Introducing GEN Z to The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia!

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  • @jaceywarren1528
    @jaceywarren1528 5 месяцев назад +586

    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.

    • @cdburner2548
      @cdburner2548 5 месяцев назад +48

      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.

    • @kevinsmith4429
      @kevinsmith4429 5 месяцев назад +39

      They portray that story in the movie "Oh Brother Where Art Thou? " in a humorous way.

    • @barrybritt2210
      @barrybritt2210 5 месяцев назад +14

      thank you you saved me from a lot of one finger typing lol

    • @shannonjohnson2530
      @shannonjohnson2530 5 месяцев назад +9

      So very close! Lol

    • @nitajean9885
      @nitajean9885 5 месяцев назад +18

      didn't the karate kid do a movie about this?

  • @jameswoodard4304
    @jameswoodard4304 5 месяцев назад +266

    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.

    • @TheKkf1015
      @TheKkf1015 5 месяцев назад +12

      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.

    • @bmcagent
      @bmcagent 5 месяцев назад +10

      I never knew that! Thanks for the info!

    • @gayle525
      @gayle525 4 месяца назад +10

      @@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.

    • @ltodd79
      @ltodd79 4 месяца назад +12

      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.

    • @ogracer
      @ogracer 4 месяца назад +6

      thanks so much for taking time to explain everything

  • @lka76
    @lka76 5 месяцев назад +90

    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!

    • @yuliyel2203
      @yuliyel2203 4 месяца назад

      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.

    • @jro341
      @jro341 4 месяца назад +1

      Happy Easter.

    • @normaedietrich9410
      @normaedietrich9410 3 месяца назад +2

      What a great story. Incredible memory to have.

    • @Snoriffej
      @Snoriffej 3 месяца назад

      Did he say son of a bitch or son of a gun in church? 😊

    • @Desaundrea
      @Desaundrea 7 дней назад +1

      I would have killed to be with you and hear CBD live at church 🥰🥰💯

  • @danieladiaphorist1308
    @danieladiaphorist1308 5 месяцев назад +42

    A violin wears a bow tie, a fiddle wears a bolo.

  • @79mib
    @79mib 5 месяцев назад +144

    He’s telling a story. “Guy vs Devil in a battle of wits or skill” is a common trope throughout history

    • @jawo8754
      @jawo8754 5 месяцев назад +6

      Exactly, there’s an old story turned play called Faust.

    • @kathleenshaw932
      @kathleenshaw932 5 месяцев назад +3

      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.

    • @indiatastic
      @indiatastic 5 месяцев назад +1

      I don't think he's familiar with the concept of folk music (not being snarky) and oral tradition.

    • @thanossnap4170
      @thanossnap4170 4 месяца назад +1

      @@jawo8754 Fair. But didn't Faust just submit himself to the devil for knowledge? Was there a battle? I can't remember.

    • @BeautyWithTiffy
      @BeautyWithTiffy 4 месяца назад +2

      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

  • @Sewicked
    @Sewicked 5 месяцев назад +50

    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.

    • @Kathe255
      @Kathe255 5 месяцев назад +3

      Yes!!

    • @furlizard
      @furlizard 4 месяца назад +1

      You gotta put on the right voice!

  • @lauramittler
    @lauramittler 5 месяцев назад +71

    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.

    • @joeday4293
      @joeday4293 5 месяцев назад +6

      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.

    • @ltodd79
      @ltodd79 4 месяца назад +3

      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.

    • @jackclark1994
      @jackclark1994 3 месяца назад +1

      yeah, back then you actually had to sound good, none of that auto tune crap they use today..

    • @snowysnowyriver
      @snowysnowyriver 17 дней назад

      ​@@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.

  • @ninjareviews710
    @ninjareviews710 5 месяцев назад +20

    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.

  • @cindyv1401
    @cindyv1401 5 месяцев назад +98

    WOW
    Loving that young mans smile soon as Charlie started
    ❣️❣️❣️🤗

    • @user-wm3bf7pi3u
      @user-wm3bf7pi3u 4 месяца назад

      Devil went down to Jamaica would have been hilarious.

