New Press for the MTB Greatest Hits & Doug Gray's Soul of the South!
A Few Words From a Fan...
Houston Press
While they were often tagged strictly as "Southern Rockers" after starting out in the early '70s, the Marshall Tucker Band also freely incorporated blues, jazz, country, and other sounds into their music. They had a flute player, for chrissakes!
Led by guitarist and chief songwriter Toy Caldwell, the group's classic six-man lineup scored a string of hits including "Take the Highway," "Fire on the Mountain," "Heard It in a Love Song," "Searchin' for a Rainbow," "This Ol' Cowboy," and "Can't You See."
When Toy's bassist brother Tommy died in 1980 from injuries sustained in a car wreck, the band soldiered on before splitting up in 1983. With Toy's blessing, singer Doug Gray and flute/sax player Jerry Eubanks resurrected the group five years later, continuing the MTB's "long hard ride" on stage and in the studio. A new greatest-hits compilation has just been released, along with Soul of the South, a Gray solo effort.
Rocks Off spoke with the affable vocalist and torch-bearer from his home in Spartanburg, S.C., where the band started, about Toy's legacy, souvenir women's panties, and the realMarshall Tucker.
Rocks Off: You're playing here on a double bill with Blue Oyster Cult. How the hell did that booking happen?
Doug Gray: You're telling me (laughs)! We have played festivals with them before and I'm familiar with them. But we used to open for bands like Golden Earring and Slade in the early days. We'll see how the show works!
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RO: As the only original member still in the band, do you feel an extra weight in terms of carrying on the legacy?
DG: Of course. I think it's very important for me to please the audience. And if I was the one that was no longer around and any other of the original members wanted to keep it going, I'd roll over in my box and go "Good job!" (laughs).
I mean, this ain't a jerk-off contest. But one of the guys has been with me for 27 years. I even had my nephew for awhile [Clay Cook], but he's in the Zac Brown Band now. He's best friends with John Mayer. John came over and had Thanksgiving with us several times. We still sell music - and downloads!
What it boils down to is that if you keep pleasing the audience, they'll keep coming back. When we started, we just wanted to make enough money to buy beer.
RO: What about women?
DG: Well (laughs) we don't sell Marshall Tucker panties at our shows for nothing! But things have changed. Instead of people bringing an extra bottle of booze or a line of cocaine to party with Marshall Tucker, they bring whatever their wife cooked.
RO: Tell me about Soul of the South.
Gray: I went into this studio with some of the guys from the band and I wanted to do something different with some of the [soul music] that I'd loved. We had B.B. King open for us on a lot of dates. And I loved watching him. B.B. told me I needed to let some of that soul out of my body!
It was recorded at a time we weren't sure if the band was going to continue after Tommy died. Toy and I used to go to all these jazz and blues festivals, us country rednecks, then we went to service in Vietnam and came back. And we learned a lot from watching those guys. I still miss Toy a great deal.
RO: Which song do you still like singing the best personally?
DG: I have to start with the one that I have the audience sing first, and it's the one Toy used to sing, and that's "Can't You See." But some of the old ballads like "In My Own Way," and "24 Hours at a Time," which is all about Houston [opening line: "I've been down around Houston, Texas/ Where the sun shines most of the time"] are great. We also like to do a lot of jams live, depending on how much time we have.
RO: Any particular memories about playing Houston?
DG: I've got tons of friends down in Houston, and that's from the days of the original Holiday Inn downtown before they imploded it. I'd get out on 59 when there were just a few buildings out there. And some of our finest shows were at Rockefeller's. The Summit was the first show that we played after Tommy died, and we recorded that.
RO: Finally, the famous story of how you got the band name is that you found a key ring in a rehearsal space with the name "Marshall Tucker" on it, and it turned out he was a blind piano tuner who had rented the space before you. Did you ever meet him?
DG: Oh yeah, several times. The first time was when CBS flew him in. He's blind and his wife is blind too. So we talked in a restaurant and they filmed it. I remember he leaned into me and whispered "You've never let me down yet, don't let me down now!"
He retired two years ago, and we sent him a gold record and some stuff. And it's the least I could do because when we started out, they spelled his name wrong. We were opening for the Allman Brothers, and the [marquee] just had "Marshal" We told the promoter it was wrong, and he said, "But I only have one 'L'!"
