Uneasy Rider
| "Uneasy Rider" | |
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| Single by Charlie Daniels | |
| from the album Honey in the Rock | |
| B-side | "Funky Junky" |
| Released | June 1973 |
| Format | 7" single |
| Genre | Country, talking blues |
| Length | 5:18 |
| Label |
Kama Sutra 576 (U.S. 7" single) |
| Writer(s) | Charlie Daniels |
| Producer(s) | Charlie Daniels |
| "Uneasy Rider '88" | |
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| Single by The Charlie Daniels Band | |
| from the album Homesick Heroes | |
| Released | November 1988 |
| Recorded | May 4, 1988 |
| Genre | Country |
| Length | 4:26 |
| Writer(s) | Tommy Crain Charlie Daniels Taz DiGregorio Jack Gavin Charlie Hayward |
| Producer(s) | James Stroud |
"Uneasy Rider" is a 1973 song written and performed by American singer and multi-instrumentalist Charlie Daniels. It consists of a narrative spoken over a guitar melody, and is sometimes considered a novelty song. It was released as a single and appeared on Daniels' album Honey in the Rock which is also sometimes known as Uneasy Rider.
The narrator protagonist of "Uneasy Rider" is a long-haired marijuana smoker driving a Chevrolet with a "peace sign, mag wheels, and four on the floor." The song is a spoken-word description of an interlude in a trip from a non-specified location in the Southern United States to Los Angeles, California. When one of the narrator's tires goes flat in Jackson, Mississippi, he stops and waits at a "redneck" bar where he encounters several local residents who question his manners, physical appearance, and choice of car. In order to extricate himself from a potential physical altercation, the narrator accuses one of the locals of being a spy by claiming him to be a member of the FBI who is removing George Wallace bumper stickers, is infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan, voted for George McGovern, and is a Communist. The man defends himself by saying he's lived in Jackson all of his life and is a member of the Antioch Baptist Church and the John Birch Society. The narrator then manages to escape from the bar just as his tire is repaired; after chasing the rednecks around with his car for a short time, he decides to head due north as fast as he can, opting to reroute his path to Los Angeles through Arkansas and Omaha, Nebraska.
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