How Sweet the Sound: 25 Favorite Hymns and Gospel Greats (CD - 2001)

Personnel includes: Charlie Daniels (vocals, electric guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle); Mark Matejka, Bruce Brown (acoustic & electric guitars); Sacred Arts String Quartet (strings); Taz Digregorio (piano, electric piano,

Hammond B-3 organ); Charlie Hayward (acoustic & electric basses); Pat McDonald (drums, percussion); The Bobby Jones Super Choir (background vocals).

Producers: Charlie Daniels, Patrick Kelly.

Compilation producer: David Corlew.

Recorded at Twin Pines Studios, Lebanon, Tennessee.

HOW SWEET THE SOUND was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Southern, Country Or Bluegrass Gospel Album.

Personnel: Charlie Daniels (electric guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, acoustic bass); Mark Matejka, Bruce Ray Brown (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals); Joel "Taz" DiGregorio (piano, keyboards); Charlie Hayward (acoustic bass, electric bass); Pat McDonald (drums, percussion); Tony Skinner, Gene Miller, Hank Williams, Albert E. Brumley, Angel Cruz, Michael Mellett, Carolyn Corlew, Bonnie Bramlett (background vocals).

Audio Mixer: Patrick Kelly .

Recording information: Twin Pines Studio, Lebanon, TN.

Photographers: Russ Harrington; Dean Dixon.

Arranger: Charlie Daniels.

Country-rock fiddler Charlie Daniels leads his band through two CDs of religious music on How Sweet the Sound: 25 Favorite Hymns and Gospel Greats. Backed by a full choir, Daniels' gruff road dog image is nowhere to be found on this collection, but stripped-down gems like "Softly and Tenderly" or the bluegrass infused "I'll Fly Away" are tucked in among the big production numbers. ~ Zac Johnson minimize