Buttmunker

Johnny won the Golden Fiddle, this we know, but who here goes against the grain and thought the Devil's solo was far superior to Johnny's?

majorjoe23

Yeah, but the devil had a band of demons helping him. That seems unfair for a solo.

Pointyskull

That always bothered me, too.

Fist of Doom

Who woulda figured the Devil would take an unfair advantage?

HUG-H

I'd have to hear the song again, I don't think I've listened to it all the way through since 1979!

HUG-H

Okay, I heard it, and basically, johnny's solo wasn't much of a solo, all he did was the parts on the chorus and the extended version of the riff. He didn't do the fiery trill that the devil did, so, what the hell??

Groucho

I done told you once, you son of a bitch, Johnny's the best there's ever been.

Superdaddy

Does anyone else remember the radio edit of this song that replaced "son of a bitch" with "son of a gun?" I remember a NY station often playing the cleaner version in the daytime and the uncensored one in the evening.

Groucho

That's the only version we get here in Utah.

wishbone

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I like the Old Scratch's solo better in Primus' version.

Walker Boh

HUG-H

Yes, Johnny may have been a "winning" fiddler, but apparently he was too much of a nice boy to cuss on AM radio!

HUG-H

Someone who'd smoke either one of them in a duel:

bigjim25

They had a rematch in 1993 when The Devil Comes Back to Georgia

hasslein

It was the band of demons bassline that rocked, I don't even remember the solo.

Wazootyman

What's that from? Knowing the demons would be so sad kind of makes me want to vote for the devil.

Walker Boh

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starman9000

Thankfully Bobby took him down as well to prove human superiority:

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SkullOrchard

Charlie Daniels is a kick ass guitarist, but the guy is a rather half ass fiddler.

I grew up in the world of Bluegrass music, and I've seen and heard 6 year old kids who could run circles around him.

movieking

Don't forget that the devil came back for a rematch, when poor Johnny was tired with a newborn:

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HUG-H

Skip to 8:25 and you'll see why she'd smoke these two:

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The Bus

I'm sorry but her body movements make me

HUG-H

She was actually doing that because she had done that previously in a talent show while hula-hooping, and she was trying to do the same thing without the hoop. If you see the whole clip and the rest of that particular show (Danish show titled "Den 11 time" -The 11th hour- ) it's put into proper perspective.
I just like that she can play a different style of fiddle besides classical.

HUG-H

Better example of a champ without the funny movements:

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FantasticVSDoom

Ive always thought the devil won but the demons held him back...