When did Charlie Daniels jump the shark?

[Archae]

I think it was about 1980, when he made up this piece of jingoistic shit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kB7OR161-U

[mitchum]

1. Cocaine is a hell of a drug

[taterguy]

2. Don't you have to be good in the first place to Jump the Shark?

Uneasy Rider is a decent tune but I'm not sure what else he did that was worthwhile.

[BlueJazz]

4. Quite true...he always was All Show and no Go.

:)

[mitchum]

5. Believe it or not, he played on Nashville Skyline, New Morning, and Self Portrait.

Granted, they are not the best Dylan records...
Daniels is a man who should only be allowed near a pick. Not a pen. Not a microphone.

[MajorChode]

6. Long Haired Country Boy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs4y5si8DGs

[taterguy]

7. Stupid lyric: I ain't asking nobody for nothin, if I can't get it on my own

No one is self-sufficient.

We all rely on somebody.

And there's nothing musically in that song that's too extraordinary.

[MajorChode]

8. Perhaps not NOW

But back in the 70's when it was released, it was a bit of an eyebrow raiser in the country music genre. It's not as if there weren't others doing much of the same, but CD was much more overt than most of his peers had been at the time.

And the lyric has little to do with self-sufficiency. It's saying I might be a lazy dope smoker, but I'm not asking you for anything so leave me the fuck alone.

So perhaps we're not talking about musical genius here, but there's not a whole lotta that in modern music of all genres these days.

[Forkboy]

3. Birth.

[muffin1]

10. +1

That was certainly my first thought.:thumbsup:

[Taverner]

9. When he was BORN

[Orsino]

11. When he got rich.

The long-haired country boy has morphed into the faithful follower of Brother John Birch.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

16. +1

[edhopper]

12. Never a fan

And you know his big song "Devil went down to Georgia"
The Devil kicked ass, Johnny did some lame ass pseudo bluegrass shit.
The Devil won.
Stick that in your corn cob Charlie.

[Archae]

13. Devil Went Down To Georgia is a good folk tale song.

IMO.

[edhopper]

15. Robert Johnson

did it better.

[Arugula Latte]

14. As far as I can tell, they've always sucked.

Can't stand them.

[KG]

17. early 70's stuff was pretty good. was disappointed as his later stuff took a right turn.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUESvITrvsI&feature=related

[Va Lefty]

20. I agree

Think he stopped playing Long Haired Country Boy in the nineties because of "GASP" drug references

[Ron Green]

18. Two drum sets. What the hell is THAT all about?

[nolabear]

19. Right about the time sharks were invented, if you ask me.

Talent admitted, but I've always thought he was a one-trick pony. Not that I can do that trick, of course. Probably the politics that makes me snarky.

[madinmaryland]

21. Well, he does play a mean fiddle!

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