song.
one of my number 1 songs
Colton Grimes you can only have 1 number 1 song
this song always makes me miss home in the GA swamp
That's kinda spooky in and of itself Ms. Miranda. Don't know whether to agree with you, or pray for you. Are you ok?
Very awesome song!
maranda cox come home baby girl
spent a summer on the swamps in southern Ga.black water gets in your veins and I will return someday.
The day I heard about the death of Charlie Daniels was a sad one for me. He was a true American and had an enormous talent for music. The CDB was my first ever concert back in 1976 where he opened for the Marshall Tucker Band. Great concert and great memories of a great musician. RIP Charlie Daniels...
My favorite CDB song: LONG HAIRED COUNTRY BOY. ❤❤❤😊😊😊
another awesome song truly a classic
the CDB hit #31 in Billboard, 10-18-80. God bless ya, brother Charlie. Thanx, Johnny, for postin' it.
Reminds me of the backwoods where I'm from in Missouri.
Mingo?
I herd him sing this acoustically in Memphis back in 1980.REAL spooky.
i saw danny live 1981 at lee county arena florida. i was 10 it changed me for the better. the next show was iron maiden in 82 it didnt come close god bless america!!!!!!
I'm 54 years old and this song still gives me the creeps.
Yup . Johnston county NC. Below the dam at Holts pond. Moccasin swamp. Things disappear. RIP Charlie
Awesome song I love it! I grew up listening to this song
like his voice havnt been much of country music person but staring to enjoy some of it
Song reminds of when I drove through the Florida Everglades at night down Alligator alley. Miles of straight highway with gators hiding along the ditches and only the occasional passing of headlights going the other way to let you know you weren't alone. Definitely creepy!
Thats a cool place Joe,from what I hear they changed it up a bit with fences and lights....I say put it back to the way it was.. Mike from NY
madmikeastoria no lights! no fences! hasn't really changed much since I was a child except now it's even creepier since the introduction of pythons, boas, and other exotic wildlife!
john smith
I hear ya Bro,and I wouldn't even be scared if I broke down going through it at night..I'd just listen to all the night sounds and lite a fatty!
home
the glades holds many mysteries.
CDB rulez! Great video, congratulations from Brazil!
my favorite CDB RECORD
What a great song full of lots of wisdom for the young ones to learn from.yes there really are things that go bump in the night and they are always watching for all the naughty little sinners to punish & traumatize
to hell with the stuff on that radio all we need is charlie
I dig this song.. I will always and always have!! watch out for the people you don't understand .. see what I mean. ha ha !!!
Hi
Like the song Mr miss understood
Great song K-she 95 the rock of StLouis played this along with the country stations back in the early 80's
Used to drive the Trail when it was 2 lanes, pull over at night (no one else from Naples to Miami) and listen to the gators talk back and forth 'til the mosquitos drowned them out...
One of the best songs ever, just try to live it. Fun ride.
I knew the real Wooley from Ohio. A real stand up person & a great friend. He's been gone 10 yrs. now & I miss him everyday.
Why are great songs like this so rarely made today?
He knows how to tell a story!
I used to listen to cdb when I as a kid this was my fav lbum by him today I listen to metal I still love listening to Charlie daniels
Love the pictures used in this video, and it's a great song.
this is the kind of music everyone should listen to....
My dad introduced me to this song while we were on a pontoon ride on a full moon night.
I got a few years on ya, but yah this is the kind of country I was raised on.
I heard hom do an acoustical version back in 1982 in Memphis.That brought chills to my spine like never before.
everything changes. but the swamps on the cape fear always remain the same
This song reminds me of my younger days of red ant hills and swamps in the Florida Everglades
I just turned 18 a few days ago. This STILL IS true country.
this was a great presentation of the song and did have great sound.Great creepy song
That was a great way to present a great song and story, Thanks!
cool tune and great story line,
saw the cdb open for skynyrd the mtb at winterland '74. i'll never forget that night.
1st concert I ever seen. Awesome!
I am familiar with the Carvers Creek area,it was just down from my great grand-parents home maybe 15 miles and those who don't know,Charlie Daniels is from Leland,NC.
The mention of Wooley Swamp hushed up alot of us great grand children,but for us it was grandparents just scaring us all.Legendary song non the less!
This ain't bad, but the original version has a place in my heart.
ok
country boy dipper 1996 d
Exactly.
R.I.P ICON!! Legends never Die!!!
One of the first albums I bought, back when I was 12 or 13, just after I bought my first copies of The Wall and Back in Black!
Charlie Daniels Band knows how to rock this shit!
Prayer's Up! Praises' Out! Rest In Peace!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like to listen to this song around Halloween good song your missed Charlie 10/2/20/
The Legend of Wooley Swamp. Same as the title of the video. Artist is Charlie Daniels Band, in case you were wondering that as well.
♥
Love this song!
Hell yeah lets go an git some shine then head to wooley swamp!!
Careful John...that's just what the Tabor boys did and went lookin for his money. Didn't work out to well for them, thinkin he acted too funny. The best advice is to go on down there, if you dare, and if you make it out then unwind and have some shine. That's what we do from Dublin and we all made it back alive, except for four or five.
Get*
As long as its not bs legal shine
SWAMP THING WAS A GOOD SHOW AND MOVIE .IN THE 80S
love this song takes me back to high school
I'm aware of that, I was saying this is not the original version of the song. Many artists that have gotten up in the ages went back and redid they're greatest hits, such as Merle Haggard and it's instantly reconizeable it's not the original version as when they redo it they change it and it don't come across the same as the original even when it's the same guys redoing the song.
THIS MAN IS A TRUE AMERICAN AND CARES WHAT HAPPENS TO IT.
I live in the swamps of south GA, yall come on down here and we can take a small walk on shaky mud and find out how many like the sun going down 'sides me. LOL!
Rip sir thank you
Great song.
Yeah it's a cool song been listening to it for some time.
Back when I was in high school,I listened to this song on KLAQ from El Paso.
sends chills dwn tis ole wv countryboys back
awseome song from my brother..
gets better every time i hear it!!!!
reminds me of the swamps of florida where i come from
Awesome put-together!!!! SWEET ^:* Good work I Cosby!!!!! One of his best hits ever!
this is one of my favorite songs from The Charlie Daniels Band
I love you so song take me back to childhood
COUSIN THIS IS MY MOST FAVORITE SONG U DID!!!! SENDING MY LOVE TO U ,JUSTIN & THE BAND...oxooxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxoo
i'm 46 this was music