As it turns out, Charlie Daniels' career brought him and Hazel Daniels together. In an interview with The Oklahoman, Charlie said he was playing at the Fondalite Club in Oklahoma when Hazel first walked in, sharing, "She came with a girlfriend of hers one night. And I said, 'Hey I like that curvy little blonde over there. Hey how are you doin'?"
When they got married, Charlie and Hazel had to squeeze their wedding in between Charlie's touring. In a 52nd anniversary tribute shared to the Charlie Daniels Band's website, Charlie recalled their nuptials, "I remember that Sunday morning in 1964 when we, Hazel's parents, my other three band members and a couple of friends walked up a flight of steps to a Justice of the Peace's office in Tulsa, Oklahoma and tied the knot."
Charlie added that they weren't even able to have a proper honeymoon early on, admitting, "I only had Sunday off and had to be back to work at the Fondalite Club Monday night, and it would be quite a while before we would be able to take even a modest honeymoon."
The duo was able to make up for lost time later, after their only child, a son, Charlie Daniels, Jr., went off to college in 1983, The Oklahoman noted. The couple set up a tour bus so that Hazel could travel with Charlie while he was on tour, as the country crooner noted in his anniversary message.
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