No Depression Review - Soul Of The South
Soul Of The South (Shout! Factory)
The Marshall Tucker Band's Doug Gray
A Review
Jim Moulton
This is an eight song EP, that Doug Gray recorded with the other remaining members of the MTB, except for Tommy Caldwell, who had died in a vehicle accident. This was a project of R&B songs that he was working on for a major label. The songs were picked from a large number of catalog demos. They're recorded by country great recording engineer of Nashville, Billy Sherrill in Spartanburg. The band was in between labels and Doug was using this time for the project, intentions were for it to be a full album, but the MTB was signed by Warner Brothers and he felt his responsibility to move on with the band. Pianist Ronnie Godfrey, and local guitarist Rusty Milner were also involved in the project, Milner later took Toy's place as lead guitarist for the MTB.
Gray says that he picked seven songs from three hundred demos. He said he did "More Today Than Yesterday", because Sherrill bet he could not hit the high notes. Gray then takes the tape to Nashville and changes it, adding, almost a totally different band. Riddle is still very evident as the only drummer. There is a song that I like alot called "Sandman," a bouncy sounding, jazzy piece that sounds like Toy on lead guitar, some very nice lead guitar, I might add. I can't say that I hear Toy anywhere else on the CD.
"Let Me Be The Fool" is another jazzy sounding number. It has some great sax on it, which I am thinking is Jerry Eubanks. Bassist Bob Wray was added in Nashville and sounds good playing with Riddle. "Who" has a lot of synth in the mix and he has some backup singers called "The Cherry Sisters," who add a Motown touch to the mix.
"Guilty" is a funk, disco type song with funky disco groove going on. Doug Gray sounds good on this type of material.
"Don't Blame it on The Rain" has lots of orchestration from the synthes. The funky bass is excellent, good guitar here, definitely not sounding like Toy or George.
"Still Thinking Of You" (Michael Bolton) sounds good, excellent song by the star to be. It is a slower number, fit's Doug's voice well.
"More Today Than Yesterday" is one of the best sounding songs on the EP. Doug's vocals really do justice to the popular cover song. The rhythm guitar could be McCorkle, sounds like his style. This CD along with the New MTB Greatest Hits CD are both available on Amazon and the MTB website. This CD is a good recording in the end, I would have loved to hear the version before it left Spartanburg.
Cashbox Magazine - Soul of the South
With this new release, the Marshall Tucker Band's Doug Gray goes from southern rock into more of an R&B vibe. Gray exhibits blue-eyed soul like Daryl Hall and Michael McDonald throughout the whole album.
It was recorded with all of the original Marshall Tucker Band members, except for Tommy Caldwell who died the year before, as the back-up band and while they were in-between record deals in 1981. Then it was later re-mastered by veteran studio session players in Nashville and has been tucked away for 30 years and is just now being released.
There are eight R&B covers ranging from "More Today Then Yesterday," originally done by the Spiral Staircase's in 1969, which showcases Gray's soulful upbeat vocals. He then slows the tempo with "Still Thinking of You," where his sensuality peaks.
It is everything you would expect out of early '80s R&B: driving funky bass, synthesizers and a vast vocal range. To a traditional Marshall Tucker fan, this album may seem cheesy. But you can hear Gray's soul all throughout his regular southern rock music and also "Soul of the South."
1. LET ME BE THE FOOL
2. WHO
3. SANDMAN
4. GUILITY
5. DON'T BALME IT ON THE RAIN
6. NEVER ENOUGH
7. STILL THINKING OF YOU
8. MORE TODAY THEN YESTERDAY
Joseph Hett
Roughstock - The Marshall Tucker Band, Greatest Hits
By: Matt Bjorke Last Updated: April 7, 2011 10:04 AM
With classic songs like “Heard it In A Love Song” and “Can’t You See,” The Marshall Tucker Band had an influence on a wide variety of modern country stars, from multi-decade stars like Garth Brooks, Toby Keith and Mark Chesnutt to more recent stars like Randy Houser, The Zac Brown Band and Gretchen Wilson. So it makes great sense for us, then, to be highlighting the re-issued and expanded release of the Marshall Tucker Band’s Greatest Hits.
