Johnny didn't sell his soul to become great, he was confident enough to beat the devil with his goodness. The goodness and light of innocent youth beats the Devil.
Oh young one, you were close. The blues player was Robert Johnson. Legend says he made a crossroads deal with the devil, literally standing in the middle of an intersection of two roads. He called on the devil and sold his soul to be the greatest blues musician. His career spanned only 7 months but to this day his is credited as bringing Delta blues to the forefront. No one knows if the legend is true or not but many of his songs talk about the devil chasing him down.
There's an aspect to the story that never gets talked about anymore, the story was actually attributed to Tommy Johnson, another delta blues player about 10 years before Robert Johnson. The story stuck with Robert because 1: he wrote songs about religion, including several songs about the devil and hell hounds, Tommy Johnson mainly wrote funny bawdy songs with inappropriate innuendo. 2: Robert's life and death was more mysterious, as though he did die at a young age, no real reason for his death was given on his death certificate, but this can mainly be attributed to it being the 1930s and Robert being a poor unknown black man. All the fame and legend Robert has today unfortunately never came while he was alive. Also, Charlie Daniels claims the inspiration for this song came from a poem, I know it's about a whippoorwill, but the title escapes me.
An important thing to remember is *what* Johnny plays. When he says, "Fire on the Mountain," "Chicken in the Breadpan" etc. he's naming off the traditional Appalachian fiddle tunes that Johnny used to defeat the devil. He's basically saying that an ol' country boy sticking to his roots is so good even the devil and a band full of demons couldn't beat him. This feature is strengthened by the fact that the demonic band was playing a snazzier, different kind of music, but Johnny just played what he had learned from his folks. Traditional Appalachian fiddle tunes were learned without anything being written down. A younger fiddler would sit under an old-timer and repeat one section at a time as he heard it over and over until he had it by heart and had added a little of his own flair. So, especially "back in the day," these old tunes were *very* traditional and a venerable part of the culture. The CDB is saying that they're so powerful even the devil can't touch them. Also, Southern lore was full of stories of deals with the devil and figuring out how to beat the devil. It's a very old heroic trope in Southern folklore.
That's how my granddad learned to play guitar. He couldn't read music for shit, but if you played the notes he could play that back on anything with strings. He played entirely by ear, and never did it any other way.
Thanks for pointing this out. Part of the beauty of this song is the tribute Charlie Daniels is giving to American folk music traditions. He also brings out "Devil's in the house of the rising sun." and "Granny does your dog bite? No child. No." All traditional fiddle tunes that weave their way into other songs.
Charlie Daniels went to my moms church. I used to go with her on Christmas Eve and Easter Sunday. One Easter, the CDB was the entertainment. They performed some songs but before they left the stage, the pastor thanks them for being there then says 'Well, you can't have the CDB here without them playing TDWDTG!!!' And so they played it IN CHURCH ON EASTEWR SUNDAY!!! I'm super fortunate to have that experience and the fact it was in chruch just makes it a great story!
EASTER, CHRIST-MAS is PAGAN EVIL. Its NOT WRITTEN in Scripture. There’s The PASSOVER But We Who are RISEN PASSED OVER From DEATH to EVERLASTING LOVE Of THE FATHER OF LIGHTS.
I remember when some country fans were upset when Lil Nas X made a country song. No one seemed to have a problem with Charlie Daniels making this 'rap' song. I personally feel that this is one of the best rap songs of all time.
Did you know there were two versions? The broadcast version that changed “Son of a Bïtch” to “Son of a gun”. You could only hear the original version on 8-track or album.
Yes plus one of the best written songs in country music in my opinion. I like the oldies. Charles Daniels Dolly Parton George Strait Hank Williams and the list goes on
I was a college party & this song came on. Every Southerner sang along. I later found out that the out of stater got really nervous. Not because we all sang along but because we matched tone & intonation with Charlie Daniels. Perfectly.
Yep, Robert Johnson. Off topic, the other day you said something about boomers saying that our music is good because we didn't have the tech to change vocals, etc. A big part of that, which we forget to add, is that we were a hard core concert culture, so we listened to all those bands on the radio AND on stage, and for the most part they sounded the same. I was a live sound engineer in the 70's and the only thing we had tech wise was reverb, and it had to be used sparingly or the distortion was over the top. We watched so much live that we held the music industry's feet to the fire because they really wanted that income stream, and we wouldn't keep coming back if the quality wasn't stellar. We were so lucky, our music was the best ever.
There's the old saying about how there are only two kinds of music, good music and bad music. Speaking for myself, I have finally found the perfect way to describe the difference between what I like and what I don't like: generally speaking, I prefer handmade music. As in, I prefer music that can be performed live by musicians in real time with little to no performance assistance, almost regardless of genre. That could mean anything from Led Zeppelin to Duke Ellington to Beethoven to Hank Williams to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir to Motown to Frank Sinatra. I like music made from scratch with love, just like Mom used to make, with only the freshest organic ingredients. The kind that people can make in real time, on demand, right in front of you, as you watch and listen. This means that it's been harder and harder in recent years define something new that I like. Everything is so sterile and brittle and flavorless these days.
Boomer opinion here. Learning to sing or play an instrument was a part of one's basic education in childhood. Today, we are lacking competent musicians. I would be hard pressed to find a teenager who could play any instrument. Get back to the basics, folks.
