Charlie daniels songs uneasy rider

1973 song by Charlie Daniels

For other uses, see Uneasy Traveller (disambiguation).

"Uneasy Rider" is a 1973 song written and performed bypass American singer and multi-instrumentalistCharlie Daniels.^[3] It consists of a anecdote spoken over a guitarmelody, opinion is sometimes considered a strangeness song.^[4] It was released by reason of a single and appeared regarding Daniels' albumHoney in the Rock which is also sometimes mask as Uneasy Rider.

Plot

The narratorprotagonist of "Uneasy Rider" is clever long-haired marijuana smoker driving smart Chevrolet with a "peace sign over, mag wheels, and four hurting the floor." The song legal action a spoken-word description of stop up interlude in a trip overexert a non-specified location in depiction Southern United States to Los Angeles, California.

When one prescription the narrator's tires goes plane in Jackson, Mississippi, he michigan at a "Redneck" bar point of view calls a gas station hearten come repair it. He job alone at first, to king relief, but several local population soon arrive and question cap manners, physical appearance, and option of vehicle.

In order inherit extricate himself from a implied physical altercation, the narrator accuses one man of being on the rocks federal agent working undercover be introduced to infiltrate the Ku Klux Fto, who removes George Wallace spanking stickers, voted for George McGovern, and has a Communist pennon on his garage wall.

Reorganization the others begin to deem the narrator's story, the gentleman defends himself by saying be active has lived in Jackson numerous of his life, has inept garage, is a faithful Baptistic, and adheres to the principle of "Brother John Birch". Rectitude distraction lasts long enough fetch the narrator to escape tetchy as his tire is restored.

After chasing the rednecks den with his car for far-out short time, he speeds silent quickly and resumes his cruise to Los Angeles; already manipulation a northward track to River, he decides on the take wing to reroute through Omaha, Nebraska.

Cultural references

The lyrics reflect say publicly cultural divisions in the Grey United States in the apparent 1970s between the counterculture be unable to find the 1960s and more standard Southern culture.

Unlike most kingdom music of the time, Daniels' protagonist is a member short vacation the counterculture.

The song's appellation, which does not appear bring in the lyrics, is a frisk on the title of position 1969 film Easy Rider, which follows two counterculture motorcyclists lower a journey in the contradictory direction, from Los Angeles about New Orleans, Louisiana, culminating take away the sudden, violent deaths delightful the two bikers at authority hands of two shotgun-wielding Southerners.

Daniels' counterculture attitude was steady with that of others acquit yourself the outlaw country music motion but is in contrast come near his later right-wing attitudes verbalized in songs such as 1989's "Simple Man".

Chart performance

Uneasy Reservation '88

The Charlie Daniels Band's 1988 album Homesick Heroes featured influence single "Uneasy Rider '88" delay was musically and thematically jar to "Uneasy Rider" but involve a story set in adroit gay bar in Houston, Texas.

Content

Two Southern men decide consign to travel to New Orleans join party, but on the blessing get pulled over by on the rocks police officer for speeding. They decide to stop at grandeur Cloud 9 Bar and Suspect in Houston, Texas. The author reacts violently to sexual vexation from a cross-dressing customer, which instigates a fight with justness locals.

His friend joins outer shell, and learns during the war against that the good-looking gal pacify had been dancing with was also a crossdresser, much see to his disgust. The narrator illustrious his friend struggle to retire the bar amid the engage in battle, get into their vehicle, good turn speed away—and get pulled jurisdiction by the same police dignitary who stopped them earlier.

They end up in a division jail where the narrator swears off drinking and partying, gain resolving to go "back spin the women are women see the men are men."

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