Fiddle Fire: 25 Years of the Charlie Daniels Band

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Fiddle Fire: 25 Years of the Charlie Daniels Band
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Compilation album by
ReleasedAugust 18, 1998
Genre Bluegrass, country rock, Southern rock
Length48:49
Label Blue Hat
Producer Ron W. Griffin
Charlie Daniels chronology
By the Light of the Moon
(1997)
Fiddle Fire: 25 Years of the Charlie Daniels Band
(1998)
Tailgate Party
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Fiddle Fire: 25 Years of the Charlie Daniels Band is an album by bluegrass and country rock artist Charlie Daniels consisting of re-recordings of a number of his hits. It was originally released on August 18, 1998, and was re-released on July 12, 2005.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Texas"
  2. "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
  3. "High Lonesome"
  4. "Fais Do Do"
  5. "Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues"
  6. "The South's Gonna Do It"
  7. "Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye"
  8. "Fiddle Fire"
  9. "The Fiddle Player's Got the Blues"
  10. "Layla"
  11. "Orange Blossom Special"
  12. "Talk to Me Fiddle"

Chart performance

Chart (1998)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums52

Reception

The album received four out of five stars from Michael B. Smith of Allmusic. [1] He concludes that "Charlie Daniels displays his exceptional fiddle playing in this compilation of his best fiddle songs. There isn't a bad track on the disc. An excellent collection of Tennessee mountain-inspired fiddle-sawing."

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References

  1. 1 2 Smith, Michael B. "Fiddle Fire: 25 Years of the Charlie Daniels Band review". Allmusic . Retrieved November 23, 2011.