Charlie Daniels

-
 
 
 
 
 
 
Off The Grid...Doing it Dylan
The Charlie Daniels band


Charlie Daniels has an enduring legacy that is iconic in the american music pantheon. Now his musical attention has turned to Bob Dylan. His latest album is a tribute to some of Dylan’s classic songs like,.....
“Tangled Up In Blue”, “ I Shall Be Released”, and “ Mr. Tambourine Man”.


  As you would expect this is some serious music making. The energy he commands is unprecedented. Powerful renditions of These songs as only charlie daniels could produce. Dylan’s legacy is a monument to a lifetime of classic american folklorish storytelling. His is the lyrical dream of backroad americana, a thought in lyrical digestion tangled up in the histrionics and the very soul of who we are collectively. Daniels takes his songs and brings them back home with his soulful country flavoring. Who better to cover the great master than the architect of modern southern country rock and roll.


Each track is a brutally honest tip of the country hat to Dylan. Dylan may be spending his time welding intricate metal fencing nowadays. Embracing the steel of the heartland as it were, but Charlie and the boys have breathed new life into timeless Dylan classics.


    “Tangled Up In Blue” in particular is a very moving rendition. WIth a man and an artist like Dylan you have to be careful not to tread on the original idea and emotions. His is the anti-hero sentiment, the outsider accepted by all except his inner voice. His mind is a flowing register of poetic commencement speeches ont he fabric of our American lives. Charlie Daniels has tapped into his mind. He performs the songs in his own style but he is acutely aware of what the legacy of Dylan means to his die hard fans. Do it right and you are applauded. Do Dylan wrong and his fans fall on you like a hard rain.


You can always expect a good solid album from both Dylan and Daniels but here the combo of his songs in Charlie’s hands is nothing short of magical.



Popular posts from this blog

LOVEBITES interview for CRY OF THE WOLF MAGAZINE

-
Image
LOVEBITES interview for CRY OF THE WOLF MAGAZINE Answered by miho, bass guitar player 1) Take us through the writing process I always write riffs first and make a basic demo, then start adding arrangement to complete a song. 2) Does everyone contribute Our guitarlist mi-ya and myself, along with another songwriter outside of the band usually write music/melody. Each of us brings own music to the table and each band member arrange their own part to complete the music. As for the lyrics, asami and myself write all of our songs. But each band member is a great song-writer, we are going to play other member’s songs as well in the near future. 3) What are the rehearsals like. Do you have set jam times When we start rehearsing for a tour/show, we first decide how much time we want to/can put into each song and concentrate on bettering the performance one by one. And we play from top to the bottom of our set list for a several times. 4) What makes the perf...
Read more

DAVE MUSTAINE INTERVIEW

-
Image
        Dave Mustaine is a metal icon. His Musical genius and guitar mastery has kept MEGADETH going for more than 30 years.  Mustaine was also a founding member of the band METALLICA. When the DYSTOPIA world tour launches September 20, the lineup will include AMON AMARTH, BUTCHER BABIES, METAL CHURCH, and SUICIDAL TENDENCIES. I spoke with Dave as he was gearing up for the tour. We spoke about life on the road, beer, bands, and music. Dave, Thank you for taking the time to do this interview. How are things going?   “Hey, just driving over to our storage facility to pack up all our gear on the trucks for the tour. Just making sure we have everything we need. It’s fun. It’s what I live for. I've   got a great job.”     Your tour lineup is chock full of amazing bands. How do you gather and choose these acts?   “Contrary to all the mud slingers out there. People that tour with us know they are going to...
Read more

Metal Blade announces new ARCH/MATHEOS album

-
Image
Arch / Matheos reveals details for new album, 'Winter Ethereal'; launches video for first single, "Straight and Narrow" In progressive metal circles, the names of guitarist Jim Matheos and vocalist John Arch are spoken with due reverence. With the former having been a driving force in Fates Warning for thirty-five years, and the latter the original front-man of that band, they also have a single seminal work under the Arch / Matheos banner, 2011's Sympathetic Resonance . In 2019, they have reunited to follow that record up with Winter Ethereal , a more stylistically varied and perhaps deeper collection that explores a lot of sonic territory over the course of nine immer...
Read more