1994: Charlie Daniels releases his first Christian album on Sparrow Records, titled The Door. Produced by Ron Griffin, the project centers around material written by Charlie and the band, and includes a co-written song with Grammy Award winner Steven Curtis Chapman. "Sunday Morning," the first single release to Christian Country radio, takes the No. 1 slot on the Positive Country chart. A video is released for the single "Two Out Of Three," and is voted Video of the Year for the Christian Country Music Association.

Charlie and Chris LeDoux celebrate Christmas, cowboy-style, through song and story at Charlie's Tenn. home, Twin Pines Ranch, where A Wrangler Cowboy Christmas television special is taped for TNN with Charlie, Chris, Baxter Black, Diamond Rio and Linda Davis.

1995: Charlie Daniels is named Cashbox magazine’s Best Positive Christian Country Performance by a Secular Artist for 1994. He receives a Dove Award and a Grammy nomination for his Christian album, The Door, and inks another contract to host the nationwide talent search television show, Charlie Daniels' Talent Roundup, on TNN: The Nashville Network. A tour is set with Charlie, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Travis Tritt.

1996: Charlie's second gospel album, Steel Witness, is released.

The Charlie Daniels Band is a featured performer in the very successful Southern Thunder Tour with Hank Williams Jr. and The Marshall Tucker Band.

Charlie celebrates his 60th birthday with Volunteer Jam XVI - the first-ever Acoustic Jam - at The Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville, TN. Guest performers include John Berry, David Ball, Tracy Byrd, Billy Ray Cyrus, Cledus T. Judd, Tracy Lawrence, David Lee Murphy, BlackHawk, Lorrie Morgan, Jimmy Hall and Victoria Shaw. Proceeds from the Jam Benefit TPAC's Humanities Outreach Program (H.O.T.) and the T.J. Martell Foundation for cancer research.

Charlie Daniels: The Roots Remain box set is released. The three-CD set features some of Charlie's classics hits including "The Devil Went Down To Georgia," "Long Haired Country Boy" and "Uneasy Rider."

With a poet's sense of rhythm and a musician’s sense of timing, Charlie Daniels delivers the University of North Carolina at Wilmington commencement address. Charlie challenged the UNC Class of 1996 to ask two all-important questions: What do I want out of life? and How badly do I want it?

Following the speech, Charlie Daniels was presented the honorary degree of doctor of letters.

1997: Charlie Daniels and manager David Corlew start independent record label, Blue Hat Records and release Blues Hat, the band's first album on the new label. The first single features a remake of The CDB smash, "Long Haired Country Boy," with special guests John Berry and Hal Ketchum and is nominated for the Country Music Association’s Vocal Event of the Year.

Sony Wonder releases Charlie's first children's album, By The Light Of The Moon: Campfire Songs and Cowboy Tunes.

1998: Charlie was presented The Pioneer Award by the Academy of Country Music. It is presented annually to an outstanding individual who has enhanced country music and contributed to its growth. Garth Brooks along with congratulatory messages from two American Presidents, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford and music by Travis Tritt and Marty Stuart, made it a big surprise for Charlie.

1998: The Charlie Daniels Band releases Fiddle Fire/25 Years of The Charlie Daniels Band on Blue Hat Records. The first single, "Texas," includes guest appearances by Lee Roy Parnell and Ray Benson on both the recording and video.

1999: The Charlie Daniels Band releases Tailgate Party on Blue Hat Records. The CD is a collection of songs that have inspired the band over the years.

Charlie takes his historical Volunteer Jam on the road for the first time for Volunteer Jam Tour '99 with friends Molly Hatchet, The Marshall Tucker Band and for several dates, Hank Williams Jr. A charity partnership was developed between Charlie and Habitat for Humanity and several houses were built while on tour.

Charlie receives the Living Legend Award from "The Music City News/TNN Awards Show."

2000: The Charlie Daniels Band releases Road Dogs on Blue Hat Records, a collection of all-new material.

The Volunteer Jam Tour goes on the road again for the second year, with Hank Williams Jr., Little Feat & Edgar Winter.

2001: The Charlie Daniels Band rocks amphitheatres on the Volunteer Jam Tour 2001 with .38 Special, The Dickey Betts Band and newcomer Trent Summar and the New Row Mob. Sponsored by Diamond Cut Jeans, the CDB tour kicked off in Charlotte, North Carolina and wrapped up in Hartford, Connecticut.

Charlie Daniels opens a museum in downtown Nashville. The museum is filled with memorabilia and photos chronicling Charlie's career, including photos with presidents, celebrities from the sports, music, film, television and cowboy worlds. These items grace the walls of the museum that is situated on the hottest street in Nashville overlooking the Cumberland River. Charlie's prestigious Grammy, CMA, ACM, Playboy and other awards fill the gallery that exemplifies Charlie's personality. Famed guitarists and Charlie's friends, the late Ronnie Van Zant & Toy Caldwell, have their guitars displayed in the museum.

Blue Hat/Audium releases the Charlie Daniels Band's first live album in the band's 30+ year history, LIVE. The 17-cut disc features classics "The Devil Went Down To Georgia," "Elizabeth Reed," "The South's Gonna Do It Again," and "Long Haired Country Boy," to name a few.

Charlie Daniels is inducted into his hometown of Wilmington, North Carolina's prestigious Walk of Fame.