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The Marshall Tucker Band got its start in Spartanburg, S.C. when Doug Gray teamed up with Tommy Caldwell and Toy Caldwell, Paul T. Riddle, George McCorkle and Jerry Eubanks. 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. Still led today by founding member and lead singer Doug Gray, they represent a time and place in music that will never be duplicated. 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," "Can't 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. "The buying public never really cared whether we were country or rock and roll" says Gray. "They called us a Southern rock band, but we have always played everything from country, jazz, blues, Rock & Roll and all things in-between. As we've 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."
After 37 years, The Marshall Tucker Band continues to be played on classic rock and country radio, and they have never stopped touring. Today the band records on its own RAMBLIN' RECORDS Label and continues to record new material and continues to regularly tour the country to the delight of their fans, old and new.
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