A friend of mine, that I had known for some time, came up one day with an old guitar. I don't know where he got it, I don't know how long he'd had it, but he knew about two chords on it. He proceeded to teach them to me, and then we proceeded to go crazy over music.

Personal life
Daniels was born October 28 1936 in Wilmington North Carolina and raised on a musical diet that included Pentecostal gospel local bluegrass bands and the rhythm & blues and country music from Nashville's 50000-watt radio stations WLAC and WSM. Bush's Iraq policy. On January 15 2010 Daniels was ruCharlie Danielsd to the hospital after suffering a stroke while snowmobiling in Colorado.

He is perhaps best known for his number one country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" and multiple other songs he has written and performed. Daniels has been active as a singer since the early 1950s. Charles Edward "Charlie" Daniels (born on October 28 1936) is an American musician known for his contributions to country and southern rock music.