Almost 52 years ago, the CDB packed 2,000 fans into War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville, TN for what would prove to be a historical night, the very first Volunteer Jam.

Though it began as a live recording session to record two live tracks for the band’s upcoming ‘Fire on the Mountain’ album, it became something much more, an event in its own right, a ‘happening,’ so much so that it became a mostly annual event from 1974 off and on through 1996, and then revived in 2015.

By now you have probably heard the announcement or seen the press release on Thursday March 26^th about The Legend of Charlie Daniels show this 4^th of July at Ft. Campbell, and you’re probably wondering what the heck that’s all about.

Well, the idea – or rather ideas - go back to the week after Dad went home on July 6, 2020.