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"Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues" is a song written and recorded by American music group Charlie Daniels Band. It was released in August 1988 as the first single from the album Homesick Heroes . The song reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
The story is told ten years after the protagonist faced being drafted into the Vietnam War. Though he could have avoided being sent (either by escaping to Canada as a war protester, or choosing to stay in school under a student deferment), believing he was "brought up differently/I couldn't break the rules" elected to go ahead and serve.
Boogie-woogie continued in country music through the end of the 20th century. The Charlie Daniels Band (whose earlier tune "The South's Gonna Do It Again" uses boogie-woogie influences) released "Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues" in 1988, and three years later in 1991 Brooks & Dunn had a huge hit with "Boot Scootin' Boogie". [28]
Honky-tonk music influenced the boogie-woogie piano style, as indicated by Jelly Roll Morton's 1938 record "Honky Tonk Music" and Meade Lux Lewis's hit "Honky Tonk Train Blues." Lewis recorded the latter many times from 1927 into the 1950s, and the song was covered by many other musicians, including Oscar Peterson .
Boogie is a repetitive, swung note or shuffle rhythm, [2] "groove" or pattern used in blues which was originally played on the piano in boogie-woogie music. The characteristic rhythm and feel of the boogie was then adapted to guitar, double bass, and other instruments. The earliest recorded boogie-woogie song was in 1916.
Charles Edward Daniels (October 28, 1936 – July 6, 2020) was an American singer, musician, and songwriter. [1] His music fused rock, country, blues and jazz, and was a pioneering contribution to Southern rock and progressive country.
"Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues" James Arledge 1989 "Midnight Train" Larry Boothby "What This World Needs is a Few More Rednecks" "Simple Man" Larry Boothby "It's My Life" (Live) 1991 "Honky Tonk Life" Marc Ball "Little Folks" Peter Lippman 1993 "America, I Believe in You" "Can't Beat the Damned Ol' Machine"
Fiddle Fire: 25 Years of the Charlie Daniels Band is a compilation album by American musician Charlie Daniels. Released on August 18, 1998, the album consists of re-recordings of a number of his hits. The compilation was reissued on July 12, 2005.