Songs from the Longleaf Pines

Performer: Charlie Daniels
Artist: Earl Scruggs; Mac Wiseman; Ricky Skaggs; The Whites
Engineer: Patrick Barber; Scott Rouse; Gary Paczosa; Brent King; Scott Rouse; Patrick Barber
Producer: Scott Rouse; Scott Rouse
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA)

Notes: Personnel: Charlie Daniels (vocals, guitar, fiddle); Charlie Daniels; Tim May, Tim May (guitar); Michael Bub (bass instrument); Scott Rouse (vocals, guitar, harmonica, background vocals); Mac Wiseman, The Whites (vocals, background vocals); Cyndi Wheeler, Ricky Skaggs (vocals); Andy Hall (dobro); Earl Scruggs, Rob McCoury (banjo); Chris Thile, Ronnie McCoury (mandolin); Jason Carter (fiddle). Audio Mixers: Scott Rouse; Travis Wyrick. Recording information: The GrooveGrass Factory; Vibe Studio, Skaggs Place. Photographers: Chuck Bargeron; Angela Gresham Wheeler. Arranger: Charlie Daniels. Songs from the Longleaf Pines is Charlie Daniels' tribute to bluegrass-gospel -- a tribute album that covers two rarely touched-upon aspects of Daniels' music. He's recorded bluegrass numbers before, and his music certainly has been informed by it, but he's never done a full-fledged bluegrass record before and, apart from a low-budget collection in the early 2000s, he's never done an all-out gospel record. So, this is a first, which would be noteworthy in of itself, but the truly remarkable thing about Songs from the Longleaf Pines is that it's a lively, passionate, invigorating record that's his best album in quite some time. What makes the album such fun is that it captures a peerless musician playing with a peerless supporting group, including such stalwarts as Earl Scruggs, Ronnie McCoury, Rob McCoury, and Chris Thile. They have a natural, easy chemistry that's apparent on such sweet, slow numbers as "Softly and Tenderly," but truly comes to life on the breakneck jams that dominate this album. This is a band of veterans playing with a natural, offhand virtuosity that's all the more exciting for being easy and familiar. Perhaps this isn't the flashiest album Daniels has cut, or the rowdiest, but its low-key, modest charms make this a minor gem in his catalog. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Among the first to find commercial success in the 1970s with a fusion of country and southern rock, Charlie Daniels was the forerunner to Hank Williams Jr., Steve Earle, and other unabashedly redneck stars. Daniels is a talented musician whose pre-stardom days in the 1960s included stints with Bob Dylan and Earl Scruggs. His "Devil Went Down to Georgia" is a modern-day standard.

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