Simple Man (Charlie Daniels album) explained

Simple Man
Type:	Album
Artist:	The Charlie Daniels Band
Cover:	Simple Man album.jpg
Released:	October 17, 1989
Recorded:	Quad Studios, Nashville, Tennessee Soundstage, Nashville, Tennessee
Length:	35:14
Label:	Epic
Producer:	James Stroud
Prev Title:	Homesick Heroes
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Christmas Time Down South
Next Year:	1990

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

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country	CAN Country
1989	"Simple Man"	12	15
1990	"Mister DJ"	34	45
	"(What This World Needs Is) A Few More Rednecks"	56	78
	"Oh Atlanta"	—	—

Notes and References

1. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 1990. Billboard. January 3, 2021.