Million Mile Reflections

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Million Mile Reflections
Studio album by The Charlie Daniels Band
Released Spring 1979
Recorded Woodland Sound Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Rock / Country / Bluegrass
Length 37:27
Label Epic Records
Producer John Boylan
The Charlie Daniels Band chronology
Midnight Wind
(1977)		 Million Mile Reflections
(1979)		 Full Moon
(1980)

Million Mile Reflections is a studio album by The Charlie Daniels Band released in 1979. It is best known for the hit single The Devil Went Down to Georgia. The title refers to the band having passed the million mile mark in its touring. The song Reflections is a tribute to Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin, and Ronnie Van Zant. Daniels dedicated the album to Van Zant, who had died in October, 1977 in a plane crash.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Passing Lane" - 3:17
  2. "Blue Star" - 3:40
  3. "Jitterbug" (Daniels, Crain, DiGregorio, Edwards, Hayward, Don Murray) - 3:11
  4. "Behind Your Eyes" (John Boylan) - 3:56
  5. "Reflections" - 5:26
  6. "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" - 3:37
  7. "Mississippi" (Daniels) - 3:10
  8. "Blind Man" (Crain) - 3:46
  9. "Rainbow Ride" - 7:24

Words and music by Daniels, Crain, DiGregorio, Edwards, Hayward, and Marshall except as indicated.

[edit] Personnel

The Charlie Daniels Band:

Additional personnel:

  • Bergen White - string arrangements on tracks 5 and 7
  • Lea Jane Singers - background vocals on tracks 3 and 5
  • Terry Mead - Trumpet on "Jitterbug"

[edit] Production

  • Producer: John Boylan
  • Engineer: Paul Grupp
  • Assistant (recording): Steve Goostree
  • Mixed at Westlake Sound, Los Angeles, Ca.
  • Assistants (mixing): Dave Rideau, Erik Zobler
  • Production supervisor: Joseph E. Sullivan
  • Cover illustration: Bill Myers
  • Cover design: Virginia Team - Wm. J. Johnson

[edit] Catalog number