  • @JasonGilbert-yl8hf
    @JasonGilbert-yl8hf 5 месяцев назад +41

    I don't think the Drummers gets enough credit for keeping that hard beat in the back!!!

  • @tarafied7322
    @tarafied7322 5 месяцев назад +74

    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.

    • @timmholl9238
      @timmholl9238 5 месяцев назад +4

      I came to the comments to see if anyone mentioned Robert Johnson and the "Crossroads." Good on ya!

    • @greg967
      @greg967 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@timmholl9238Ditto - mentioned it higher up before i saw this, but now mentioned 2x on high voted posts.

    • @jayeisenhardt1337
      @jayeisenhardt1337 5 месяцев назад

      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.

  • @flowerchild6641
    @flowerchild6641 5 месяцев назад +110

    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

    • @MrColpy
      @MrColpy 5 месяцев назад +20

      You know the difference between a fiddle and a violin? According to Mr. Daniels, a violin has strings........a fiddle has strangs......:)

    • @hippielady123
      @hippielady123 5 месяцев назад +3

      Shout out to us boomers

    • @flowerchild6641
      @flowerchild6641 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@hippielady123 yes I'm a 1963 model vintage!! I love your name!! My son's friends call me a cool hippie 😎 he's 33 !!

    • @hippielady123
      @hippielady123 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@flowerchild6641 1960 and thanks I love you name too

    • @MrColpy
      @MrColpy 5 месяцев назад

      @@hippielady123 Model of 1954 here. Shout out to you!

  • @apexblyxx
    @apexblyxx 5 месяцев назад +73

    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.

    • @marygammons3323
      @marygammons3323 5 месяцев назад +1

      I remember seeing him at the country fair in my hometown too!!

  • @michellemarrison4397
    @michellemarrison4397 5 месяцев назад +45

    This is what they call Southern fried Rock

    • @wtk6069
      @wtk6069 5 месяцев назад +2

      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?

  • @barbarahawkins7331
    @barbarahawkins7331 5 месяцев назад +82

    Best country rapper EVER! 🇺🇸💙

    • @stevedavis5704
      @stevedavis5704 5 месяцев назад +8

      One thing that people overlook with Charlie Daniels is his quirkiest achievement. He made the made the fiddle hot in the rock circles.

    • @danieldickson8591
      @danieldickson8591 5 месяцев назад +5

      Charlie and particularly this song is widely credited as one of the seminal influences on the development of rap music.

    • @xheralt
      @xheralt 5 месяцев назад +6

      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.

    • @toolshed2ndbatt
      @toolshed2ndbatt 5 месяцев назад +4

      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.

    • @user-mm1nw4ym6q
      @user-mm1nw4ym6q 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@toolshed2ndbattcheck out the Jubilares Noah!

  • @theresacavallaris2251
    @theresacavallaris2251 5 месяцев назад +41

    Love how you share it with the younger generation let them know we were cool in the 80s😂

    • @bunnyheywood
      @bunnyheywood 5 месяцев назад +1

      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)

  • @cindyv1401
    @cindyv1401 5 месяцев назад +58

    R.I.P.aradise Charlie 🙏
    One of the best ever ❣️

  • @marybrandenburg7127
    @marybrandenburg7127 5 месяцев назад +19

    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.

    • @sassymess7111
      @sassymess7111 5 месяцев назад

      I remember that!

    • @NunYaO
      @NunYaO 4 месяца назад +1

      I remember that! Gosh, I haven't thought about that in ages!! Thanks for the memory nudge! 😊

    • @wildcat9244
      @wildcat9244 4 месяца назад

      ruclips.net/video/9HsC4l0hyKk/видео.htmlsi=dIOllKL7EexOQEOc

  • @shadowfire_08
    @shadowfire_08 5 месяцев назад +19

    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 🫡🔥🍻

    • @sassymess7111
      @sassymess7111 5 месяцев назад +1

      Awesome. I didn't know Charlie was in Vietnam. Didn't they have a song called "Still In Saigon"?

    • @donadeavera9608
      @donadeavera9608 5 месяцев назад +2

      I knew him. He was a very nice man as well as a great talent.