Released through the band’s Ramblin’ Records and Shout! Factory, the new expanded edition of Greatest Hits is an altogether different animal than the 8-track one K-Tel put out a time ago. It features the single versions of the classic hits like “Can’t You See,” “This Ol’ Cowboy” and “Heard It In A Love Song” along with a sprinkling of other classic country rockers like the expansive opening “Take The Highway.” A true band in the sense that all the musicians were allowed solos and periods within many of the songs from the group’s peak period of time as Capricorn Recording artists, when the original members Doug Gray, Toy Caldwell, Tommy Caldwell, George McCorkle, Paul Riddle and Jerry Eubanks were all in the band. When you consider that feat, it’s hard not to think of The Zac Brown Band as a modernized version of The Marshall Tucker Band. It’s also hard to fathom that their peak output of four years is better than the output many other bands have a decade or longer to achieve.
To balance out the hits, Doug Gray, producer Ron Rainey and Buddy Strong have added in some delightful ‘album cuts’ like “In My Own Way,” complete with a fantastic guest spot from Charlie Daniels on Fiddle and the jazzy “I Should Have Never Started Lovin’ You.” While fans of The Marshall Tucker Band may already own these songs and could probably make playlists of the album on their own, for newer and/or younger fans or people wanting just one album from this versatile band, there’s not a finer, more complete compilation of The Marshall Tucker Band’s music to own than this fantastic and expanded edition of Greatest Hits.
DIRECT LINK: http://www.roughstock.com/reviews/marshall-tucker-band-greatest-hits
Roughstock - Doug Gray, Soul Of The South
By: Matt Bjorke
In addition to releasing the Marshall Tucker Band’s Greatest Hits this week, Doug Gray also has unleashed “Soul of the South,” an album that is certain to surprise some fans of the band as it presents Doug Gray in a different, albeit completely fitting, light. The story behind Soul of the South is interesting in that it was recorded not long after Tommy Caldwell had passed away and The Marshall Tucker Band was taking a break; in 1981. Offered the chance to record an album of then-popular pop and R&B songs, Gray selected 8 tracks and worked with Billy Sherrill and Ron Rainey to craft the record. The four other MTB members all joined in performing on the album as well.
It’s a very interesting look into a ‘long-lost’ recording from an era that was heavy on synthesized keyboards and features some interesting songs including “Who” written by Roger Cook (“I Just Wanna Dance With You”) and Earl Bud Lee (who would years later write “Friends in Low Places” and “Who Are You When I’m Not Lookin’). 80’s country heavyweight songwriters Randy Goodrum and DaveLoggins contribute “Don’t Blame It On The Roain” while a then-unknown Michael Bolton contributed the power ballad “Still Thinking of You.” A piece of Marshall Tucker Band lore, Soul of the South was recorded for major label deal that was later turned down in 1981 and thus, the sessions were never completed, leaving these eight recordings. For people who love the Marshall Tucker Band, this is likely a must have and for people who like 1980s pop and R&B, you may dig this record as well. It’s a quality endeavor and as the last remaining unreleased sides from Marshall Tucker Band members, it’s an interesting historical document as well.
DIRECT LINK: http://www.roughstock.com/reviews/doug-gray-soul-of-the-south
The Tennessean - Marshall Tucker Band’s Doug Gray takes a trip down memory lane
With ’70s radio hits including “Can’t You See,” “Heard It in a Love Song,” and “Fire on the Mountain,” it’s been more than 30 years since the Marshall Tucker Band has seen commercial success. But the band’s singer Doug Gray believes the fans are still there, and he wants to help them — and himself — remember the good ole days.
Gray says it’s for them that he recently released The Marshall Tucker Band: Greatest Hits and new eight-song CD Soul of the South, a decades old recording of him singing R&B songs.
Gray recorded the songs shortly after band member Tommy Caldwell died in a car crash in 1981 and then put them in a vault until someone reminded him about them a few months ago.
“I did that record because I had loved rhythm and blues stuff ever since I had gone to see Dionne Warwick in 1965,” he says. “Someone said, ‘What ever happened to that stuff you did?’ So, I brought it back out, shined it up a little bit and put it out.”
As for the greatest hits package, Gray says: “Everybody who bought those records has a memory,” he says. “We created more good memories than I ever would have thought. Marshall Tucker started in high school, and all we wanted to do was have enough money to buy beer on the weekend. It wasn’t because we had talent. We’re just lucky people liked our little bowl of soup we have our personalities mixed into.”
Both albums are in stores now.
DIRECT LINK: http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2011/04/08/marshall-tucker-bands-doug-gray-takes-a-trip-down-memory-lane/
Goupstate - Doug Gray's musical roots show on just-released solo debut
Last Modified: Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 7:34 p.m.
