Charlie Daniels understands that NFL protesters have a right to take a knee during the National Anthem but says he doesn't understand why they chose that venue and that song. It's insulting to America and American servicemen and women, he says.
To say Charlie Daniels is a Bob Dylan fan is to say the famous country singer plays an OK fiddle. It's an understatement. Daniels was in Dylan's band to record three albums in the late '60s and early '70s, and has since appreciated his music, even if he didn't necessarily always know what the folk-rocker was talking about.
Charlie Daniels shows a nuanced appreciation for Bob Dylan's catalog with the 10 songs on his recently released 'Off the Grid -- Doin' It Dylan' album. There are a few of the expected hits, but most are deep-cut surprises that the country singer is a better fit performing.