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 "(What This World Needs Is) A Few More Rednecks" (Charlie Daniels, Taz DiGregorio, Charles Hayward, Jack Gavin) - 3:44 "Was It 26" (Don Sampson) - 3:50 "Oh Atlanta" (Daniels, DiGregorio, Hayward, Gavin) - 3:19 "Midnight Wind" - (Daniels, Tom Crain, DiGregorio, Hayward, Gavin) - 3:20 "Saturday Night Down South" (Daniels, DiGregorio, Gavin, Hayward) - 3:04 "Play Me Some Fiddle" (Daniels, DiGregorio, Hayward, Gavin) - 4:25 "Simple Man" (Daniels, DiGregorio, Hayward, Gavin) - 3:24 "Old Rock 'N Roller" (Daniels, DiGregorio, Hayward, Gavin) - 2:58 "Mister DJ" - (Daniels, Crain, DiGregario, Hayward, Gavin) - 3:52 "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 Chart (1989–1990) Peak position
Year-end charts Chart (1990) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 7
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" — —
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