@@ltodd79. Spot on! We started at 8 years old with soprano recorders. If we showed any flair we moved on to other instruments. But every child in that school learned to play the recorder. We also used to sing *every day* in school, at least once a day.
The "selling your soul for music success" story winds through at least the last century of music, but is most famous in legendary blues guitarist/songwriter Robert Johnson's song "Crossroads." The story is, you go to the crossroads at midnight and make your deal with the devil. Eric Clapton had a huge hit with a rock version of the song in the late 1960s.
Got Tenacious D with their tribute song beating the devil like in this song, blues song where they sold out and got hell hounds chasing them but they making that good music or Devil's Trill Sonata that is the in between. Devil wanted to teach him and he tested the devil and what he heard he could only make that tribute of how it was. That visit was around 1713 or so the story goes, one night in a dream.
Young man that's a fiddle, Pegasus I have 20 years on ya !! That was a snub to big industry record labels .he always stayed true never sold out .. thanks y'all it's beautiful for generations coming together for music
Charlie was one of the greats and also among a great few that never got onto the drug scene. Reba, Dolly, George straight, George Jones And many others.
Rap didn't _exist_ back then except for maybe on a couple street corners in NY City. This would have been considered "talking blues", as done by Bob Dylan and other (mostly obscure) artists.
This isn't rap. It's called recitation. It was used in country music going back into the 1930's. There's an older German alternative called Sprechgesang.
As soon as the young fella said, "it's not a bop. It's a boppppp," I got a tremendous grin on my face and you got my like. LOL. Great to see the newer generation enjoying this music too.
It's pretty awesome seeing a couple of rap-heads bopping out to Charlie Daniels Band. Bop in our day meant something different, in fact there is a song called Bop from back in the day that will explain it all! Dan Seals is the artist!
Charlie started his career on the rock charts and finished his career on the country charts, but he never changed his music. I guess some record executive decided to reclassify him circa the early 90s?
CDB is timeless IMO. My mom passed away in Feb 2011, CDB played live at our local county fair that Aug. My daughter had no idea who he was (she was born in 2000) or recognized his music (till the concert) nor did her best friend. We went (free with paid fair admittance) and sat in the stand for the first part than moved to right in front of the stage trailer the second half (was doing photography also). They played Devil Went Down To Georgia and Legend of Wooly Swamp. The final song put my on butt on the ground and in tears. That final song was the one my mom asked my cousin to preform at her funeral, "How Great Thou Art", I recognized the first several notes when they started and new what it was and I lost it. I had not fully grieved for her loss as I was the one who had to stay strong for the rest of my family at that time. Charlie noticed what was going on (saw me on the ground crying) had some of his road crew right after the show find me and the girls and brought us back stage to see if I was ok. I explained the whole situation and got a hug from each band member. Will never forget that, wasn't to many years later and Charlie Daniels also passed away. I am just grateful to have those memories of being able to finally see him perform live, may have not been some big concert but honestly I like the small one on one type concerts anyway. Have seen Michael Martin Murphy and Dwight Yoakum concerts in the same style also.
The 1996 summer olympics were held in Atlanta. One of the gymnasts, wisely, chose this song for her routine. When the song started the place went crazy! Great moment.
And the 1970's.....this song came out in 1979... one of the greatest years of Southern Rock Bands and their music. For instance...one of the best was a band called Molly Hatchet and their epic classic hit song that came out in 1979 "Flirtin' With Disaster" sung by lead vocalist the late great Danny Joe Brown. Listen to the lyrics and the song is talking about any person or generation of any era. (The artwork on their album covers by Frank Frazetta is still some of my top favorites)
My dad met Charlie when they both came back from Vietnam & we’re good friends for 45 years til he passed. I grew up backstage at most of these events & Charlie is a true man of the people. RIP Big Daddy 🫡🔥🍻
I am impressed by your appreciation of a wide range of music! I'm a 73 year white man from rural Pennsylvania, but I learned from Duke Ellington. "There are two types of music: good music, and that other stuff."
I saw him live. His encore was this song for 20 minutes. This is what made classic country, R&B and other classic songs great. They tell a story. Most singers narrate the story in a song. Check out Kenny Rogers Coward of the County. Many Kenny songs are stories. You dig into classic music you’ll discover the stories. Partly why they are still popular today.
Back in the 80s, I met him and his wife at a bar near the NC fairgrounds. I played darts with them. I also asked "the" question, about this song. He said, "that song is basically a life lesson, in story format, put to music. A lot of thought actually went in to those lyrics, so it would be relatable to almost anyone. " Of course that was paraphrased.
Charlie Daniels is One of the greatest fiddle players to ever live. The is a difference between fiddle and violin, it's the type of music played on it. I would like to see this young mans reaction to Hank Williams Jr. A Country Boy Can Survive. Even though Hank has issues and problems(these days who doesn't) he was a great artist. Thank you for the reaction and God Bless All. #RIPCharlieDaniels
He actually HAS done a reaction to A Country Boy Can Survive. It was an excellent reaction so you would do well to find it and play it. It is one of the best reactions I have seen.
I am so impressed he not only heard of Robert Johnson & the infamous cross road deal, but it stayed with him. I am sincere appreciation of his knowledge. I didn't know it a 20.