    • @shadowfire_08
      @shadowfire_08 4 месяца назад +1

      @@sassymess7111yes he did, that’s what the song was about

  • @jeffl9167
    @jeffl9167 5 месяцев назад +5

    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.

  • @krustymudracer
    @krustymudracer 5 месяцев назад +8

    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.

  • @BillElwell-qw7qn
    @BillElwell-qw7qn 5 месяцев назад +14

    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."

  • @rockinredneck57
    @rockinredneck57 5 месяцев назад +14

    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.

    • @guystephens2881
      @guystephens2881 5 месяцев назад

      charlie played on a couple dylan tracks

  • @carolinegeorge2982
    @carolinegeorge2982 5 месяцев назад +10

    I honestly love how much this musician appreciates good music regardless of genre. He is clever, thoughtful and damn good himself.

  • @dakotawinds9291
    @dakotawinds9291 5 месяцев назад +3

    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.

  • @Kerrawin69
    @Kerrawin69 5 месяцев назад +33

    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

    • @maryannanderson2213
      @maryannanderson2213 5 месяцев назад +1

      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.

    • @sassymess7111
      @sassymess7111 5 месяцев назад

      He sawed on it and he played it hot😉

  • @juliagrant3299
    @juliagrant3299 5 месяцев назад +34

    I freaking love how much this song and music has you preaching! Charlie is looking down and playing his fiddle for you!

  • @TimpossibleOne
    @TimpossibleOne 5 месяцев назад +7

    The underlying message of the song is that Charlie Daniels is the best fiddle player there's ever been. That's his message.

  • @clariceandrus6498
    @clariceandrus6498 5 месяцев назад +14

    The storyteller/song genre is as old as time. Rap and hiphop are just the current iterations of the theme.

  • @heartwork8318
    @heartwork8318 6 месяцев назад +59

    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!❤️‍🔥✌🏻🫶🏻

    • @teresawest5602
      @teresawest5602 4 месяца назад +2

      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. 😊

  • @nosliwec
    @nosliwec 5 месяцев назад +23

    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.

  • @BeyondBoundsMedia
    @BeyondBoundsMedia 4 месяца назад +2

    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.

  • @sunnybeaches8754
    @sunnybeaches8754 5 месяцев назад +27

    Robert Johnson at the crossroads on hwy 61 in Mississippi

    • @nicholedowning8341
      @nicholedowning8341 5 месяцев назад

      I was looking to see if anyone had already answered it because I was going to if they hadn’t. Lol

    • @user-dc2fw1jb7q
      @user-dc2fw1jb7q 5 месяцев назад

      Thank you

    • @timothypeters5689
      @timothypeters5689 5 месяцев назад +2

      Us 61 and us 49 in Clarksdale Ms

    • @xtrmfc
      @xtrmfc 5 месяцев назад +3

      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…

    • @sassymess7111
      @sassymess7111 5 месяцев назад

      Don't they have a plaque there?

  • @sabrinamassie5606
    @sabrinamassie5606 5 месяцев назад +10

    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).

  • @rjdlpc
    @rjdlpc 4 месяца назад +2

    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.

  • @threewheelingwithgene4254
    @threewheelingwithgene4254 4 месяца назад +2

    The man could light a fiddle on fire. I so enjoyed growing up in a time of great music like this

  • @dorothylawrence4752
    @dorothylawrence4752 5 месяцев назад +10

    Love the way you introduce songs to the younger generation

  • @Howdyall
    @Howdyall 5 месяцев назад +3

    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.

    • @heatherpayne1995
      @heatherpayne1995 4 месяца назад +1

      I think he did that for the radio version. His live performances still said bitch.

  • @debbieblohm3367
    @debbieblohm3367 5 месяцев назад +2

    Should listen to part 2. The devil comes back to try again.

  • @PattiB333
    @PattiB333 4 месяца назад +2

    Charlie always played a mean fiddle!! God rest his soul. RIP

  • @robertrockwell7581
    @robertrockwell7581 4 месяца назад +4

    basically what this song boils down to is Country beats Rock and Roll. Love Charlis Daniels. R.I.P.

