SNAKE HEAD RITUAL
''SNAKE HEAD RITUAL''
2013
50:10
1 Train (McCullough, Chez, Graham, Keller, Saba, Contreras) 04:59
2 She's A Shaker 04:16
3 Lay Your Burdens Down 04:44
4 Tell Me 04:27
5 Give (Chez, McCullough, Vogel) 04:30
6 Whiskey Woman 03:50
7 Smile 04:22
8 Heartless 03:49
9 Nothern Boogie 04:32
10 Poor Robert's Lament 10:37
Tracks By McCullouch, Chez, Except 1, 5
Kevin Chez/Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Bill McCullough/Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitars
Chris Graham/Bass Guitar
John ''Special H'' Keller/Lead & Rhythm Guitars
Josh Lagorge/Drums
Additional Musicians:
Eric Oblander/Harp
Helsey Borkowski/Piano, Wurlitzer
REVIEW
Snake Head Ritual, you can almost envision the southern rock vibe from the name alone. Their debut album shows a group influenced by the ’60-’70s rock of bands like the Allman Brothers, The Rolling Stones, and Thin Lizzy. However, you can clearly hear the influences of blues greats and even a tiny bit of some more recent bands like the southern metal band Corrosion of Conformity.
Hailing from Toledo, Ohio the band has worked hard to craft over the last two years on the local scene a sound that is unique yet still pays tribute to the great bands that came before them. The vocals of Kevin Chez are commanding, the twin guitar attack of Bill McCullough and John “Special K” Keller is superb, and the formidable rhythm section of Chris Graham (Bass) and Josh LaForge Drums all combine into one excellent album full of originals that stand up against some of the greatest southern rock.
“Train” starts things off with some superb harmonica work from Five Horse Johnson’s Eric Oblander which permeates the whole song and sets the stage for the rest of this album of killer blues based hard rock. “Lay Your Burdens Down” will be featured on the upcoming BBR4 sampler. Filled with a huge sound of multiple guitars and some Wurlitzer organ added to beef up the rhythm section this track delivers. “Give” starts with a bluesy guitar line but quickly packs a powerful riff that could come straight off CoC’s Deliverance album, combine that with the powerful vocals of Kevin Chez and you’re in hard rock headbanger territory until the guitar solos kick in and bring you solidly back into blues rock.
Anyone who thinks this isn’t a band clearly rooted in the history of the blues only has to listen to the final track – “Poor Robert’s Lament.” An astounding rocker that tells the story of Robert Johnson told like you’ve never heard it before. After some great solo work in the middle of the song, everything takes a moody break as we relive Robert’s poisoning at the hands of a jealous lover. You can almost feel the devil rising up to reclaim his soul.
If you like your blues served with a side of substantial rock then you’re going to love Snake Head Ritual. It is a feast of retro hard blues from the opening harmonica wail of the first track until the quite literal end of Robert.
WITCHWOOD
''LITANIES FROM THE WOODS''
MAY 25 2015
80:22
1 Prelude; Liar 07:32
2 A Place For The Sun 07:22
3 Rainbow Highway 06:05
4 The Golden King 06:35
5 Shade Of Grey 11:14
6 The World Behind Your Eyes 05:52
7 Farewell To The Ocean Boulevar 15:39
8 Song Of Freedom 09:41
9 Handful Of Stars 10:19
All Tracks By Witchwood
Riccardo "Ricky" Dal Pane/Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Percussions
Stefano "Steve" Olivi/Hammond C100, Leslie 760, Moog Voyager, Piano
Andrea Palli/Drums, Percussions
Samuele Tesori/Flute, Harmonica
Luca Celotti/Bass Guitar
Additional Musicians:
Alessandro Celli/Lead Guitar
Alessandro Aroni/Bass Guitar on "Farewell to the Ocean Boulevard"
Matteo Zambrini/Djembe, Wooden Congas, Steel Drums, Tabular Bells, Didjeridoo, Triangle
Tiziana Franzoni/Backing Vocals
ABOUT THE BAND
In 2014, from the ashes of the cult band Buttered Bacon Biscuits (BBB), were born the WITCHWOOD. BBB released in 2010 the album "From the solitary woods", distribuited by "Black Widow Records" and positively reviewed by many italian and foreign music magazines and websites (Metal Maniac, Rock Hard, Metal Hammer, Jam, Classix, Rumore, W.S., Rockerilla, Italian Metal, Heavy Impact, Perkele and many others). BBB have played in many gigs around Italy, also supporting important bands like Uriah Heep, Jethro Tull, Bud Spencer Blues Explosion, etc.
They also released in 2013 “A National Acrobat” cover for the Black Sabbath tribute “Hands of Doom” for Mag Music Production. After the split, some members of the band, Ricky, Andy, Steve and Sam, have decided, with the entry of new member Luca Celotti on bass, to start a new project, the WITCHWOOD. All musicians, active for decades, with past recording experience with band like Bad Ambition (Andy), Excrucior and Witche's Brew (Ricky) and collaborations with artists like Martin Grice (Delirium) and Nik Turner (Hawkwind). Debut album "Litanies from the woods" features ten tracks and is a well balanced mix of hard rock, progressive, psych and southern rock with an obscure and vintage 70's attitude.
