On July 6, 2020, we lost a Country Music Hall of Famer, Grand Ole Opry star, guitar virtuoso, fiddle playing icon, proud American and my friend. This year marks my 37th year in broadcasting. Thirty…
On July 6, 2020, we lost a Country Music Hall of Famer, Grand Ole Opry star, guitar virtuoso, fiddle playing icon, proud American and my friend.
During high school, I moved from Tulsa to southern California, and the Charlie Daniels Band got stuffed in the back of my record collection. Then came my freshman year of college when one of my two best friends, Brian, pulled out a beat-up cassette tape. It was one of the longest-charting greatest hits albums of all time, one that spent over 620 weeks on the Billboard country album chart: the Charlie Daniels Band’s “Decade of Hits.
But instead of rolling his eyes like he should have, he answered each of my stupid questions like Walter Cronkite was doing the interview. The conversation itself was a blur until I watched the tape back at CNN. That’s when I realized the off-stage art of Charlie Daniels. My questions were worthless, but his answers were pure gold, each one a self-contained nugget of wisdom and information. He gave me my story, and it aired on CNN in spite of my pedestrian efforts.
Had I thought about it? It was dream. He slapped me on the back and said, “If you need anything from me, just let me know.” I immediately planned my first trip to Nashville.When I landed, my first stop was Charlie’s log cabin office in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. I was in heaven. Paula had set me up with passes to Fan Fair and I was picking them up at their office.
I’ve told this story a few hundred times in my life, and I always have to end it with this disclaimer: I’m not the only one he’s done something for. Charlie truly enjoyed helping people. Especially people who work hard, have goals and are willing to sacrifice anything to reach them.
As gifted as Charlie Daniels was as a musician, entertainer and poet, it pales in comparison to his gift as a man. He was our military’s best friend having traveled around the world numerous times in support of our troops wherever they were serving. As he always says, God gave him a gift to play music for a living and he felt it was his responsibility to give something back.
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