ĭaniels in concert at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, Californiaĭuring this period, Daniels played fiddle on many of the Marshall Tucker Band's early albums: A New Life, Where We All Belong, Searchin' for a Rainbow, Long Hard Ride, and Carolina Dreams. His first hit, the novelty song " Uneasy Rider", was from his 1973 third album, Honey in the Rock, and reached No.
He also produced the 1969 album by the Youngbloods, Elephant Mountain. Daniels recorded his first solo album, Charlie Daniels, in 1971 (see 1971 in country music). He worked as a Nashville session musician, often for Johnston, including playing guitar and electric bass on three Bob Dylan albums during 19, and on recordings by Leonard Cohen. In 1964, Daniels co-wrote "It Hurts Me" (recorded by Elvis Presley) with his friend, producer Bob Johnston, under Bob's wife's name, Joy Byers.
Already skilled on guitar, fiddle, banjo, and mandolin, he formed a rock 'n' roll band and hit the road. As a teenager, Daniels moved to the small town of Gulf, Chatham County, North Carolina. In 2016, he shared memories of his youth and baseball in Wilmington when he wrote the foreword for a book on the Tobacco State League.
Daniels was born October 28, 1936, in Wilmington, North Carolina, and raised on a musical diet that included Pentecostal gospel, local bluegrass bands, and the rhythm & blues and country music from Nashville's 50,000-watt AM radio stations WLAC and WSM.