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289. Charlie Daniels Band "Trudy"
In record-geek conversations I've had over the years, plenty of groups have been nominated as 'The World's Greatest Bar Band,': George Thorogood & the Destroyers, Skynyrd. I don't know what the answer is, but I do know that the best bar rock song is this one right here.
Charle Daniels has caught a lot of flak over the years for his rightward-leaning politics (although, somewhat paradoxically, he's also the man behind the hippie anthem "Uneasy Rider"), but nobody ever said the man couldn't play the fiddle. His credentials are solid, having played with the likes of Bob Dylan and written songs recorded by Elvis Presley.
This song is an anomaly in that it dosen't feature Daniels fiddle. No matter, though. This riverboat gambler tall-tale song, with it's stomping beat, rollicking cowboy-movie piano and a chorus that goes beyond infectious straight to contagious, positively reeks of the atmosphere in a rowdy dive on a Saturday night. Drink up.
In record-geek conversations I've had over the years, plenty of groups have been nominated as 'The World's Greatest Bar Band,': George Thorogood & the Destroyers, Skynyrd. I don't know what the answer is, but I do know that the best bar rock song is this one right here.
Charle Daniels has caught a lot of flak over the years for his rightward-leaning politics (although, somewhat paradoxically, he's also the man behind the hippie anthem "Uneasy Rider"), but nobody ever said the man couldn't play the fiddle. His credentials are solid, having played with the likes of Bob Dylan and written songs recorded by Elvis Presley.
This song is an anomaly in that it dosen't feature Daniels fiddle. No matter, though. This riverboat gambler tall-tale song, with it's stomping beat, rollicking cowboy-movie piano and a chorus that goes beyond infectious straight to contagious, positively reeks of the atmosphere in a rowdy dive on a Saturday night. Drink up.