I saw your original reaction to this song. So great that you liked it so much you are sharing it with more people to enjoy. Robert Johnson is the blues singer you were thinking of and he sang the story "Cross Road Blues". Also, Eric Clapton sang a rendition of that song called "Crossroads". A little fact: When Johnny plays his turn, Charlie Daniels mentions "Fire on the Mountain", "House of the Rising Sun", and "Chicken in the bread pan pickin' out dough". These are all old time American southern folk songs.
I saw them live as a teenager in the 70’s! Don’t overthink it😁 it’s just a bop or a hoedown depending on where you’re from! Loved watching this!❤️🔥✌🏻🫶🏻
I got to see The Charlie Daniels Band perform this in 1981 at Cheyenne Frontier Days. Charlie Daniels made sure the Air Force members and families stationed at the base in Cheyenne got tickets and were able to see that great show. It's great to see this music getting passed to another generation.
Fun fact. On the Devil's part, Charlie played 7 different fiddle parts on at least 2 different fiddles. He was a guitar player first and foremost, fronting bands since the late 50s. He and his best guitar player, Tommy Crain, were fire together.
Great reaction. Charlie Daniels became a born-again Christian and changed the lyric calling the devil a son-of-a-b**ch to son-of-a-gun. I appreciate him more for that.
Twenty Five years ago I introduced my son, then 10 to this song ... He swears Charlie Daniels is the reason he likes Rap ... (though he's not into mumble rap, vulgar rap, thank God).
My favorite country song. I had the pleasure of meeting him when I was in Korea. Absolutely wonderful man God rest his soul. You should go to Wichita Falls the Cowboys and dance to this song country style and it will blow your mind!
I did get to see them live, and my 14 yr old daughter was begging to go. The band is amazing, and they played that to close the set, and they brought the house down, 2000 ppl on their feet screaming!
Me being a Gen Z, I’ve been blessed by living with my grandparents and their 50-90s songs. In my opinion, the old times (referencing the music I wasn’t alive to experience) are slightly better. The music I listen to now, are still really good, but the music back then, I feel like, have more soul to them. Y’all agree?
And yes Robert Johnson is considered an early member of the 27 Club .. other members .. Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse etc…
I saw him at the State Fair, where he played on a round revolving stage in the middle of the rodeo arena. When he played this one, he jumped down off the stage and ran around the arena. You could see security cringing all over the place, but no one tried to stop him. Then the fair queen contestants, of which I was one, had what was supposed to be a group photo after, but he dismissed our photographer, rearranged us to his own satisfaction, and used his own photographer to take the group photo, then single photos. He was a big man. I fit quite neatly under his arm, cowboy hat and all. The experience was only a bit marred by the fact that he had just been running around the arena after a vigorous hour long performance in the summertime.
It's a classic story...the devil battles for everyone soul...this battle was a fiddle battle. Interesting fact...4 old time songs are referenced...Fire On The Mountain...an old fiddle tune, The House Of The Rising Sun...an old folk song, Chicken in a Bread Pan Pickin Out Dough, from the old song Ida Red and Granny Will Your Dog Bite.
Great job young man for making that comparison, the blues player story is put out as a true story, and is told in the same way as this song only the devil gets his soul at the end of his career.
I was fortunate enough to see him and his band perform years ago in Plant City, Florida. I was in the front row. People could literally not stay in their seats. RIP CHARLIE Thanks for the good memories ❤
I appreciate that you ran into the Charlie Daniels Band within the last year and found that you like it and want to share it. You really need to check out Charlie Daniels Band, "Still in Saigon", or "In America." I think you would appreciate it.
This was a really great reaction. As a lyrics person I get trying to deep dive, but sometimes what's on the surface is all there is. This has always been one of my favorite songs since I was a kid. It's such a fun sing-along classic...and no one can touch my air fiddle! 🤣❤
Pegasus, it was fun watching you introduce this song to your friend. Now you understand why so many of us enjoy watching reaction videos where younger people experience for the first time the music we grew up with. Also, I thought it was funny when you were talking about the song being a bop because as soon as it started both of you were bopping your heads to the music.
Watced this with my dad, when I was a kid, so this song has a special place in my heart. But I do love Home Free's feat Charlie Daniels version of it, Austin Brown has the perfect accent for Johnny's part, because he is from Georgia ❤
I have loved the CDB since I first heard them back in the 70's. Don't ask me which year cause if you can remember, you weren't really there. They did a lot of good songs that are worth listening to. But if you want a good chuckle, check out the spoof version called 'The Devil Went To Jamaica."
Thank you! I knew it was inspired by an old story but I was thinking it was “The Devil and Daniel Webster”. That was a different take on the story of Faust.
If you liked this, there is actually a sequel called " Devil Comes Back to Georgia" by Mark O'Connor featuring johnny cash, charlie daniels and other names. Ten years after their showdown, Lucifer comes back for a rematch.
I saw Charlie Daniel’s perform about 30 years ago. He had to be about 70-75 yo. He rocked it just the same and ended his show with that song after at least two call backs. It was like watching Elvis (who I also saw perform live!).He was quite a talent.
I am waaaay old and I saw this live Charlie Daniels Band NJ State Fair 1980! Live performance of this, his last song after a concert with demanding music/vocals. The devils chords is the term for the most difficult fiddle playing structure there is and few master it. Charlie Daniels not only mastered it, but bridged it with some of the most complex fiddle music theory ever. The length of the song considering it's complexity makes it even more epic.
