Homesick Heroes

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.

Track listing

All songs written by the Charlie Daniels Band, except where noted:

"Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues" - 3:26
"Alligator" - 3:51
"Get Me Back to Dixie" - 3:07
"Boogie Woogie Man" - 3:52
"Cowboy Hat in Dallas" - 4:29
"Big Bad John" - 3:37
"Midnight Train" - 4:19
"Honky Tonk Avenue" - 3:36
"You Can't Pick Cotton" - 3:51
"Ill Wind" - 3:35
"Uneasy Rider '88" - 4:25

Personnel

Charlie Daniels - banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, lead vocals
Tom Crain - guitar, background vocals
Taz DiGregorio - keyboards, background vocals
Charlie Hayward - bass guitar
Russ Powell - guitar
Jack Gavin - drums, percussion
The Oak Ridge Boys - background vocals on "Big Bad John"
James Stroud - percussion, background vocals