First Volunteer Jam

The very first Volunteer Jam concert was held at War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville, TN. The show was scheduled as a live recording session for two songs for the Fire on the Mountain album, "No Place to Go" and "Orange Blossom Special." The CDB invited some of their friends - Dickey Betts from the Allman Brothers Band and Toy Caldwell, Jerry Eubanks and Paul Riddle from the Marshall Tucker Band - to get together and Jam after their set. A tradition was born. "Ain't it good to be alive, and be in Tennessee!" - Charlie Daniels 1974