The Marshall Tucker Band was at a crossroads in 1981. The hugely successful Spartanburg-based Southern rock group had just lost its bassist, Tommy Caldwell, who died the previous April at age 30 in an automobile crash.
"Tommy had just passed away, and nobody (in the Marshall Tucker Band) really knew what the next step was," said singer Doug Gray, who has kept the group going to this day.
While the Marshall Tucker Band — whose original members also included guitarists Toy Caldwell and George McCorkle, drummer Paul Riddle and saxophone/flutist Jerry Eubanks — picked up the pieces, Gray used the down time to pursue a different musical interest.
Although there had always been a touch of soul in Gray's voice, his lifelong passion for R&B music had not been fully showcased. So in 1981, Gray decided it was time for his first solo project.
The results of the sessions — recorded in Spartanburg at Creative Arts Studio, which he co-owned — are just now seeing the light of day. Ramblin' Records, in conjunction with Shout! Factory, released the 30-year-old "lost" material last week as an eight-song mini album called "Soul of the South."
Unlike the country- and blues-tinged rock 'n' roll for which the Marshall Tucker Band was most famous, "Soul of the South" has an uptown feel firmly rooted in the then-contemporary pop and R&B sounds of the early 1980s.
From the opening strains of the soulful leadoff track, "Let Me Be the Fool," it's immediately clear that Gray created something sure to take many Marshall Tucker Band fans by surprise.
The material was chosen from hundreds of demos compiled by famed engineer Billy Sherrill and a host of Nashville, Tenn.-based publishers.
Arguably the best songs in the collection, "Sandman" and "Guilty," have an atmospheric, after-hours touch, while upbeat tunes such as "Who" and "Never Enough" have a synthesized funkiness reflective of the era.
The aching ballad "Don't Blame It on the Rain," has a Billy Joel-like pop tinge, and another ballad, "Still Thinking of You," was co-written by a then little-known Michael Bolton.
"It's different," Gray said of the CD. "People have said that they couldn't believe that I could actually do that kind of stuff."
Toy Caldwell, McCorkle, Riddle and Eubanks all contributed to the project, along with bassist Franklin Wilkie (who joined the Marshall Tucker Band after Tommy Caldwell's death) and pianist Ronnie Godfrey (who later became part of the band).
In the liner notes to the newly released CD, Gray said, "These songs are important because they are the only songs by the five living members of the band at that time that have never been released."
The album's final track is a cover of the Spiral Staircase's 1969 hit "More Today than Yesterday."
"Billy Sherrill bet me five dollars that I couldn't hit the high notes, and that's why I recorded that song," Gray said. "I wasn't going to let him beat me on that."
Gray's only regret about the project is that he didn't record more than eight songs.
"Add three more songs, and I would have been a happy camper. But I couldn't find anybody else to bet me anything," Gray said with a laugh.
Actually, the brakes were put on the solo project when the Marshall Tucker Band went to work on its next album. Though he had plenty of major-label interest for his solo work, Gray decided the band he had helped form nearly a decade earlier was more important to him.
"I had a decision to make, and it's evident 30 years later that I chose to put (the solo album) in the can," Gray, 63, said.
Memories of R&B
While Gray's solo recordings might have seemed out of character to casual Marshall Tucker Band observers at the time, the material was likely seen as a natural progression to those who knew him best.
Gray, a 1967 graduate of Dorman High School, had long been an R&B devotee, having devoured music by such artists as Sam Cooke, Smokey Robinson and Al Green.
Some of his favorite memories are of him and Toy Caldwell traveling to Greensboro, N.C., to attend the Schlitz Salute to Jazz festivals in the late 1960s. "That was even pre-Toy Factory," Gray said, referring to the group that morphed into the Marshall Tucker Band.
"You could go to Greensboro for about two dollars worth of gas," he said. "You'd hear Thelonious Monk, but there would also be people like the Chambers Brothers on a jazz stage. That was the first time I ever heard Dionne Warwick, and I thought ‘There's no prettier voice than that.' "
Gray also remembers spending many sleepless nights as a teenager absorbing the sounds of Nashville, Tenn.-based radio station WLAC, which specialized in R&B and soul music and whose signal could be picked up in Spartanburg during the wee hours.
In the early 1960s, he attended a James Brown concert in the downstairs area of the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium.
"I went in through one of the side doors and was probably only the second white guy there," Gray said. "But I was always accepted by black people because of my interest in the music."
