Charlie Daniels, fiddle player and country music legend, dies aged 83

Musician who wrote The Devil Went Down to Georgia and starred in Urban Cowboy was happy to play anywhere with a good crowd'

Charlie Daniels, who went from being an in-demand session musician to a staple of Southern rock with his hit The Devil Went Down to Georgia, has died at 83.

A statement from his publicist said the Country Music Hall of Famer died on Monday at a hospital in Hermitage, Tennessee, after doctors said he had a stroke.