9416 - DEMIS ROUSSOS - COLLECTED, DISC THREE (2015)
DEMIS ROUSSOS
''COLLECTED, DISC THREE''
APRIL 2 2015
222:49
DISC ONE (77:26)
1 Rain And Tears 03:10
2 End Of The World 03:12
3 I Want To Live 03:48
4 Marie Jolie 04:34
5 It's Five O'Clock 03:27
6 Such A Funny Night 04:29
7 Spring, Summer, Winter And Fall 04:51
8 Babylon 02:48
9 The Four Horsemen 05:51
10 Hic Et Nunc 02:51
11 We Shall Dance 03:29
12 She Came Up From The North 03:25
13 Good Days Have Gone 03:41
14 I Know I'll Do It Again 02:46
15 Fire And Ice 04:32
16 My Blue Ship's A Sailing 03:45
17 O My Friends You've Been Untrue To Me 04:44
18 Ulysses 11:53
Tracks 1 to 10 with Aphrodite's Child
DISC TWO (69:33)
1 My Reason 03:57
2 When I Am A Kid 03:15
3 Forever And Ever 03:36
4 Velvet Mornings 03:37
5 Goodbye My Love Goodbye 03:53
6 My Friend The Wind 03:49
7 Lovely Lady Of Arcadia 03:21
8 Someday Somewhere 03:01
9 My Only Fascination 03:41
10 When Forever Has Gone 03:00
11 From Souvenirs To Souvenirs 02:32
12 Happy To Be On An Island In The Sun 03:07
13 Far Away 02:44
14 Mourir Aupres De Mon Amour 04:14
15 Lost In Love (feat. Florence Warner) 03:19
16 Follow Me 07:21
17 Island Of Love 03:41
18 Quand Je T'Aime 03:43
19 On crit Sur Les Murs 03:33
DISC THREE (75:50)
1 A Flower's All You Need 05:13
2 Margarita 05:02
3 I Dig You 04:05
4 Loving Arms 02:48
5 Sometimes When We Touch (Live at The Sydney Opera House) 03:45
6 If You Remember Me (Live at The Sydney Opera House) 02:35
7 Man Of The World 04:23
8 Miss You Nights 03:53
9 Race To The End 03:39
10 Lament 03:07
11 Love Me Tender 04:11
12 Planet Earth Is Blue 05:43
13 House Of The Rising Sun 07:48
14 Nature Boy 04:21
15 Prier 04:10
16 Mamy Blue 04:06
17 On My Own 02:51
18 Una Furtiva Lagrima 04:01
BIOGRAPHY/AMG
by Marisa Brown
Singer Demis Roussos, known for his dramatic, operatic vocal stylings, was born Artemios Ventouris Roussos in Alexandria, Egypt, on June 15, 1946, to Greek expatriate parents. In the early '60s, however, the family decided to return to their homeland, and once there, the young Roussos (who had studied trumpet and sung in the church choir in Egypt) began playing in local bands. One of these was Aphrodite's Child, which also featured Vangelis Papatanassiou and Lucas Sideras. A huge hit in Europe, especially France, the band released a handful of albums before breaking up in 1971. With his label contacts in place, however, Roussos was able to secure a deal as a solo recording artist, and later that same year issued the single "We Shall Dance," also included on the album On the Greek Side of My Mind. The 1970s were a prolific time for Roussos, and he released a number of singles and albums that charted highly on the European and Latin American charts. In 1978 the singer decided to retire, and moved to Malibu Beach, where he kept a lower profile. Eventually he moved back to Greece, however, and it was there from which he boarded TWA flight 847 to Rome on June 14, 1985. The plane was hijacked by members of Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad, and Roussos and his wife, along with the other passengers, were held captive for a few days. The experience changed his life, and he decided the best way he could help others and promote understanding in the world was by returning to music. The Story of Demis Roussos came out shortly thereafter, and for a short while the singer's career was reignited, especially in southern Europe. Demis Roussos died in Athens in January 2015; he was 68 years old.