The song is pretty literal. Country music is all about telling a story. There's no underlying message. There are some great folk lyrics in there as well. I highly recommend looking at the lyrics. =)
Charlie Daniels is one of the most outstanding storytellers in country. He published a book decades ago with a bunch of the stories that he had made into song, very entertaining read
9:28 Ok, now imagine that, but the sequel, it’s at least 5 times as good, has Johnny Cash singing, Travis Tritt acting, Charlie as the Devil in the fiddle battle part two, and the most badass fastest fiddle player as “Johnny.” The Devil Went Back To Georgia, look it up ;)
I remember being 5 or 6 seeing this on TV for the first time, it would've been mid-80's. I was so electrified I felt like I was either going to blast off like a rocketship or blow up like a bomb. It was just so exciting. The performance is balls-out, the crowd is hyped to hell, and some kid is having a music fight with the Devil. Like holy shit, I grew up with some country music but this was very different to what I'd heard.
I still have my ticket stub dated May 10, 1978, when I saw the Charlie Daniels band live in concert in Utica, New York. Excellent show, and the entire thing was all high energy music. Loved it! I was only 22 at the time, and it's a great life-long memory. Thanks for introducing it to the kid!
Johnny didn't sell his soul to become great, he was confident enough to beat the devil with his goodness. The goodness and light of innocent youth beats the Devil.
Oh young one, you were close. The blues player was Robert Johnson. Legend says he made a crossroads deal with the devil, literally standing in the middle of an intersection of two roads. He called on the devil and sold his soul to be the greatest blues musician. His career spanned only 7 months but to this day his is credited as bringing Delta blues to the forefront. No one knows if the legend is true or not but many of his songs talk about the devil chasing him down.
There's an aspect to the story that never gets talked about anymore, the story was actually attributed to Tommy Johnson, another delta blues player about 10 years before Robert Johnson. The story stuck with Robert because 1: he wrote songs about religion, including several songs about the devil and hell hounds, Tommy Johnson mainly wrote funny bawdy songs with inappropriate innuendo. 2: Robert's life and death was more mysterious, as though he did die at a young age, no real reason for his death was given on his death certificate, but this can mainly be attributed to it being the 1930s and Robert being a poor unknown black man. All the fame and legend Robert has today unfortunately never came while he was alive. Also, Charlie Daniels claims the inspiration for this song came from a poem, I know it's about a whippoorwill, but the title escapes me.
They portray that story in the movie "Oh Brother Where Art Thou? " in a humorous way.
thank you you saved me from a lot of one finger typing lol
So very close! Lol
didn't the karate kid do a movie about this?
An important thing to remember is *what* Johnny plays. When he says, "Fire on the Mountain," "Chicken in the Breadpan" etc. he's naming off the traditional Appalachian fiddle tunes that Johnny used to defeat the devil. He's basically saying that an ol' country boy sticking to his roots is so good even the devil and a band full of demons couldn't beat him. This feature is strengthened by the fact that the demonic band was playing a snazzier, different kind of music, but Johnny just played what he had learned from his folks.
Traditional Appalachian fiddle tunes were learned without anything being written down. A younger fiddler would sit under an old-timer and repeat one section at a time as he heard it over and over until he had it by heart and had added a little of his own flair. So, especially "back in the day," these old tunes were *very* traditional and a venerable part of the culture. The CDB is saying that they're so powerful even the devil can't touch them.
Also, Southern lore was full of stories of deals with the devil and figuring out how to beat the devil. It's a very old heroic trope in Southern folklore.
That's how my granddad learned to play guitar. He couldn't read music for shit, but if you played the notes he could play that back on anything with strings. He played entirely by ear, and never did it any other way.
I never knew that! Thanks for the info!
@@TheKkf1015 it takes a special kind of ear to be able to do what your dad does. Be very proud of his ability. Not many can do something like that.
Thanks for pointing this out. Part of the beauty of this song is the tribute Charlie Daniels is giving to American folk music traditions.
He also brings out "Devil's in the house of the rising sun." and "Granny does your dog bite? No child. No." All traditional fiddle tunes that weave their way into other songs.
thanks so much for taking time to explain everything
Charlie Daniels went to my moms church. I used to go with her on Christmas Eve and Easter Sunday. One Easter, the CDB was the entertainment. They performed some songs but before they left the stage, the pastor thanks them for being there then says 'Well, you can't have the CDB here without them playing TDWDTG!!!' And so they played it IN CHURCH ON EASTEWR SUNDAY!!! I'm super fortunate to have that experience and the fact it was in chruch just makes it a great story!
EASTER, CHRIST-MAS is PAGAN EVIL. Its NOT WRITTEN in Scripture. There’s The PASSOVER But We Who are RISEN
PASSED OVER From DEATH to EVERLASTING LOVE Of THE FATHER OF LIGHTS.
Happy Easter.
What a great story. Incredible memory to have.
Did he say son of a bitch or son of a gun in church? 😊
I would have killed to be with you and hear CBD live at church 🥰🥰💯
I had the pleasure to attend a show that Charlie Daniel's and Tanya Tucker performed the same night, talk about a show.
