Notes & Personnel Info |  | Charlie Daniels Band: Charlie Daniels (vocals, guitar, fiddle). | | Personnel: Del McCoury, Chris Wormer (guitar); Rob McCoury, Kevin Haynie (banjo); Ronnie McCoury (mandolin); Jason Carter (fiddle); Alan Bartram, Tommy Shannon (bass guitar); Chris Layton, Pat McDonald (drums); Carolyn Corlew (background vocals). | | Additional personnel: Gary Scruggs (vocals, guitar); Randy Scruggs (guitar, background vocals); Brad Paisley (guitar); Earl Scruggs (banjo, background vocals); Bonnie Bramlett (background vocals); Darius Rucker, Dolly Parton, Gretchen Wilson, Marty Stuart, Montgomery Gentry, The Del McCoury Band, Travis Tritt, Vince Gill, Brenda Lee, Brooks & Dunn. | | 2007 was a very busy year for Charlie Daniels. DEUCES--his second release in under five months and his 17th for Blue Hat Records--finds the feisty fiddler joining forces with some heavies from the worlds of Nashville, rock, and pop in a series of rave-ups that accurately reflect his career as a country boy among rockers, and a seriously jacked-up hillbilly among country players. If you're playing the devil's instrument, it shouldn't be any other way. | | While the bevy of big names suggests the respect Daniels gets across genre lines throughout the music industry, DEUCES is hardly a retrospective tribute, and it kicks up as much dust as any release in his catalog. He digs into the Carter-Cash classic "Jackson" with Gretchen Wilson, rips through perhaps the best cover version of Dylan's "Maggie's Farm" ever (with Earl, Gary, and Randy Scruggs), and refuses that gentle goodnight hand in hand with Brenda Lee on "Let It Be Me." Add Darius Rucker, Dolly Parton, Vince Gill, Brad Paisley, Brooks & Dunn, and many others to the list of conspirators. DEUCES is a great late addition to the Daniels catalog and speaks to his legacy as one of the finest sidemen in the nebulous genre where rock & roll, rhythm & blues, and country become one and the same. |
Producer: Charlie Daniels; David Corlew (Compilation) |
Engineer: Patrick Kelly; Aaron Swihart; Casey Wood; Chip Matthews; Jeff Kersey |
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