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| Country-rocker Charlie Daniels passed away. |
Daniels suffered from a hemorrhagic stroke. He passed away at the age of 83.
He was a good friend of Sean "Softball" Hannity, the most annoying media personality in the country.
A statement from his publicist said the Country Music Hall of Famer died on Monday after suffer a severe stroke.
He had suffered a mild stroke in 2010 and had a heart pacemaker implanted in 2013 but continued to perform for small venues and conservative themed events.
Daniels was a performer for the Freedom Concerts, a scam founded by Oliver North, Softball Hannity and operatives. The concerts were held a local venues to promote conservative lawmakers and policies.
Softball Hannity would emcee the event and have performers like Daniels, Hank Williams, Jr., Ted Nugent, John Rich and others perform. They all would pocket thousands of dollars while the charity group the Freedom Alliance would donate portions of the money to children of fallen American troops.
The Freedom Alliance would end up falling apart after it was exposed a fraud. Many of the children only got less than $1,000 in scholarship donations.
Daniels would be sponsoring that bullshit charity as well.
On to his passing.
Daniels, a singer, a guitarist and fiddler, started as a session musician, even playing on Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline sessions.
In the early-1970s, his five-piece band toured endlessly, sometimes doing 250 shows a year.
He was known for his edgy, early music that raised eyebrows in Nashville. He also was known for songs like Long Haired Country Boy and Uneasy Rider.
He soften some of his verses in the 1990s and in 2008 he was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry.
He said in 1998 that he kept touring so much because "I have never played those notes perfectly. I've never sung every song perfectly. I'm in competition to be better tonight than I was last night and to be better tomorrow than tonight."
Daniels said his favorite place to play was "anywhere with a good crowd and a good paycheck."
Daniels was an avid hunter, fisher and outdoorsman. He was a member of the NRA and had performed in commercials and online advertising for the gun lobby.
He was married to Hazel and has one son, Charlie Daniels, Jr.
He was born in 1936 in Wilmington, North Carolina and died in Hermitage, Tennessee, a former city now incorporated as a neighborhood of Nashville.
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