I remember when some country fans were upset when Lil Nas X made a country song. No one seemed to have a problem with Charlie Daniels making this 'rap' song. I personally feel that this is one of the best rap songs of all time.
Charlie always played a mean fiddle!! God rest his soul. RIP
A violin wears a bow tie, a fiddle wears a bolo.
Did you know there were two versions? The broadcast version that changed “Son of a Bïtch” to “Son of a gun”. You could only hear the original version on
8-track or album.
He’s telling a story. “Guy vs Devil in a battle of wits or skill” is a common trope throughout history
Exactly, there’s an old story turned play called Faust.
You were enjoying him watching a video the same way we enjoy watching you discover the videos. That’s what’s so cool about reactions.
I don't think he's familiar with the concept of folk music (not being snarky) and oral tradition.
@@jawo8754 Fair. But didn't Faust just submit himself to the devil for knowledge? Was there a battle? I can't remember.
Yes plus one of the best written songs in country music in my opinion. I like the oldies. Charles Daniels Dolly Parton George Strait Hank Williams and the list goes on
I was a college party & this song came on. Every Southerner sang along. I later found out that the out of stater got really nervous. Not because we all sang along but because we matched tone & intonation with Charlie Daniels. Perfectly.
Yes!!
You gotta put on the right voice!
Yep, Robert Johnson. Off topic, the other day you said something about boomers saying that our music is good because we didn't have the tech to change vocals, etc. A big part of that, which we forget to add, is that we were a hard core concert culture, so we listened to all those bands on the radio AND on stage, and for the most part they sounded the same. I was a live sound engineer in the 70's and the only thing we had tech wise was reverb, and it had to be used sparingly or the distortion was over the top. We watched so much live that we held the music industry's feet to the fire because they really wanted that income stream, and we wouldn't keep coming back if the quality wasn't stellar. We were so lucky, our music was the best ever.
There's the old saying about how there are only two kinds of music, good music and bad music. Speaking for myself, I have finally found the perfect way to describe the difference between what I like and what I don't like: generally speaking, I prefer handmade music. As in, I prefer music that can be performed live by musicians in real time with little to no performance assistance, almost regardless of genre. That could mean anything from Led Zeppelin to Duke Ellington to Beethoven to Hank Williams to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir to Motown to Frank Sinatra. I like music made from scratch with love, just like Mom used to make, with only the freshest organic ingredients. The kind that people can make in real time, on demand, right in front of you, as you watch and listen.
This means that it's been harder and harder in recent years define something new that I like. Everything is so sterile and brittle and flavorless these days.
Boomer opinion here. Learning to sing or play an instrument was a part of one's basic education in childhood. Today, we are lacking competent musicians. I would be hard pressed to find a teenager who could play any instrument.
Get back to the basics, folks.
yeah, back then you actually had to sound good, none of that auto tune crap they use today..
@@ltodd79. Spot on! We started at 8 years old with soprano recorders. If we showed any flair we moved on to other instruments. But every child in that school learned to play the recorder. We also used to sing *every day* in school, at least once a day.
Yes!!! Perfectly stated!!!!😍😍🤗🤗😉
The "selling your soul for music success" story winds through at least the last century of music, but is most famous in legendary blues guitarist/songwriter Robert Johnson's song "Crossroads." The story is, you go to the crossroads at midnight and make your deal with the devil. Eric Clapton had a huge hit with a rock version of the song in the late 1960s.
I came to the comments to see if anyone mentioned Robert Johnson and the "Crossroads." Good on ya!
@@timmholl9238Ditto - mentioned it higher up before i saw this, but now mentioned 2x on high voted posts.
Got Tenacious D with their tribute song beating the devil like in this song, blues song where they sold out and got hell hounds chasing them but they making that good music or Devil's Trill Sonata that is the in between. Devil wanted to teach him and he tested the devil and what he heard he could only make that tribute of how it was. That visit was around 1713 or so the story goes, one night in a dream.
You 2 need to hear him play Orange Blossom Special. You’ll appreciate his talent even more
Young man that's a fiddle, Pegasus I have 20 years on ya !! That was a snub to big industry record labels .he always stayed true never sold out .. thanks y'all it's beautiful for generations coming together for music
You know the difference between a fiddle and a violin? According to Mr. Daniels, a violin has strings........a fiddle has strangs......:)
Shout out to us boomers
@@hippielady123 yes I'm a 1963 model vintage!! I love your name!! My son's friends call me a cool hippie 😎 he's 33 !!
@@flowerchild6641 1960 and thanks I love you name too
@@hippielady123 Model of 1954 here. Shout out to you!
Don't overthink it. This song is just a fun way for Charlie to show off being the best.
I don't think the Drummers gets enough credit for keeping that hard beat in the back!!!
Drummers
Darlin' you missed a drummer...
WOW
Loving that young mans smile soon as Charlie started
❣️❣️❣️🤗
Devil went down to Jamaica would have been hilarious.
Charlie Daniles used to come every year to the County Fair where I grew up. He really does keep a barrel of Fiddle Bows next to him.
I remember seeing him at the country fair in my hometown too!!
Charlie was one of the greats and also among a great few that never got onto the drug scene. Reba, Dolly, George straight, George Jones And many others.
Best country rapper EVER! 🇺🇸💙
One thing that people overlook with Charlie Daniels is his quirkiest achievement. He made the made the fiddle hot in the rock circles.
