Charlie Daniels Band - Deuces

2007 was a busy year for Charlie Daniels. Deuces, his second release in under five months and his 17th for Blue Hat Records, finds the feisty fiddler joining forces with some heavies from the worlds of Nashville, rock, and pop in a series of rave-ups that accurately reflect his career as a country boy among rockers. If you're playing the devil's instrument, it shouldn't be any other way.

While the bevy of big names suggests the respect Daniels gets across genre lines throughout the music industry, Deuces is hardly a retrospective tribute, and it kicks up as much dust as any release in his catalog.

He digs into the Carter-Cash classic Jackson with Gretchen Wilson, rips through perhaps the best cover version of Dylan's Maggie's Farm ever (with Earl, Gary, and Randy Scruggs), and refuses that gentle goodnight hand in hand with Brenda Lee on Let It Be Me.

Add Darius Rucker, Dolly Parton, Vince Gill, Brad Paisley, Brooks & Dunn, and many others to the list of conspirators. Deuces is a great late addition to the Daniels catalog and speaks to his legacy as one of the finest sidemen in the nebulous genre where rock & roll, rhythm & blues, and country become one and the same.

• What'd I Say w/ Travis Tritt
• Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours w/ Bonnie Bramlett
• Jackson w/ Gretchen Wilson
• Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The w/ Vince Gill
• Maggie's Farm w/ Earl Scruggs/Randy Scruggs/Gary Scruggs
• Daddy's Old Fiddle w/ Dolly Parton
• Like a Rolling Stone w/ Darius Rucker
• Evangeline w/ The Del McCoury Band
• Let It Be Me w/ Brenda Lee
• Long Haired Country Boy w/ Brooks & Dunn
• God Save Us All From Religion w/ Marty Stuart
• Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye w/ Montgomery Gentry
• Jammin' For Stevie w/ Brad Paisley