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Genre: Country
Release Date: 05/21/2002

It could be argued that Epic/Legacy's 2002 double-disc compilation The Ultimate Charlie Daniels Band falls a little short of the title's claim, but then you'd have to realize that they're being literal with the title -- Daniels' first album may not be represented here, but it was a solo affair, not a band effort. This 30-track collection covers only recordings from the Charlie Daniels Band, then, and it does an expert job of selecting the best, from the biggest hits to album tracks and concert favorites. Perhaps it would have been better if the selections were presented in chronological order instead of jumping all over the place -- it starts in the '90s, heads into the '70s, goes into the '80s a while later before winding back in the '70s just on the first disc -- but the music here is proof positive that rowdy, Southern-fried, redneck rocking country had few better bands than this. And that does make it The Ultimate Charlie Daniels Band compilation.

~Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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Karla Bonoff - Vocals
Sharon O'Neill - Vocals
Steven Berkowitz - A&R
Gary Allen - Drums
John Boylan - Producer
Rosemary Butler - Vocals
Charlie Daniels - Guitar (Acoustic)
Charlie Daniels - Banjo
Charlie Daniels - Fiddle
Charlie Daniels - Guitar
Charlie Daniels - Mandolin
Charlie Daniels - Guitar (Electric)
Charlie Daniels - Vocals
Charlie Daniels - Producer
Charlie Daniels - Slide Guitar
Charlie Daniels - Main Performer
Carolyn Corlew - Vocals
Tom Crain - Guitar (Acoustic)
Tom Crain - Guitar
Tom Crain - Pedal Steel
Tom Crain - Guitar (Electric)
Tom Crain - Vocals
Tom Crain - Choir, Chorus
Tom Crain - Slide Guitar
Tom Crain - ?
Buddy Davis - Drums
Joel "Taz" DiGregorio - Organ
Joel "Taz" DiGregorio - Piano
Joel "Taz" DiGregorio - Keyboards
Joel "Taz" DiGregorio - Vocals
Joel "Taz" DiGregorio - Harmony Vocals
Didier C. Deutsch - Compilation Producer
Fred Edwards - Percussion
Fred Edwards - Drums
Mark Fitzgerald - Bass
Jack Gavin - Percussion
Jack Gavin - Drums
Earl Grigsby - Bass
Paul Hornsby - Producer
Jaimoe - Conga
James Marshall - Percussion
James Marshall - Drums
Joseph M. Palmaccio - Mastering
J.D. Souther - Vocals
James Stroud - Vocals
James Stroud - Producer
Bergen White - String Arrangements
Ken Edwards - Vocals
Barry Barnes - Guitar (Acoustic)
Barry Barnes - Guitar (Electric)
Richard Betts - Dobro
Charlie Hayward - Bass
Bruce Ray Brown - Guitar
Bruce Ray Brown - Vocals
Bobby Jones & The New Life - Vocals
Don Hunstein - Cover Photo
Ron Kellum - Art Direction
Margie Hunt - Executive Producer
Margie Hunt - A&R
Chris Wormer - Guitar
Don Murray - Percussion
Don Murray - Drums
Ron Griffin - Producer
Ron Griffin - Engineer
Stacey Boyle - Tape Research
Triana DOrazio - Packaging Manager

Strong Stuff
    Hank Williams, Jr. / CD / 1983
Waylon Live
    Waylon Jennings / CD / 1976
Breakaway
    Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge / CD / 1974
16 Biggest Hits
    Johnny Paycheck / CD / 1999
Love Songs [2004]
    George Jones/Tammy Wynette / CD / 2004
Live on Long Island: 4-18-80
    The Marshall Tucker Band / CD / 2006
Divisadero
    Ted Russell Kamp / CD / 2007

Release Date: 05/21/2002
Genre: ctry