Charlie Daniels

Charlie DanielsCharlie Daniels has been making music for more than fifty years. He's mastered rock and roll, bluegrass and jazz, swirled them all together and created his own unique sound. Charlie is the Big Daddy of Southern Country Rock; a musical pioneer whose influence on country music remains strong decades after he first came on the scene. He's won Country Music Association and Grammy Awards throughout his long career. Gold and platinum records line the walls of his den at home. The list of accomplishments go on and on and while music historians will certainly provide a detailed analysis of Daniels' work, the artist himself offers this simple assessment of his career. "Basically I'm an entertainer," he says. "I want my music to entertain people."

I am American, red white and blue through and through, American born, American bred and when I die I'll be American dead. I don't have a problem with people who want to change this country, that's their right, but wanting to tear it down and blame all the blood that was shed by innocent people on 9-11 on America or any American is way beyond the pale. You can and should leave America if you feel so inclined but as for me, I'll take the United States of America and when I have to leave it I want to go to Heaven. It's the only better place I know of. -- Charlie Daniels

Read all about Charlie Daniels' politics in his own words at Charlie's Soapbox.