Homesick Heroes
Homesick Heroes is a studio album by 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.
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| Released | August 15, 1988 | |||
| Genre | Country, bluegrass | |||
| Length | 38:11 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | James Stroud | |||
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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" - 3:2:
- "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
Chart performance
| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 16 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 181 |
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