| Information for The Marshall Tucker Band |
| Category: | Concert |
| Promoter: | The Neighborhood Theatre |
| Description: | Known as southern rock pioneers. their seven gold and three platinum albums have spawned classic hits like Heard It In a Love Song, Fire On The Mountain, Can't You See, and Take The Highway, and their definitive blend of rock, rhythm & blues, jazz, country, and gospel has earned them hit singles on both the Billboard Country and Gospel charts. They continue to be played on classic rock and country radio; and after 30 yrs of touring they can still rock your socks off! The Marshall Tucker Band consists of Gray, Milner, Lawter, Swanlund, David Muse (formerly of Firefall, on sax, flute, and keys), and drummer B.B. Borden (formerly of Mother's Finest). The band took several stylistic detours with 1998's all-blues outing Face Down in the Blues and the 1999 spiritual album Gospel. A thorough reissue campaign was inaugurated in 2003, and the new studio record Beyond the Horizon appeared one year later. In 2006, the group released a live 1980 concert, Live on Long Island, and another new studio project, The Next Adventure, appeared in 2007. SwampDaWamp opens |
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| The Marshall Tucker Band | From their first LP in 1973, to their powerful stage presence today, the Marshall Tucker Band has played countless concert venues around the world. With the success of the Volunteer Jam Tour, and 1999 release of Gospel, the good ol boys from Spartanburg, South Carolina remain as a powerful force in the world of music. The buying public never really cared whether we were country or rock and roll says founding member Doug Gray. They called us a Southern rock band, but we have always played everything from country to blues and all things in-between. Were still playing all of the classic songs, but we are moving ahead into other styles as well. Were also playing for a younger audience than we have in the past, perhaps to the kids of the fans we played in front of in the 70s and 80s. Years of rigorous tour schedules earned the band the respect of critics and countless dedicated fans. With hit singles like Heard It In a Love Song, Fire On The Mountain, Cant You See, and Take The Highway, The Marshall Tucker Band earned seven gold and three platinum albums while they were on the Capricorn Records label. During the 90s, the MTB scored four hit singles on Billboards country chart and one on Billboards gospel chart. Their music has also been featured on the soundtracks of movies such as Smokey and the Bandit, The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper, and Shipwrecked. The Marshall Tucker Band got its start in Spartanburg, S.C. when Gray teamed up with Tommy Caldwell and Toy Caldwell, Paul T. Riddle, George McCorkle and Jerry Eubanks, borrowing the name Marshall Tucker from a piano tuner whos name was found on a key ring in their old rehearsal space. In 1972, they signed with Capricorn Records, the same label that guided The Allman Brothers Band, Wet Willie, and others to national fame. The MTB opened shows for The Allman Brothers in 1973, and the following year, they began to headline their own shows across America due to the platinum-plus sales of their debut album. In years to come, The Marshall Tucker Band would wow critics and influence major country acts like Alabama, The Kentucky Headhunters, Confederate Railroad, and Travis Tritt with its definitive blend of rock, rhythm & blues, jazz, country, and gospel. Now, thanks to the expanding scope of todays music, a new generation of fans is learning what the rest of their fans have known for so long- that good music knows no boundaries. As weve become older, Gray grins, eyes twinkling, our Southern heritage seems to come out even more. But no matter how old we get, we can still rock your socks off. |
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