<P> In fall 1973, Gregg Allman released a re-imagined version of the song on his first solo album, Laid Back, that featured the addition of horns and a solo rather than harmony vocal line . It reached #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1974 . </P> <P> In early 1976, a reggae version by the Jamaican singer, Paul Davidson, on the Tropical Records label, reached #10 in the UK Singles Chart . </P> <P> In 1980, Willie Nelson recorded a cover of the song for inclusion in the soundtrack to the film The Electric Horseman . Nelson's version was released as a single, and peaked at #6 on the Hot Country Singles chart . Nelson later re-released the song in 2004 as a duet with Toby Keith, although this rendition did not chart . </P> <P> Many other versions have been recorded as well, starting in 1971 with Drummer Buddy Miles on his "A Message to the People" LP on Mercury Record. - when jazz guitarist Maynard Parker released a 1973 version on an album named for the song . Since that time, the song has gone on to be The Allman Brothers Band's most covered song, performed by artists ranging from country legend Waylon Jennings to punk rock legend Patti Smith; from bluegrass fiddler / singer Alison Krauss to ska revivalists Bad Manners to doo - wop vocalists The Drifters . O.A.R. also covers Midnight Rider frequently at live shows, as well as Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, who sometimes uses it as an intro to Wanted Dead or Alive; during his solo shows but also with his main band, he had also sung "Midnight Rider" before the mentioned . Buckcherry has also played "Midnight Rider" before live, Michael McDonald does a rendition of "Midnight Rider", and it has also appeared on a Hank Williams, Jr. album . Bob Seger covered the song on his long out of print Back in' 72 album . An edited and remastered version of his version, which eliminates the breakdown and Seger's scatting towards the end of the track, appears on his 2009 Early Seger Vol. 1 album . In 2009, Stephen Stills played "Midnight Rider" on The Howard Stern Show saying that he and Gregg Allman used to sing it together . In summer 2010, he and his bandmates in Crosby, Stills and Nash performed the song on their European tour, during a covers section in their set . </P>

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