Mike Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 DURANGO, Colorado – U.S. country music star Charlie Daniels is recovering from a mild stroke he suffered while snowmobiling in Colorado, his Web site says. The singer, fiddler and guitarist is best known for his 1979 hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia." That same year he was featured in the John Travolta movie "Urban Cowboy." The statement says the 73-year-old Daniels suffered the stroke Friday. He was first treated at a hospital in Durango, then airlifted to a Denver hospital. He was released on Sunday. The statement says Daniels doesn't plan to cancel any concerts. His next appearance is scheduled for Feb. 27. Daniels' recording label and band managers didn't immediately return calls Wednesday. Copyright 2010 © AP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Hope he's okay. I love me some Charlie Daniels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Yeah, the world needs more Charlie Daniels. Let's hope he's OK. Here's Shawna's interview with Charlie Daniels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzikTyme Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Nice interview. Ole Charlie has my reserves because he's the one who made a long-haired-country-boy famous. I was lucky enough to see him twice, once in '74 and another time in '94 and he still told stories whilst singing as good as ever. He plays a damn mean fiddle, too. Here's the song that made me a Charlie Daniels fan because it has the timeless, classic Spanish sound . . . Caballo Diablo :guitar: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 I saw Charlie Daniels when I was at Rutgers and he played there...maybe '78. There is a current Geico commercial (I think) that features him playing his mean fiddle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Read Shawna's interview with Mr. Daniels. It gave a sense of his gregarious personality and humble demeanor. In recovery, he will be encouraged to lose all that girth he has carried for so long, which is probably what precluded the stroke. All the best to him on his recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country music legend Charlie Daniels says he's "doing fine" and working away the numbness in his left hand after suffering a mild stroke while snowmobiling in Colorado. "I can still play my fiddle. I can play my guitar. One of the first things I did when I came home from the hospital in Denver was to pick up my guitar and make sure my fingers still worked on it," he said in a phone interview on Wednesday night. The 73-year-old has begun physical therapy, not because of doctor's orders — they told him the feeling in his hand would return on its own — but "to speed up" the process. He will do another session in Colorado this week, and find a therapist when he returns to Tennessee. Daniels doesn't plan to cancel any of his upcoming shows, which resume in February. He blames his stroke on high blood pressure. "It had gotten higher than what I realized it was," he said. "We have taken steps to remedy that, and we are back in the game." When the left side of his body began to go numb on that snowmobile ride on Friday, Daniels realized he was having a stroke. The thought crossed his mind that he may never be able to play music again, but he didn't dwell on it. "I never seriously thought, 'Well, this is it,'" said Daniels. "I just look for everything to turn out good." Daniels said "the fingerprints of God were all over" his experience. He wasn't far from the local hospital in Durango, Colo., which he said had only recently begun stocking the drug used to break up the blood clot in his brain. If he had arrived any later, the clot would've caused permanent damage. Additionally, a plane was immediately available to take him to Denver. "It's just an absolute fact that God was looking after me," he said. The stroke did make Daniels stop and think. "It makes me realize that things can happen to you, but I choose not to sit around and worry about the possibility that I could have another stroke. It's not imminent by any stretch of the imagination." He does have a list of things he still wants to do. "I want to keep entertaining people," he said. "I want to go fishing in Alaska again. I want to go back to Israel, which I intend to do in March." And he'll continue doing what he loves. "I love riding snowmobiles. I love fishing. I love shooting guns. I do a lot of target shooting when I'm at home. I love horses. I love cowboys. "What the heck, I may take up skydiving next, who knows." Daniels is best known for his 1979 hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia." The Charlie Daniels Band earned a Grammy for best country vocal for the song. He currently appears in a television ad for Geico Insurance, playing a scorching fiddle riff in an upscale restaurant before handing the fiddle to a man in a tuxedo and saying, "That's how you do it, son." Copyright © 2010 The Associated Press. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 One of my all time favorite entertainers. I saw him back in '75 at the KSHE Kitefly. I've been devoted ever since. I'm happy he's going to be around to provide more great entertainment for us fans. Keep on pickin' Charlie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 I've loved Charlie since the Uneasy Rider days. Get well soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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