  • @terryconnelly484
    @terryconnelly484 5 месяцев назад +17

    Back in the day instead of it's a bop we said that's a footstomper In the country

    • @joeday4293
      @joeday4293 5 месяцев назад

      When this song came out in 1979, it would have properly been referred to as a "jam."

    • @terryconnelly484
      @terryconnelly484 5 месяцев назад

      @@joeday4293 Not in the country

    • @joeday4293
      @joeday4293 5 месяцев назад

      @@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.

    • @terryconnelly484
      @terryconnelly484 5 месяцев назад

      @@joeday4293 Not arguing I'm 55 that's fine , Nonetheless an excellent song

  • @nunyabitness1213
    @nunyabitness1213 4 месяца назад +2

    Charlie Daniels the OG rapper and this song proves it

  • @thomashenshallhydraxis
    @thomashenshallhydraxis 5 месяцев назад +2

    How in the hell do people not know this song? It’s a trip.
    The golden fiddle is the prize. 🏆

  • @peggyeastwood5981
    @peggyeastwood5981 4 месяца назад +3

    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!

  • @snikkerr1949
    @snikkerr1949 5 месяцев назад +4

    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.

  • @lisawhisper2504
    @lisawhisper2504 5 месяцев назад +16

    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.

    • @BlackPegasusRaps
      @BlackPegasusRaps  5 месяцев назад +6

      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.

    • @sassymess7111
      @sassymess7111 5 месяцев назад

      Love CHICAGO. I'm GenX and a second generation CHICAGO fan.🤗

  • @arthurfields1639
    @arthurfields1639 5 месяцев назад +2

    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.

  • @bmorse68
    @bmorse68 5 месяцев назад +17

    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 !!!!!

    • @susieautrey6112
      @susieautrey6112 5 месяцев назад +3

      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.

  • @rebeccamead4557
    @rebeccamead4557 4 месяца назад +3

    Being almost 70 I enjoyed watching you hear it for the first time! Appreciate ya'

  • @jennifermolina4396
    @jennifermolina4396 4 месяца назад +1

    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.

  • @MC-342
    @MC-342 5 месяцев назад +5

    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 ❤

  • @dishwaterhands
    @dishwaterhands 5 месяцев назад +3

    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.

  • @terri2494
    @terri2494 5 месяцев назад +4

    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.

  • @cty9205
    @cty9205 5 месяцев назад +1

    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.

  • @CarolLee-mq8er
    @CarolLee-mq8er 5 месяцев назад +18

    First that’s not a violin it is a fiddle. There is a difference. ❤

    • @brianclassen5221
      @brianclassen5221 5 месяцев назад +8

      Fiddle has Strangs.

    • @stevehorn4680
      @stevehorn4680 5 месяцев назад +4

      Only the way it's played. The instrument and chords are the same, the attitude is the difference.

    • @arlaabrell8658
      @arlaabrell8658 5 месяцев назад +4

      @@stevehorn4680 actually, a fiddle usually has a lower bridge than the violin making it easier to play more than one string at a time which is quite common in traditional fiddle music and not common at all in traditional music for the violin.

    • @snikkerr1949
      @snikkerr1949 5 месяцев назад +1

      ⁠@@arlaabrell8658They are the same instruments...violin players use different strings and sometimes the fiddle player will flatten the curve of the bridge but that is a modification made after...they are still the same.

    • @arlaabrell8658
      @arlaabrell8658 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@snikkerr1949 I didn't know the modification was made by the players themselves, I would imagine that there are pre-made bridges though that one can just go buy.

  • @vickihirsch8340
    @vickihirsch8340 5 месяцев назад +9

    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

    • @user-dc2fw1jb7q
      @user-dc2fw1jb7q 5 месяцев назад +1

      Yes

    • @terri2494
      @terri2494 5 месяцев назад +1

      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.

    • @MattSkosh
      @MattSkosh 5 месяцев назад +1

      There are a lot of stories like this (e.g., “Damn Yankees”).

  • @IronRaspberry
    @IronRaspberry 6 месяцев назад +6

    I believe the song G is referring to is “Cross Road Blues” by Robert Johnson .

