Erik Pedersen Managing EditorCharlie Daniels, the veteran country singer and fiddler who scored crossover pop hits with “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” “Uneasy Rider” and “In America,” died today after a massive stroke.
He was 83. His publicist Don Murry Grubbs confirmed the news.Daniels, a Country Music Hall of Famer who had nine gold or platinum albums, also played on Bob Dylan’s 1969 classic Nashville Skyline, and his group the Charlie Daniels Band appeared in the 1980 movie Urban Cowboy.Born on October 26, 1936, in Wilmington, NC, Daniels fronted 1960s group the Jaguars before going solo in 1968 and working as a session player in Nashville.
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