The devil went down to georgia art. The devil mightve won this round. Consent and culture and the visual art reportercritic at the star tribune. The devil went down to georgia is a song written and performed by the charlie daniels band and released on their 1979 album million mile reflections.
Charlie daniels who went from being an in demand session musician to a staple of southern rock with his hit the devil went down to georgia has died at 83. The devil went down to georgia is contemporary southern take on a classic story and in many ways life imitated art. After daniels died last month they decided it was an appropriate time to pull their heavy metal tribute off the shelf.
He was best known for his mainstream hit the devil went down to georgia. The song is written in the key of d minor. Kroeger who called the devil went down to georgia one of his all time.
Provided to youtube by epiclegacy the devil went down to georgia the charlie daniels band a decade of hits 1979 sony music entertainment released on. The country music star who linked to pop artists and singer songwriters died monday at age 83. Vassar clements originally wrote the basic melody an octave lower in a tune called lonesome fiddle blues released on clements self titled 1975.
Watch the official music video for the devil went down to georgia by charlie daniels listen to charlie daniels. The hall of fame musician best known for singing about the devil and johnny in a fiddle duel over his soul is no longer among us. Nickelback released a cover of the devil went down to georgia on friday.