  • @FMNelly
    @FMNelly 4 месяца назад +1

    I sing this song at karaoke all the time. One of my faves.

  • @jasonflesher7340
    @jasonflesher7340 5 месяцев назад +7

    First,God Bless you and your family. Next, please listen to Chris Ledoux "This Cowboys Hat" it will show how you shouldnt judge people on looks. Chris was an independent artist who made music while on his way to 1976 Bareback Champion of the world. Great story teller. My favorite is "Photo Finish"

  • @MommaBird52
    @MommaBird52 5 месяцев назад +3

    Violin sings, fiddle dances!
    I think I heard you talking about 27Club in another video -- list of ones we lost at age 27.

  • @benjamingarcia2165
    @benjamingarcia2165 5 месяцев назад +1

    Don't overthink it. This song is just a fun way for Charlie to show off being the best.

  • @terrikelley5333
    @terrikelley5333 4 месяца назад +1

    I had the pleasure to attend a show that Charlie Daniel's and Tanya Tucker performed the same night, talk about a show.

  • @teressareeves5856
    @teressareeves5856 5 месяцев назад +1

    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

  • @Natasha-ty7oo
    @Natasha-ty7oo 6 месяцев назад +3

    This was awesome to see live, I was lucky enough to see them before he passed, and they were just as good.

  • @myfatherslegacy2431
    @myfatherslegacy2431 4 месяца назад +1

    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.

  • @carlapyron559
    @carlapyron559 4 месяца назад +2

    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.

  • @sukioki6983
    @sukioki6983 5 месяцев назад +5

    I love this! I'm 48 and have known about rhis song my whole life. My daughter is 23 and knows it. So glad more and more continue to learn all of this amazing music!

  • @laughingaardvark3128
    @laughingaardvark3128 5 месяцев назад +1

    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.

  • @MoreKellBellPlease
    @MoreKellBellPlease 5 месяцев назад +4

    I can't get enough of G Colo! He's got the best smile.

  • @jacks9624
    @jacks9624 6 месяцев назад +4

    Such fun! Thanks, guys!
    27 club are the musicians who (one way or the other) lost their lives at the age of 27. Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Curt Cobain - to name a few.
    Ren said at some point how strange it was when all those big names ended at the age of 27 - strange that he only started blowing up when he was 27y old, even though in music ppl often say if you don't make it in your early 20s it's over. But hey, some higher power could perhaps see that he was not on a good track and decided to put him on hold and keep him safe until he turns 27 and get wiser... Who knows.

    • @nosliwec
      @nosliwec 5 месяцев назад +1

      Not just musicians. They list Riley Keough (Elvis' granddaughter) and Anton Yelchin.

  • @ms.lisamarie82
    @ms.lisamarie82 5 месяцев назад +4

    I think our young man is spot on. I think the song is about not giving into temptation, compromising your values or taking the easy way out for the all mighty $$ and shiny things. Hard work and not taking short cuts to get where your going could symbolize 100 metaphors for music industry, sports, business, success, faith, education. It could relate to many things. 😊😊 could also be a battle rap with the devil for a gold fiddle. 😂😂

  • @ATXInv
    @ATXInv 3 месяца назад

    That was an excellent concert!!!!!!! Concerts in the 70s were everything!

  • @jcwalter9973
    @jcwalter9973 5 месяцев назад +1

    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.

  • @gingergliderider85
    @gingergliderider85 3 месяца назад

    I was lucky enough to see Charlie Daniel's band at Bay Fest 2004. Charlie was a showman for sure. He played this song past the midnight cutoff on Sunday night!

  • @donadeavera9608
    @donadeavera9608 5 месяцев назад +1

    Nobody could play the fiddle like the great Charlie Daniels.

  • @toothbrush5190
    @toothbrush5190 5 месяцев назад +1

    I saw a band in Nashville get 50 bucks to play this.
    They played it perfectly.

  • @solidus3168
    @solidus3168 4 месяца назад +1

    I really enjoy seeing young ppl relishing the stuff I grew😊 up with.

