Homesick Heroes

Homesick Heroes
Homesick Heroes
Studio album by The Charlie Daniels Band
Released	August 15, 1988
Studio	Eleven Eleven Sound Studios, Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN
Length	38:11
Label	Epic
Producer	James Stroud
The Charlie Daniels Band chronology

Professional ratings
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Homesick Heroes is the fifteenth studio album by Charlie Daniels and the twelfth as the Charlie Daniels Band, released on August 15, 1988. The album is known for the band's cover of the Jimmy Dean classic, "Big Bad John," which also includes guest harmony vocals by The Oak Ridge Boys, and for the song "Uneasy Rider '88" which is musically and thematically similar to their renowned 1973 song "Uneasy Rider" but with a story set in a Houston, Texas gay bar.

Track listing

All songs written by the Charlie Daniels Band (Charlie Daniels, Tom Crain, Taz DiGregorio, Charles Hayward & Jack Gavin), except where noted:

"Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues" - 3:26
"Alligator" - 3:51
"Get Me Back to Dixie" (Crain, Rick Rentz) - 3:07
"Boogie Woogie Man" - 3:52
"Cowboy Hat in Dallas" - 4:29
"Big Bad John" (featuring The Oak Ridge Boys) (Jimmy Dean, Roy Acuff) - 3:37
"Midnight Train" - 4:19
"Honky Tonk Avenue" - 3:36
"You Can't Pick Cotton" - 3:51
"Ill Wind" - 3:35
"Uneasy Rider '88" - 4:25

Personnel

Charlie Daniels - banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, lead vocals
Tom Crain - guitar, background vocals
Taz DiGregorio - keyboards, background vocals
Charlie Hayward - bass guitar
Jack Gavin - drums, percussion
The Oak Ridge Boys - background vocals on "Big Bad John"
James Stroud - percussion, background vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[2]	181
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[3]	16

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	45

References

^ Allmusic review
^ "The Charlie Daniels Band Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
^ "The Charlie Daniels Band Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1989". Billboard. Retrieved January 26, 2024.

[1] Allmusic review

[ac_Billboard200_The_Charlie_Daniels_Band-2] "The Charlie Daniels Band Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 26, 2024.

[ac_BillboardCountry_The_Charlie_Daniels_Band-3] "The Charlie Daniels Band Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 26, 2024.

[4] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1989". Billboard. Retrieved January 26, 2024.

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Chris Wormer Charlie Hayward Bruce Brown Ron Gannaway Shannon Wickline former and original members Charlie Daniels Billy Cox Buddy Davis Earl Grigsby Jeffrey Meyer Mark Fitzgerald Barry Barnes Gary Allen Joel DiGregorio Jim Marshall Fred Edwards Tom Crain Jack Gavin Mark Matejka Pat McDonald
Studio albums	Charlie Daniels (1970) Te John, Grease, & Wolfman (1972) Honey in the Rock (1973) Way Down Yonder (1974) Fire on the Mountain (1974) Nightrider (1975) Saddle Tramp (1976) High Lonesome (1976) Midnight Wind (1977) Million Mile Reflections (1979) Full Moon (1980) Windows (1982) Me and the Boys (1985) Homesick Heroes (1988) Simple Man (1989) Renegade (1991) America, I Believe in You (1993) Road Dogs (2000) How Sweet the Sound: 25 Favorite Hymns and Gospel Greats (2002) Redneck Fiddlin' Man (2002) Songs from the Longleaf Pines (2005) Deuces (2007)
Compilation albums	A Decade of Hits (1983) Super Hits (1994) Fiddle Fire: 25 Years of the CDB (1998) Volunteer Jam/Classic Live Performances: Volume One (1999) Volunteer Jam/Classic Live Performances: Volume Two (1999) Freedom and Justice for All (2003) Essential Super Hits (2004) 16 Biggest Hits (2006) Land That I Love (2010)
Live albums	Live! (2001) Live from Iraq (2007)
Christmas albums	Joy to the World: A Bluegrass Christmas (2009)
Singles	"Uneasy Rider" (1973) "The South's Gonna Do It" (1975) "Long Haired Country Boy" (1975) "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" (1979) "Mississippi" (1979) "Long Haired Country Boy" (re-release) (1980) "In America" (1980) "The Legend of Wooley Swamp" (1980) "Sweet Home Alabama" (1981) "Still in Saigon" (1982) "Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye" (1986) "Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues" (1988) "Uneasy Rider '88" (1988) "Simple Man" (1989) "Long Haired Country Boy" (re-release) (1997) "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" (re-release) (1998) "This Ain't No Rag, It's a Flag" (2001)
Guest singles	"The Devil Comes Back to Georgia" (Mark O'Connor with Johnny Cash, Marty Stuart, and Travis Tritt) (1993)
Video releases	Volunteer Jam: The Movie (2007) Live from Iraq (2007)
Related articles	Discography "It Hurts Me" Volunteer Jam Urban Cowboy Middle Tennessee State University (Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center)