''Nightrider'' is the sixth studio album by
Charlie Daniels and the third as
the Charlie Daniels Band, released on November 25, 1975.
Track listing
All songs composed by the bandleader,
Charlie Daniels, except where indicated:
Side one
# "Texas" - 3:04
# "Willie Jones" - 3:14
# "Franklin Limestone" (Tom Crain) - 5:40
# "Evil" - 2:53
# "Everything Is Kinda All Right" - 5:11
Side two
# "Funky Junky" - 5:06
# "Birmingham Blues" - 4:43
# "Damn Good Cowboy" - 4:35
# "Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day" - 3:31
There has been some confusion with the credits for the song "Birmingham Blues" that Charlie Daniels wrote for this 1975 album. In 1977,
Jeff Lynne also wrote a song called "Birmingham Blues" for his band,
Electric Light Orchestra
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's album, ''
Out of the Blue
Out of the Blue may refer to:
Film and television Film
* ''Out of the Blue'' (1931 film), a British musical by Gene Gerrard
* ''Out of the Blue'' (1947 film), an American comedy directed by Leigh Jason
*'' Out of the Blue: Live at Wembley'', a ...
'', and now Allmusic shows the 1975 Charlie Daniels song as being co-written by Lynne
(but not the other way around), which is nonsensical.
Personnel
The Charlie Daniels Band:
*
Charlie Daniels – banjo, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, vocals
*
Taz DiGregorio – keyboards, vocals
* Tom Crain - guitar, vocals
* Charlie Hayward –
bass guitar
* Don Murray –
drums
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* Fred Edwards – drums
Additional musicians:
*
Toy Caldwell – steel guitar on "Damn Good Cowboy"
*
Jai Johanny Johanson – Congas on "Everything Is Kinda All Right"
Production personnel:
* Richard Schoff – assistant engineer
*
Paul Hornsby – producer
References
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Charlie Daniels albums
1975 albums
Albums produced by Paul Hornsby