Gray said Brown's electrifying performance that evening was so powerful, "it changed my life."
As a teenager, Gray frequently visited the Upstairs Club, an intimate downtown Spartanburg venue that hosted some of the most legendary soul singers of the 1960s.
"That's where I saw Jerry Butler; that's where I saw the Tams and the Four Tops," said Gray, who also recalled his parents throwing a surprise party for him at the Upstairs Club when he returned home from military service in Vietnam in 1968.
After the Upstairs Club closed, XL 100 became a favorite hangout for Gray to experience soul music performances.
And even before he was old enough to go to clubs on his own, Gray remembers being bitten by the R&B bug.
"My dad worked in the mill, and on Saturday, we'd all go up to Rainbow Lake," Gray said. "Mom would pack a picnic. There was no such thing as picking up a bucket back then. You couldn't just go to Kentucky Fried Chicken. Somebody had to fix that stuff. … But what I remember most is the jukebox that was up there."
Gray starts singing, "gonna find her, gonna find her," reciting the famous refrain from the Coasters 1957 hit "Searchin'."
"Those were the kind of songs that would make everybody run toward the jukebox," he said as his face lit up with a nostalgic smile.
Thirty years after recording the material that comprises "Soul of the South," Gray said his affection for R&B music was the driving force behind the project.
"I just wanted to do something that showed my true background," he said. "And my background was going to places like the Upstairs Club."
Along with "Soul of the South," a new Marshall Tucker Band "Greatest Hits" package — to celebrate the group's 40th anniversary — was released last week. The 14-track collection features such classics as "Take the Highway," "Fire on the Mountain" and "Heard It in a Love Song."
Direct Link: http://www.goupstate.com/article/20110410/ARTICLES/110409763/1097?p=1&tc=pg
Pure Southern Rock - Doug Gray, Soul of the South
I grew up listening to soul music, and was a big fan of the artists that Doug Gray states as his influences. This CD was recorded in the early 1980’s and certain parts have that feel to it and seem stuck in time but most of the songs are as valid today as they were when they were recorded.
The singer of The Marshall Tucker Band has turned his attention to music of a different style, dipped in the R&B of his and Toy Caldwells youth. The dip into soul by Doug forces MTB fans to face the fact that this band could easily have emerged as a soul band instead of a southern rock act. Let Me Be the Fool leads off the CD with straight ahead mid tempo soul rocker and then Sandman has a Delbert McClinton, Boz Scaggs feel to it as does Guilty with its straight ahead R&B.
Don’t Blame It On the Rain has a more pop approach but never loses its roots feel. Though the CD never really breaks new ground for R&B or soul music it certainly is a different feel than anything Marshall Tucker every did. Never Enough explores classic Soul sounds with a bit of slap funk. Turning it into an upbeat happy track, that is hard not to enjoy. The last track is a popular classic track and Doug does a solid version of it.
I listened to this album twice before really digging the grooves he laid down but make no mistake about it Doug Gray proves he could have been a soul singer as this CD is a fine addition to any collection, specially soul music fans of the 70’s and 80’s should dig this music but Marshall Tucker fans should take the plunge as the backing band is superb and he had Toy playing lead guitar and to hear Toy Caldwell in this venue is as interesting as hearing Doug. This disc wears on you with each play and you will find yourself just digging the groove. Doug Gray is the Soul of the South.
Review by Vernon Tart
DIRECT LINK: http://www.puresouthernrock.com/album-reviews/doug-gray-soul-of-the-south
Digital Rodeo - Soul of the South by Doug Gray
Soul of the South by Doug Gray
At the same time The Marshall Tucker Band is releasing their Greatest Hits album, Doug Gray has also released Soul of the South. The story behind this album is in 1981, Doug Gray was offered an “opportunity to sign a solo record deal by top music executives to sing pop and soul songs which were very popular at the time”. It was shortly after Tommy Caldwell had passed away and The Marshall Tucker Band was taking a break. During the down time, Gray chose 8 songs and worked with Billy Sherrill to put together an album of Pop/Rock and R&B songs. The MTB guys also came to the studio and lent their vocals for the project. Gray stopped short of finishing the album, never signed the solo deal and The Marshall Tucker Band went ahead with their next album.
Gray notes that the Spiral Staircase’s 1969 hit “More Today Than Yesterday” was added to the album after Billy Sherrill bet Gray he couldn’t hit the high notes in the song.