  • @jamesroseii
    @jamesroseii 5 месяцев назад +1

    Robert Johnson is who you are thinking of. Supposedly sold his soul to the devil at a cross roads to learn to play the guitar. He was also a character in "O Brother, Where Art Thou"

  • @kimirio66
    @kimirio66 3 месяца назад

    I was really young when this song came out in New Zealand...Myself and four brother's were not allowed to listen to the song...I remember it came on the radio and I loved the beat, but didn't quite understand the lyrics...As I listened, bobbing my head, as the two boy's did...My Mother slapped my head, then switched the radio off!...Then as I aged and religion and my Parents could not tell me what I could and couldn't watch or listen to...I understood the lyrics and LOVED the song...Good to hear it again.

  • @BoyMa2x
    @BoyMa2x 4 месяца назад

    I was lucky enough to see them perform a few years before he passed. It was amazing!!

  • @bamagirl218
    @bamagirl218 5 месяцев назад +5

    I don’t always post something but I watch every single video you do! I love this channel and I adore you. I hope you continue to be successful 👍

  • @PopularMonsterUSA
    @PopularMonsterUSA 5 месяцев назад +1

    Love when youngsters hear awesome music from back in the day! ❤

  • @joannesmith4023
    @joannesmith4023 4 месяца назад

    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!

  • @drumjosh1987
    @drumjosh1987 5 месяцев назад +1

    Probably the most satisfying use of the word “bitch” I’ve ever heard lol.

  • @darkangel_1978
    @darkangel_1978 5 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @susannavarro224
    @susannavarro224 4 месяца назад +1

    You 2 need to hear him play Orange Blossom Special. You’ll appreciate his talent even more

  • @BeautyWithTiffy
    @BeautyWithTiffy 4 месяца назад

    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!

  • @AuthorTeeceReeder
    @AuthorTeeceReeder 5 месяцев назад +1

    Love Charlie Daniels, He taught a now elderly friend of mine how to play the the guitar, and he shared many stories with me about the talent of Charlie Daniels and their growing up here in North Carolina. He was a legend!

  • @sandraburdick4751
    @sandraburdick4751 3 месяца назад

    I saw him live 4 or t times, went back stage twice and had a personal visit at his bus . He was a awesome Christian and a terrific person.

  • @todderickson2435
    @todderickson2435 5 месяцев назад +1

    My man....that smile that exploded on your face when the song started was everything!!! Great reaction! God bless!

  • @robinlathim8221
    @robinlathim8221 5 месяцев назад

    The bottom line is he won over the devil...he never sold his soul, he stayed true to himself. Love Charlie! This was a beautiful thought provoking reaction...thanks guys ❤

  • @barbarabonnette2705
    @barbarabonnette2705 5 месяцев назад +1

    It was 1980…..and saw them many times. I met one of them and visited him down in Antioch, Tennessee…….great memories, great music….good times😊😊😊😊😊😊

  • @ramseywilliams5087
    @ramseywilliams5087 5 месяцев назад

    Charlie Daniels was one of the greatest all around musicians that ever lived. I'm old enough to have seen him perform live in several different venues and he can play a guitar, keyboard, violin (fiddle) saxophone and drums just as well as he plays the fiddle.

  • @debbers
    @debbers 5 месяцев назад +1

    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!

  • @gwydion56
    @gwydion56 4 месяца назад

    I saw the Charlie Daniels band in concert twice. The first time was about the time of the concert in this video, and the next one maybe 15 years later. He was a heck of a performer, delivering more in concert than you could ask for. Great connection to his audience, basically a really nice guy.

  • @michaelcooper1079
    @michaelcooper1079 5 месяцев назад +1

    Awesome reaction! Always cool to see someone in the younger generation reacting to the music of my youth.

  • @SDSWrath004
    @SDSWrath004 5 месяцев назад +1

    That one of few songs you just can't sit still while listening to it.

  • @jasonregister4895
    @jasonregister4895 5 месяцев назад +4

    Also check out the devil went to Michigan and the devil went to Jamaica

  • @mangos__
    @mangos__ 4 месяца назад +1

    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?