Charlie Daniels,
Playing "The Legend" Forward
With
New Tribute CD - Off The Grid-Doin’ It Dylan |
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 Humbling
to think that even the greatest musical
legends have their own personal icons – as
proven with the much anticipated new release by
Charlie Daniels and The CDB - Off The
Grid-Doin’ It Dylan. Produced by Charlie
Daniels and Casey Wood, (compilation producer
David Corlew) the new project is set to street
April 1, 2014.
Little could Charlie Daniels have imagined in the
late ‘60’s as a young studio musician
answering a call from producer Bob Johnston to
add his creativity on guitar to three of
Dylan’s Nashville produced projects
(Nashville Skyline, Self Portrait, and New
Morning,) that he was on the first steps of the
journey to his own destination as a musical icon.
His first new album project release since 2007,
Off The Grid is Dylan the Daniels way and the
result is sheer musical genius.
 “It was about 50 years ago when I
first became aware of Bob Dylan-and no, I was not
naïve enough to think I could swim in the same
stream, try to emulate what he had done, or cop
his licks. Nobody could do that,” notes
Daniels. “My ambitions were to provoke some
thought, to color the imagery of my songs, to
think outside the box of conformity-in other
words to be myself.”
Charlie feels the Dylan sessions not only did a
lot for his confidence, but helped legitimize him
in Nashville circles and beyond as a serious
musician. He amply repays the debt of gratitude
on this new project.
“Whatever it was Bob Dylan meant by his
lyrics, they grabbed the attention of the world
and changed the face of music forever,”
notes Charlie. “He inspired musicians to
knock down the restrictive, bubble gum, three
minute a side, Tin Pan Alley world that set the
parameters of popular music and turn their
creative minds loose in a thousand new
directions.”
Charlie Daniels has managed to do just that.
During his 50 plus years of creating his own new
definitions of music, he has scored hits on rock,
country, pop and Christian charts. Skilled on
guitar, fiddle, and mandolin, his contributions
to country and southern rock are legendary on the
path of platinum that’s carried him to
virtually every music industry award and accolade
presented across multi-genres.
Off The Grid is yet another example of the
seemingly endless reservoirs of musical
creativity that the now 77 year young Daniels can
effortlessly draw upon. The “playing the
legend forward” beauty and respect in his
tribute to Dylan doesn’t go unnoticed in the
tracks.
For the future? “Bob Dylan basically defies
description and trying to figure out what he may
do next is tantamount to trying to guess which
number a roulette ball is going to land on. After
50 years he remains the unrivaled free thinker
with the talent and the nerve to follow his
musical star wherever it takes him,” notes
Daniels.
A note to which a world of listeners of Off The
Grid can easily echo, “Back at you
Charlie.”www.CharlieDaniels.com
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