Today, the album has been completed and is ready for all that love Doug Gray and The Marshall Tucker Band (and everyone else) to hear. The album has great instrumentation, the vocals are amazing and a must for everyone’s CD collection. I personally think “Easy Listening” should be added to the list of music types on this album.
For more information see marshalltucker.com
Soul Of The South by Doug Gray
1. Let Me Be The Fool
2. Who
3. Sandman
4. Guilty
5. Don’t Blame It On The Rain
6. Never Enough
7. Still Thinking of You
8. More Today Than Yesterday
DIRECT LINK: http://www.digitalrodeo.com/articles/1945#fbid=z15o6c3UjT0
Digital Rodeo - Greatest Hits by The Marshall Tucker Band
Greatest Hits by The Marshall Tucker Band
Wow…what an album! The Marshall Tucker Band has influenced many modern country stars through their music over the years; such greats as Garth Brooks, Toby Keith Randy Houser and The Zac Brown Band to name just a few. When you put together a collection of songs with some of the classics like “Heard it In A Love Song” and “Can’t You See” along with “This Ol’ Cowboy”, you are sure to get some fires stirred up.
In celebration of 40 years of music, the Greatest Hits album with 14 of the best Marshall Tucker Band songs has been released through the band’s Ramblin’ Records and Shout! Factory and produced by Ron Rainey and Buddy Strong. Greatest Hits also features a guest spot from Charlie Daniels on fiddle on “In My Own Way”. Many fans may own all five of the MTB past albums with all the songs but this is a great addition for any collection. It just might bring in a whole new group of “younger” people as new fans for the classic band.
For more information see www.marshalltucker.com
Greatest Hits by The Marshall Tucker Band
1. Take The Highway
2. Blue Ridge Mountain Sky
3. In My Own Way
4. Fire On The Mountain
5. Heard It In A Love Song
6. Ramblin'
7. Searchin' For A Rainbow
8. I Should Have Never Started Lovin' You
9. 24 Hours At A Time
10. Long Hard Ride
11. Can't You See
12. Too Stubborn
13. This Ol' Cowboy
14. Desert Skies
DIRECT LINK: http://www.digitalrodeo.com/articles/1945#fbid=z15o6c3UjT0
Pure Southern Rock - Marshall Tucker Band - Greatest Hits
Having grown up in the hey day of southern rock I remember when Bunky Odom, who was the Allman Brothers Band’s Tour Manager in 1969/71, sent his kid brother Robert promo copies of the first Allman Brothers Band and the first Boz Scaggs LP’s and which I traded a Four Tops live album for them because Robert liked the Motown scene and did not like that hippy music. LOL
From that day forward I was into southern rock, however when The Marshall Tucker Band came along with Can’t You See, I really did not like it. I liked other songs by them but not that classic track from their first LP and maybe their most popular track. As time rolled on and the second Marshall Tucker album came out, they had grown and matured and were really the second best Southern rock band, yes ahead ofLynyrd Skynyrd, Wet Willie, and Charlie Daniels Band of the known groups. There were plenty of excellent bands that faded into obscurity like Cowboy, Hydra, Potliquor, Swallow, and Eric Quincy Tate just to name a few that could have competed with the southern rock elite.
The Marshall Tucker Band proved that they were one of the best of the southern rockers, with a diversity that few other than the Allman Brothers displayed. MTB meshed together rock, soul, blues and jazz like the Allmans did, but MTB put more country into some of their songs. This pushed them into a slightly different direction and they were able to produce more hit records. Talent sometimes is not appreciated until time shows the way. For anyone who has never heard this band there is not a bad song on this CD, oh sure some are more enjoyable than others but that is personal taste.
Music is adventure, a journey, or a passage back into time. The journey that Marshall Tucker Band takes you on is one of the most enjoyable you will ever want to hear if you like a band who can play a diverse array of music. Looking back in time I actually listen to Marshall Tucker as often as I listen to the Allman Brothers. Standing tall playing his guitar Toy Caldwell was a fine guitar player, with great musicians playing along with him and Doug Gray with his soulful vocals pushing MTB in ways others never went. The Marshall Tucker Band stands the test of time and sound just as good today as the day they were recorded. Enjoy the Greatest Hits and believe me they are all hits. Sit yourself down into your easy chair on the porch and turn back the hands of time.
Review by Vernon Tart
DIRECT LINK: http://www.puresouthernrock.com/album-reviews/marshall-tucker-band-greatest-hits