Rounding up patriotic cuts, the
Charlie Daniels Band
has recorded for
Koch
over the past decade or so -- mainly re-recordings of standards or older
CDB
hits, such as
"Simple Man"
and
"Still in Saigon,"
although it also has the rabble-rousing
"This Ain't No Rag, It's a Flag"
from the early days of the Iraq war, all culled from his 2003 album
Freedom and Justice for All
--
The Land That I Love
also adds the brand-new, self-explanatory
"Iraq Blues,"
along with a remake of
"(What the World Needs Is) A Few More Rednecks"
for good measure. This may not be a great enticement for the fan who already owns everything featured here, but it surely adds a bit of modern patriotic fervor to a collection designed for the reddest of the red states. The remakes aren't as good as the originals -- and the recitations are quite heavy-handed -- but
delivers what it promises, no more and no less. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine