The Marshall Tucker Band: Six Degrees of Swampland
Blending their Carolina country roots with r&b and jazz stylings, The Marshall Tucker Band were total originals. Nobody else played guitar quite like the late Toy Caldwell, who burned up the fretboard playing with his thumb instead of a pick. Doug Gray has kept the MTB name alive since the breakup of the original group in 1984.
"We were playing Spartanburg, at the Ruins. We didn’t really pay attention to who was opening until we got there. But we sat out front and listened to them. They just knocked us out from the beginning. It was a sound that was totally unique to my ears, and to the other guys in the band as well. " -Jimmy Hall of Wet Willie, GRITZ Interview
"I saw Marshall Tucker in Memphis at the Midsouth Coliseum back in - it must have been ‘73 or ‘74. They were the headliners and the other two acts were The Outlaws and The Charlie Daniels Band. Of course you know the show was about five hours long. (Laughs) ‘Cause you know Marshall Tucker would start playing something like “24 Hours at a Time.” But man I loved that band. I just remember watching Toy play with his thumb like that, playing all of that crazy shit. I thought, if I could play guitar like that...but I’m not really a guitar player."
- Billy Bob Thornton, in an interview with Swampland.com
GRITZ ARTICLES, BLOGS & INTERVIEWS
Legends of Southern Rock: The Marshall Tucker Band
Legends of Southern Rock Photo Scrapbook
The True Era of Southern Rock 1969 - 1979
MTB and The 2009 Angelus Benefit December 2009
New MTB Website is Smokin' June 2009
Rene Gray Memorial Will Be a Private Service June 2009
A Death in the Family: Rene Gray Has Died June 2009
Guest Blog: Brad "The Animal" Lesley On Baseball and MTB June 2009
MTB Racing Memories May 2009
Chuck McCorkle Has Died March 2009
Clay Cook Releases New Solo CD February 2009
MTB in England 1976 January 2009
MTB Add New Guitarist January 2009
The Angelus Rocked December 2008
Where Are They Now? Tim Lawter October 2008
Roaming Back Home To Spartanburg with My Buddy Tom September 2008
Dave Muse Leaves MTB July 2008
The 25 Best MTB Songs June 2008
MTB The Next Generation: Justin McCorkle June 2008
Guest Blog: Henry Paul Recalls MTB May 2008
Racing Drag and Dirt Track with The MTB March 2008
Chris Hicks Interview: Walking with the Dinosaurs March 2008
More Back Home Memories of MTB March 2008
Top 25 Albums of The Southern Rock Era March 2008
MTB Conquers New York 1981 January 2008
St. Pate Mayor Jams with MTB January 2008
Growing Up in Spartanburg with the MTB December 2007
Jam 4 George Brings Out The Best November 2007
New 1977 MTB DVD On The Way November 2007
George To Be Honored By Memorial Concert October 2007
Picture of the Day September 2007
Former MTB Drummer Suffers Heart Attack August 2007
Memories of George McCorkle June 2007
George McCorkle Dead at 60 June 2007
George McCorkle Fighting Cancer June 2007
Volunteer Jam Blazes Through Greenville May 2007
MTB at Georgia Theatre, Athens, GA April 2007
MTB To Headline Concert with Lee Roy Parnell and Randall Bramblett March 2007
Back into the Studio with MTB February 2007
Writing with Lee Bogan and Recording with MTB February 2007
Toy Died Fourteen Years Ago This Month February 2007
In The Studio with MTB January 2007
Everything Old is New Again: Doug Gray Interview January 2007
Happy New Year: A Look Back at 2006 December 2006
MTB at Voodoo Lounge, Riverside, CAL November 2006
Road Trip to The Angelus February 2006
Road Trip to The Angelus December 2004
George McCorkle Interview April 2001
Doug Gray Interview: MTB Y2K July 2000
Chris Hicks Interview November 1999
Moon Mullins Interview September 1999
Toy Story June 1999
Tony Heatherly Interview March 1999
George McCorkle Interview December 1998
Live From The Garden State (DVD)
YOU TUBE VIDEOS
"Can't You See," 1975.
"Long Hard Ride" Theatrical Short Film, 1975.
"Blue Ridge Mt. Skies," European Tour 1975.
"The Thrill is Gone" (w/ Chuck Leavell, Charlie Daniels, etc) Volunteer Jam 1975
Meet the Real Marshal Tucler
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