Charlie and particularly this song is widely credited as one of the seminal influences on the development of rap music.
Rap didn't _exist_ back then except for maybe on a couple street corners in NY City. This would have been considered "talking blues", as done by Bob Dylan and other (mostly obscure) artists.
This isn't rap. It's called recitation. It was used in country music going back into the 1930's. There's an older German alternative called Sprechgesang.
@@toolshed2ndbattcheck out the Jubilares Noah!
Nobody could play the fiddle like the great Charlie Daniels.
R.I.P.aradise Charlie 🙏
One of the best ever ❣️
Charlie Daniels the OG rapper and this song proves it
As soon as the young fella said, "it's not a bop. It's a boppppp," I got a tremendous grin on my face and you got my like. LOL. Great to see the newer generation enjoying this music too.
It's pretty awesome seeing a couple of rap-heads bopping out to Charlie Daniels Band. Bop in our day meant something different, in fact there is a song called Bop from back in the day that will explain it all! Dan Seals is the artist!
This is what they call Southern fried Rock
Charlie started his career on the rock charts and finished his career on the country charts, but he never changed his music. I guess some record executive decided to reclassify him circa the early 90s?
CDB is timeless IMO. My mom passed away in Feb 2011, CDB played live at our local county fair that Aug. My daughter had no idea who he was (she was born in 2000) or recognized his music (till the concert) nor did her best friend. We went (free with paid fair admittance) and sat in the stand for the first part than moved to right in front of the stage trailer the second half (was doing photography also). They played Devil Went Down To Georgia and Legend of Wooly Swamp. The final song put my on butt on the ground and in tears. That final song was the one my mom asked my cousin to preform at her funeral, "How Great Thou Art", I recognized the first several notes when they started and new what it was and I lost it. I had not fully grieved for her loss as I was the one who had to stay strong for the rest of my family at that time. Charlie noticed what was going on (saw me on the ground crying) had some of his road crew right after the show find me and the girls and brought us back stage to see if I was ok. I explained the whole situation and got a hug from each band member. Will never forget that, wasn't to many years later and Charlie Daniels also passed away. I am just grateful to have those memories of being able to finally see him perform live, may have not been some big concert but honestly I like the small one on one type concerts anyway. Have seen Michael Martin Murphy and Dwight Yoakum concerts in the same style also.
The 1996 summer olympics were held in Atlanta. One of the gymnasts, wisely, chose this song for her routine. When the song started the place went crazy! Great moment.
I remember that!
I remember that! Gosh, I haven't thought about that in ages!! Thanks for the memory nudge! 😊
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Love how you share it with the younger generation let them know we were cool in the 80s😂
And the 1970's.....this song came out in 1979... one of the greatest years of Southern Rock Bands and their music.
For instance...one of the best was a band called Molly Hatchet and their epic classic hit song that came out in 1979
"Flirtin' With Disaster" sung by lead vocalist the late great
Danny Joe Brown.
Listen to the lyrics and the song is talking about any person or generation of any era.
(The artwork on their album covers by Frank Frazetta is still some of my top favorites)
My dad met Charlie when they both came back from Vietnam & we’re good friends for 45 years til he passed. I grew up backstage at most of these events & Charlie is a true man of the people. RIP Big Daddy 🫡🔥🍻
Awesome. I didn't know Charlie was in Vietnam. Didn't they have a song called "Still In Saigon"?
I knew him. He was a very nice man as well as a great talent.
@@sassymess7111yes he did, that’s what the song was about
The man could light a fiddle on fire. I so enjoyed growing up in a time of great music like this
I am impressed by your appreciation of a wide range of music! I'm a 73 year white man from rural Pennsylvania, but I learned from Duke Ellington.
"There are two types of music: good music, and that other stuff."
I saw him live. His encore was this song for 20 minutes.
This is what made classic country, R&B and other classic songs great. They tell a story. Most singers narrate the story in a song. Check out Kenny Rogers Coward of the County.
Many Kenny songs are stories.
You dig into classic music you’ll discover the stories. Partly why they are still popular today.
Back in the 80s, I met him and his wife at a bar near the NC fairgrounds. I played darts with them. I also asked "the" question, about this song. He said, "that song is basically a life lesson, in story format, put to music. A lot of thought actually went in to those lyrics, so it would be relatable to almost anyone. " Of course that was paraphrased.
Charlie Daniels is One of the greatest fiddle players to ever live. The is a difference between fiddle and violin, it's the type of music played on it.
I would like to see this young mans reaction to Hank Williams Jr. A Country Boy Can Survive. Even though Hank has issues and problems(these days who doesn't) he was a great artist.
Thank you for the reaction and God Bless All.
#RIPCharlieDaniels
He actually HAS done a reaction to A Country Boy Can Survive. It was an excellent reaction so you would do well to find it and play it. It is one of the best reactions I have seen.
He sawed on it and he played it hot😉
I honestly love how much this musician appreciates good music regardless of genre. He is clever, thoughtful and damn good himself.
I am so impressed he not only heard of Robert Johnson & the infamous cross road deal, but it stayed with him. I am sincere appreciation of his knowledge. I didn't know it a 20.
The underlying message of the song is that Charlie Daniels is the best fiddle player there's ever been. That's his message.
I saw a band in Nashville get 50 bucks to play this.
