Simple Man (Charlie Daniels album)

Simple Man is the sixteenth studio album by Charlie Daniels and the thirteenth as the Charlie Daniels Band, released on October 17, 1989. The album's most memorable song is the titular song, "Simple Man", which is not related to the Lynyrd Skynyrd song of the same name. "It's My Life" is a shorter version of a jam song previously released on their 1976 album, Saddle Tramp.

Track listing

1. "(What This World Needs Is) A Few More Rednecks" (Charlie Daniels, Taz DiGregorio, Charles Hayward, Jack Gavin) - 3:44
2. "Was It 26" (Don Sampson) - 3:50
3. "Oh Atlanta" (Daniels, DiGregorio, Hayward, Gavin) - 3:19
4. "Midnight Wind" - (Daniels, Tom Crain, DiGregorio, Hayward, Gavin) - 3:20
5. "Saturday Night Down South" (Daniels, DiGregorio, Gavin, Hayward) - 3:04
6. "Play Me Some Fiddle" (Daniels, DiGregorio, Hayward, Gavin) - 4:25
7. "Simple Man" (Daniels, DiGregorio, Hayward, Gavin) - 3:24
8. "Old Rock 'N Roller" (Daniels, DiGregorio, Hayward, Gavin) - 2:58
9. "Mister DJ" - (Daniels, Crain, DiGregario, Hayward, Gavin) - 3:52
10. "It's My Life" - (Daniels, Crain, DiGregorio, Fred Edwards, Hayward, Don Murray) - 3:32

Personnel

The Charlie Daniels Band:

• Charlie Daniels - Guitar, fiddle, vocals
• Bruce Ray Brown - Guitar, vocals
• Taz DiGregorio - keyboards
• Julian King - trumpet
• Jack Gavin - drums, percussion
• Charles Hayward - Bass

Production

• Producer: James Stroud
• Engineer: Lynn Peterzell
• Assisted by: Julian King, Tom Oates
• Cover photographer: David Michael Kennedy

Catalog number

• CD Catalog Number: Epic Records EK 45316

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

References