The Devil Went Down To Georgia
M. Jonas
"The Devil Went Down To Georgia" as an encore on their concerts and I really
love that song. They play it with recitation-style verses, a chorus and
wild fiddle solos in between. I remember having heard that song on the radio
before in a very different way, sort of 50s country sound. Does anybody
out there have the words to that song or knows of any recordings?
Thanks
Martin Jonas
Kevin Fredette
I can only give you a little help here, but I'm pretty sure it
was the Charlie Daniels Band who originally did that song, around
1982 or so.
Alan R Light -- Personal Account
>The Irish/English folk/rock band "Toss The Feathers" play a song called
>"The Devil Went Down To Georgia" as an encore on their concerts and I really
I think the famous recording is by "The Charlie Daniels Band". I think they
were the originators, too, but I'm not sure. On two albums I have (Charlie
Daniels Band -- A Decade of Hits; and Urban Chipmunk [Alvin and the Chipmunks
;-) ] ) the writers are listed as Charlie Daniels, Tom Crain, Taz DiGregorio,
Fred Edwards, Charlie Hayward, and Jim Marshall. All except Marshall are
members of CDB.
Hope that helps
Alan
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Carl E. Anderson
Well, the story is certainly a traditional motif, but what you
heard was probably the Charlie Daniels version (70s, I think). Check under
Charlie Daniels in any store's country music section.
Cheers,
Carl
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Tony Quinn
Sometime in the Seventies the Charlie Daniels Band had a hit (checks up
and discovers it was Sept 79) Catalogue number EPIC 7737..don't have the
words but I'm sure a visit to your local music megastore will assure you
of a copy, even if you do have to buy the Best of....or some such tosh..
Regards
TQ
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matthew c. m. wright
>Sometime in the Seventies the Charlie Daniels Band had a hit (checks up
>and discovers it was Sept 79) Catalogue number EPIC 7737..don't have the
>words but I'm sure a visit to your local music megastore will assure you
>of a copy, even if you do have to buy the Best of....or some such tosh..
The incorporated fiddle tune is Lonesome Fiddle Blues by Vassar
Clements, dating back to the 1950s.
Matthew
Anthony J. Stuckey
>In article <MJ10008.93...@apus.cus.cam.ac.uk> mj1...@cus.cam.ac.uk wri
>>The Irish/English folk/rock band "Toss The Feathers" play a song called
>>"The Devil Went Down To Georgia" as an encore on their concerts and I really
>>love that song. They play it with recitation-style verses, a chorus and
>>wild fiddle solos in between. I remember having heard that song on the radio
>>before in a very different way, sort of 50s country sound. Does anybody
>>out there have the words to that song or knows of any recordings?
>Sometime in the Seventies the Charlie Daniels Band had a hit (checks up
>and discovers it was Sept 79) Catalogue number EPIC 7737..don't have the
>words but I'm sure a visit to your local music megastore will assure you
>of a copy, even if you do have to buy the Best of....or some such tosh..
Words are on cs.uwp.edu /pub/music/lyrics/d/daniels.charles, I believe.
It's a wierd path.
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Stephen Tonkin
It's a Charlie Daniels Band song - it's on "A decade of hits", Epic
EPC40-25587
Steve
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