Last Wednesday, country icon and fiddle deity Charlie Daniels celebrated his 80th birthday by playing alongside a host of genre mainstays including Travis Tritt, Luke Bryan and Chris Stapleton at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. The night marked the latest of the musician’s Volunteer Jams, a series that kicked off in 1974, which featured a drop-in by The Allman Brothers Band. The latest entry donated $245,000 of its earnings to Daniel’s Journey Home charity, an NGO that helps US military veterans. Also: Luke Bryan slugged a guy who flipped him off. Kid Rock and 3 Doors Down broadened the genre by also making appearances. Check out the gallery of the raucous show above, courtesy photographer Amy Harris.
Song Highlights
“The Devil Went Down to Georgia” with Luke Bryan
“Can’t You See” with Chris Stapleton
“Will the Circle Be Unbroken”
“The South’s Gonna Do It Again”
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3 Doors Down at the Charlie Daniels 80th Birthday Volunteer Jam, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN, 11/30/2016.
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Challenger the Eagle at the Charlie Daniels 80th Birthday Volunteer Jam, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN, 11/30/2016.
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Kid Rock and Charlie Daniels at the Charlie Daniels 80th Birthday Volunteer Jam, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN, 11/30/2016.
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Charlie Daniels & Friends at the 80th Birthday Volunteer Jam, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN, 11/30/2016.
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Charlie Daniels & Friends at the 80th Birthday Volunteer Jam, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN, 11/30/2016.
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Charlie Daniels & Friends at the 80th Birthday Volunteer Jam, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN, 11/30/2016.
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Charlie Daniels & Luke Bryan at the 80th Birthday Volunteer Jam, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN, 11/30/2016.
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Charlie Daniels & Friends at the 80th Birthday Volunteer Jam, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN, 11/30/2016.
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Charlie Daniels at the 80th Birthday Volunteer Jam, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN, 11/30/2016.
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Charlie Daniels & Luke Bryan at the 80th Birthday Volunteer Jam, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN, 11/30/2016.