They played it perfectly.
basically what this song boils down to is Country beats Rock and Roll. Love Charlis Daniels. R.I.P.
He was the best in my book.
I saw your original reaction to this song. So great that you liked it so much you are sharing it with more people to enjoy. Robert Johnson is the blues singer you were thinking of and he sang the story "Cross Road Blues". Also, Eric Clapton sang a rendition of that song called "Crossroads".
A little fact: When Johnny plays his turn, Charlie Daniels mentions "Fire on the Mountain", "House of the Rising Sun", and "Chicken in the bread pan pickin' out dough". These are all old time American southern folk songs.
I sing this song at karaoke all the time. One of my faves.
I freaking love how much this song and music has you preaching! Charlie is looking down and playing his fiddle for you!
The storyteller/song genre is as old as time. Rap and hiphop are just the current iterations of the theme.
I saw them live as a teenager in the 70’s! Don’t overthink it😁 it’s just a bop or a hoedown depending on where you’re from! Loved watching this!❤️🔥✌🏻🫶🏻
I agree don't over think it, just enjoy, everyone wants to analyze things when you go there you miss out on too much, just saying is all. 😊
I got to see The Charlie Daniels Band perform this in 1981 at Cheyenne Frontier Days. Charlie Daniels made sure the Air Force members and families stationed at the base in Cheyenne got tickets and were able to see that great show. It's great to see this music getting passed to another generation.
Fun fact. On the Devil's part, Charlie played 7 different fiddle parts on at least 2 different fiddles. He was a guitar player first and foremost, fronting bands since the late 50s. He and his best guitar player, Tommy Crain, were fire together.
charlie played on a couple dylan tracks
The underlying message is signing your soul over to the major record labels
Great reaction. Charlie Daniels became a born-again Christian and changed the lyric calling the devil a son-of-a-b**ch to son-of-a-gun. I appreciate him more for that.
I think he did that for the radio version. His live performances still said bitch.
I really enjoy seeing young ppl relishing the stuff I grew😊 up with.
Twenty Five years ago I introduced my son, then 10 to this song ...
He swears Charlie Daniels is the reason he likes Rap ... (though he's not into mumble rap, vulgar rap, thank God).
My favorite country song. I had the pleasure of meeting him when I was in Korea. Absolutely wonderful man God rest his soul. You should go to Wichita Falls the Cowboys and dance to this song country style and it will blow your mind!
I did get to see them live, and my 14 yr old daughter was begging to go. The band is amazing, and they played that to close the set, and they brought the house down, 2000 ppl on their feet screaming!
I went to see Lynerd Skynerd in 1975 and the Charlie Daniels Band was the opener. I'd never heard of them before. They kicked ass!!!
Love the way you introduce songs to the younger generation
Me being a Gen Z, I’ve been blessed by living with my grandparents and their 50-90s songs. In my opinion, the old times (referencing the music I wasn’t alive to experience) are slightly better. The music I listen to now, are still really good, but the music back then, I feel like, have more soul to them. Y’all agree?
Being almost 70 I enjoyed watching you hear it for the first time! Appreciate ya'
So many great songs. Legend of Woolley Swamp, uneasy rider, long hair country boy.
Robert Johnson at the crossroads on hwy 61 in Mississippi
I was looking to see if anyone had already answered it because I was going to if they hadn’t. Lol
Thank you
Us 61 and us 49 in Clarksdale Ms
And yes Robert Johnson is considered an early member of the 27 Club .. other members .. Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse etc…
Don't they have a plaque there?
Great reaction! Everyone is in awe with this song!
I've seen the CDB in concert many many times and this song is always the highlight of the show. They are legends in the country music community !!!!!
I saw him at the State Fair, where he played on a round revolving stage in the middle of the rodeo arena. When he played this one, he jumped down off the stage and ran around the arena. You could see security cringing all over the place, but no one tried to stop him. Then the fair queen contestants, of which I was one, had what was supposed to be a group photo after, but he dismissed our photographer, rearranged us to his own satisfaction, and used his own photographer to take the group photo, then single photos. He was a big man. I fit quite neatly under his arm, cowboy hat and all. The experience was only a bit marred by the fact that he had just been running around the arena after a vigorous hour long performance in the summertime.
Iconic song. All-time best fiddle song ever. I heard he has to get a new bow for his fiddle every time he played this song.
It's a classic story...the devil battles for everyone soul...this battle was a fiddle battle. Interesting fact...4 old time songs are referenced...Fire On The Mountain...an old fiddle tune, The House Of The Rising Sun...an old folk song, Chicken in a Bread Pan Pickin Out Dough, from the old song Ida Red and Granny Will Your Dog Bite.
Great job young man for making that comparison, the blues player story is put out as a true story, and is told in the same way as this song only the devil gets his soul at the end of his career.
I was fortunate enough to see him and his band perform years ago in Plant City, Florida. I was in the front row. People could literally not stay in their seats. RIP CHARLIE Thanks for the good memories ❤
I appreciate that you ran into the Charlie Daniels Band within the last year and found that you like it and want to share it. You really need to check out Charlie Daniels Band, "Still in Saigon", or "In America." I think you would appreciate it.
Good morning, I haven't seen you react to any Chicago. 25 or 6 to 4 is amazing, you will love it! A lot of great music from Chicago.
we did a reaction to that this week. It will be in the membership soon then we will release it to the public a few days after.
