Homesick Heroes is the fifteenth studio album by Charlie Daniels and the twelfth as the Charlie Daniels Band, released on August 15, 1988. The album is known for the band's cover of the Jimmy Dean classic, "Big Bad John," which also includes guest harmony vocals by The Oak Ridge Boys, and for the song "Uneasy Rider '88" which is musically and thematically similar to their renowned 1973 song "Uneasy Rider" but with a story set in a Houston, Texas gay bar.

Homesick Heroes
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 15, 1988
StudioEleven Eleven Sound Studios, Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN
Length38:11
LabelEpic
ProducerJames Stroud
The Charlie Daniels Band chronology
Powder Keg
(1987)
Homesick Heroes
(1988)
Simple Man
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

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All songs written by the Charlie Daniels Band (Charlie Daniels, Tom Crain, Taz DiGregorio, Charles Hayward & Jack Gavin), except where noted:

  1. "Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues" - 3:26
  2. "Alligator" - 3:51
  3. "Get Me Back to Dixie" (Crain, Rick Rentz) - 3:07
  4. "Boogie Woogie Man" - 3:52
  5. "Cowboy Hat in Dallas" - 4:29
  6. "Big Bad John" (featuring The Oak Ridge Boys) (Jimmy Dean, Roy Acuff) - 3:37
  7. "Midnight Train" - 4:19
  8. "Honky Tonk Avenue" - 3:36
  9. "You Can't Pick Cotton" - 3:51
  10. "Ill Wind" - 3:35
  11. "Uneasy Rider '88" - 4:25

Personnel

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Charts

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References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "The Charlie Daniels Band Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  3. ^ "The Charlie Daniels Band Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  4. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1989". Billboard. Retrieved January 26, 2024.