Charlie Daniels timeline
October 28, 1936: Charles E. Daniels is born in Wilmington, N.C.
1964: Daniels co-writes "It Hurts Me," a song recorded by Elvis Presley for the flip side of "Kissin' Cousins."
1967: Daniels moves to Nashville to begin work as a session player. Producers complain that Daniels plays too loudly. Later that year, Daniels plays on Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline. "It was the first time I felt at home in Nashville. You experienced a lot of freedom from Dylan," Daniels said of the session.
1970: Daniels records solo album Charlie Daniels on Capitol Records Nashville.
1974: Fire on the Mountain is released. Daniels invites friends from the Allman Brothers Band, the Marshall Tucker Band and others for a concert he calls the Volunteer Jam. They have so much fun, Daniels said they should "do this once in a while."
1975: The second Volunteer Jam is held in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
1977: Volunteer Jam becomes an annual event.
1979: "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" reaches No. 1 and wins Daniels a GRAMMY and CMA Single of the Year Award. He wins CMA Instrumentalist of the Year Award and CDB wins Instrumental Group of the Year Award.
1980: CDB hits the charts with "The Legend of Wooley Swamp." They win CMA Instrumental Group of the Year Award.
1987: Volunteer Jam plays its 13th concert and takes a break for a few years.
1991: Volunteer Jam returns, with B.B. King, Steppenwolf, Tanya Tucker and the CDB.
1994: Daniels releases his first Christian record on Sparrow Records, The Door, which earns him a Dove Award the following year.
1996: Charlie Daniels: The Roots Remain box set is released. Daniels is presented the honorary degree of doctor of letters from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, where he delivers the commencement address.
1997: Daniels forms Blue Hat Records. Sony Wonder releases By The Light Of The Moon: Campfire Songs and Cowboy Tunes, Daniels' first children's album.
2001: The Charlie Daniels Museum opens on historic Second Avenue in Downtown Nashville. Daniels is inducted into his hometown's Walk of Fame in Wilmington, N.C.
2003: Daniels' book, Ain't No Rag (Freedom, Family and the Flag) is published by Regnery Publishing.