Love CHICAGO. I'm GenX and a second generation CHICAGO fan.🤗
This was a really great reaction. As a lyrics person I get trying to deep dive, but sometimes what's on the surface is all there is. This has always been one of my favorite songs since I was a kid. It's such a fun sing-along classic...and no one can touch my air fiddle! 🤣❤
Back in the day instead of it's a bop we said that's a footstomper In the country
When this song came out in 1979, it would have properly been referred to as a "jam."
@@joeday4293 Not in the country
@@terryconnelly484 That's what every country boy I knew would have called a good song, especially a rock song, which this one about half is.
@@joeday4293 Not arguing I'm 55 that's fine , Nonetheless an excellent song
I LOVE this song so much!
Pegasus, it was fun watching you introduce this song to your friend. Now you understand why so many of us enjoy watching reaction videos where younger people experience for the first time the music we grew up with.
Also, I thought it was funny when you were talking about the song being a bop because as soon as it started both of you were bopping your heads to the music.
Watced this with my dad, when I was a kid, so this song has a special place in my heart. But I do love Home Free's feat Charlie Daniels version of it, Austin Brown has the perfect accent for Johnny's part, because he is from Georgia ❤
Violin sings, fiddle dances!
I think I heard you talking about 27Club in another video -- list of ones we lost at age 27.
I have loved the CDB since I first heard them back in the 70's. Don't ask me which year cause if you can remember, you weren't really there. They did a lot of good songs that are worth listening to. But if you want a good chuckle, check out the spoof version called 'The Devil Went To Jamaica."
I believe the song G is referring to is “Cross Road Blues” by Robert Johnson .
Should listen to part 2. The devil comes back to try again.
This is a parody of sorts on the old Faust story where the man character makes a deal with the devil in exchange for his soul
Yes
Thank you! I knew it was inspired by an old story but I was thinking it was “The Devil and Daniel Webster”. That was a different take on the story of Faust.
There are a lot of stories like this (e.g., “Damn Yankees”).
If you liked this, there is actually a sequel called " Devil Comes Back to Georgia" by Mark O'Connor featuring johnny cash, charlie daniels and other names. Ten years after their showdown, Lucifer comes back for a rematch.
Loved the reaction, classic song!!!
I was around when Charlie was playing clubs
I saw Charlie Daniel’s perform about 30 years ago. He had to be about 70-75 yo. He rocked it just the same and ended his show with that song after at least two call backs. It was like watching Elvis (who I also saw perform live!).He was quite a talent.
How in the hell do people not know this song? It’s a trip.
The golden fiddle is the prize. 🏆
I am waaaay old and I saw this live Charlie Daniels Band NJ State Fair 1980! Live performance of this, his last song after a concert with demanding music/vocals. The devils chords is the term for the most difficult fiddle playing structure there is and few master it. Charlie Daniels not only mastered it, but bridged it with some of the most complex fiddle music theory ever. The length of the song considering it's complexity makes it even more epic.
This was one of my favorites in Guitar Hero. I remember it from when I was younger in the 80s as well.
The song is pretty literal. Country music is all about telling a story. There's no underlying message. There are some great folk lyrics in there as well. I highly recommend looking at the lyrics. =)
Charlie Daniels is one of the most outstanding storytellers in country. He published a book decades ago with a bunch of the stories that he had made into song, very entertaining read
I've always found it interesting how whether it's called a violin or a fiddle depends on the kind of music you're playing and where you're playing it.
9:28 Ok, now imagine that, but the sequel, it’s at least 5 times as good, has Johnny Cash singing, Travis Tritt acting, Charlie as the Devil in the fiddle battle part two, and the most badass fastest fiddle player as “Johnny.” The Devil Went Back To Georgia, look it up ;)
Simple case of good triumphs over evil. Music talent is a God given gift. The devil thought he was great but God gave Johnny the gift of being better.
This song was featured on The Muppet Show. Not many bands can say that. lol. 🎭
10:30 I saw Charlie Daniels perform in Terre Haute, Indiana in the 1980s. This was, of course, one of the songs they did.
I actually have this song on 45. Listened to it every day, growing up. I'm almost 46, and still love this song to this day.
ROY CLARK!!!!!!!!!!!!! A GOAT on guitar
And Glen Campbell
I remember being 5 or 6 seeing this on TV for the first time, it would've been mid-80's. I was so electrified I felt like I was either going to blast off like a rocketship or blow up like a bomb. It was just so exciting. The performance is balls-out, the crowd is hyped to hell, and some kid is having a music fight with the Devil. Like holy shit, I grew up with some country music but this was very different to what I'd heard.
I still have my ticket stub dated May 10, 1978, when I saw the Charlie Daniels band live in concert in Utica, New York. Excellent show, and the entire thing was all high energy music. Loved it! I was only 22 at the time, and it's a great life-long memory. Thanks for introducing it to the kid!
I had this song on so loud one time the cops showed up😂 I also love the orange blossom special by Charlie Daniel's
He opened for Travis Tritt in Fairbanks Alaska. Took my husband to the concert as a gift. I am not a Country Music fan myself.
Not only have I heard of the 27 club, but most of my musical heroes are members. Also the blues man you're looking for is Robert Johnson.