| "The Legend of Wooley Swamp" | ||||
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| Single by Charlie Daniels | ||||
| from the album Full Moon | ||||
| B-side | "Money" | |||
| Released | August 11, 1980 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 4:18 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Charlie Daniels Tom Crain Joel DiGregorio Fred Edwards James W. Marshall Charles Hayward | |||
| Producer(s) | John Boylan | |||
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"The Legend of Wooley Swamp" is a song written, composed, and recorded by the Charlie Daniels Band. It was released in August 1980 as the second single from the album Full Moon, which was later certified platinum.[1]
Daniels was inspired to write another song similar to his 1979 hit "The Devil Went Down To Georgia". While searching for ideas, Daniels remembered Woolie Swamp, an actual place in Bladen County, North Carolina where he used to night hunt as a youngster. Recalling how swamps can take on a whole different personality at night, Daniels mused that Woolie Swamp "just seemed like the kind of place a story like that could happen".[2]
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ Parton, Chris (November 11, 2015). "Inside Charlie Daniels' Spooky Ghost Story 'Wooley Swamp'". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2020.