Famed country music star, Charlie Daniels has passed away at the age of 83. Daniels, a 2016 inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame, passed away Monday morning at at the Summit Medical Center in Hermitage, Tenn., after suffering a stroke. Daniels has a history of heart problems, and in 2013 needed a pacemaker to regulate his heart.
“The Devil Went Down to Georgia” was the Charlie Daniels Band’s most well-known song, although “Long Haired Country Boy,” “The Legend of Wooley Swamp,” “Stroker Ace,” “South’s Gonna Do It Again” and a personal favorite, “Uneasy Rider,” were also well-known. The band had three Top 10 hits on Billboard’s all-genre Hot 100, including “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” at No. 1 in 1979.
In recent years he’s remained active both recording and touring. Beau Weevils – Songs in the Key of E came out in 2018, and a tour with the Marshal Tucker Band was planned for 2020, before all tours were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
In addition to his Country Music Hall of Fame induction in 2016, Daniels was also a member of the Grand Ole Opry. The North Carolina native is survived by wife Hazel and son Charlie Daniels, Jr.