DEMIS ROUSSOS
''COLLECTED, DISC TWO''
APRIL 2 2015
222:49
DISC ONE (77:26)
1 Rain And Tears 03:10
2 End Of The World 03:12
3 I Want To Live 03:48
4 Marie Jolie 04:34
5 It's Five O'Clock 03:27
6 Such A Funny Night 04:29
7 Spring, Summer, Winter And Fall 04:51
8 Babylon 02:48
9 The Four Horsemen 05:51
10 Hic Et Nunc 02:51
11 We Shall Dance 03:29
12 She Came Up From The North 03:25
13 Good Days Have Gone 03:41
14 I Know I'll Do It Again 02:46
15 Fire And Ice 04:32
16 My Blue Ship's A Sailing 03:45
17 O My Friends You've Been Untrue To Me 04:44
18 Ulysses 11:53
Tracks 1 to 10 with Aphrodite's Child
DISC TWO (69:33)
1 My Reason 03:57
2 When I Am A Kid 03:15
3 Forever And Ever 03:36
4 Velvet Mornings 03:37
5 Goodbye My Love Goodbye 03:53
6 My Friend The Wind 03:49
7 Lovely Lady Of Arcadia 03:21
8 Someday Somewhere 03:01
9 My Only Fascination 03:41
10 When Forever Has Gone 03:00
11 From Souvenirs To Souvenirs 02:32
12 Happy To Be On An Island In The Sun 03:07
13 Far Away 02:44
14 Mourir Aupres De Mon Amour 04:14
15 Lost In Love (feat. Florence Warner) 03:19
16 Follow Me 07:21
17 Island Of Love 03:41
18 Quand Je T'Aime 03:43
19 On crit Sur Les Murs 03:33
DISC THREE (75:50)
1 A Flower's All You Need 05:13
2 Margarita 05:02
3 I Dig You 04:05
4 Loving Arms 02:48
5 Sometimes When We Touch (Live at The Sydney Opera House) 03:45
6 If You Remember Me (Live at The Sydney Opera House) 02:35
7 Man Of The World 04:23
8 Miss You Nights 03:53
9 Race To The End 03:39
10 Lament 03:07
11 Love Me Tender 04:11
12 Planet Earth Is Blue 05:43
13 House Of The Rising Sun 07:48
14 Nature Boy 04:21
15 Prier 04:10
16 Mamy Blue 04:06
17 On My Own 02:51
18 Una Furtiva Lagrima 04:01
BIOGRAPHY/AMG
by Marisa Brown
Singer Demis Roussos, known for his dramatic, operatic vocal stylings, was born Artemios Ventouris Roussos in Alexandria, Egypt, on June 15, 1946, to Greek expatriate parents. In the early '60s, however, the family decided to return to their homeland, and once there, the young Roussos (who had studied trumpet and sung in the church choir in Egypt) began playing in local bands. One of these was Aphrodite's Child, which also featured Vangelis Papatanassiou and Lucas Sideras. A huge hit in Europe, especially France, the band released a handful of albums before breaking up in 1971. With his label contacts in place, however, Roussos was able to secure a deal as a solo recording artist, and later that same year issued the single "We Shall Dance," also included on the album On the Greek Side of My Mind. The 1970s were a prolific time for Roussos, and he released a number of singles and albums that charted highly on the European and Latin American charts. In 1978 the singer decided to retire, and moved to Malibu Beach, where he kept a lower profile. Eventually he moved back to Greece, however, and it was there from which he boarded TWA flight 847 to Rome on June 14, 1985. The plane was hijacked by members of Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad, and Roussos and his wife, along with the other passengers, were held captive for a few days. The experience changed his life, and he decided the best way he could help others and promote understanding in the world was by returning to music. The Story of Demis Roussos came out shortly thereafter, and for a short while the singer's career was reignited, especially in southern Europe. Demis Roussos died in Athens in January 2015; he was 68 years old.
DEMIS ROUSSOS
''COLLECTED, DISC ONE''
APRIL 2 2015
222:49
DISC ONE (77:26)
1 Rain And Tears 03:10
2 End Of The World 03:12
3 I Want To Live 03:48
4 Marie Jolie 04:34
5 It's Five O'Clock 03:27
6 Such A Funny Night 04:29
7 Spring, Summer, Winter And Fall 04:51
8 Babylon 02:48
9 The Four Horsemen 05:51
10 Hic Et Nunc 02:51
11 We Shall Dance 03:29
12 She Came Up From The North 03:25
13 Good Days Have Gone 03:41
14 I Know I'll Do It Again 02:46
15 Fire And Ice 04:32
16 My Blue Ship's A Sailing 03:45
17 O My Friends You've Been Untrue To Me 04:44
18 Ulysses 11:53
Tracks 1 to 10 with Aphrodite's Child
DISC TWO (69:33)
1 My Reason 03:57
2 When I Am A Kid 03:15
3 Forever And Ever 03:36
4 Velvet Mornings 03:37
5 Goodbye My Love Goodbye 03:53
6 My Friend The Wind 03:49
7 Lovely Lady Of Arcadia 03:21
8 Someday Somewhere 03:01
9 My Only Fascination 03:41
10 When Forever Has Gone 03:00
11 From Souvenirs To Souvenirs 02:32
12 Happy To Be On An Island In The Sun 03:07
13 Far Away 02:44
14 Mourir Aupres De Mon Amour 04:14
15 Lost In Love (feat. Florence Warner) 03:19
16 Follow Me 07:21
17 Island Of Love 03:41
18 Quand Je T'Aime 03:43
19 On crit Sur Les Murs 03:33
DISC THREE (75:50)
1 A Flower's All You Need 05:13
2 Margarita 05:02
3 I Dig You 04:05
4 Loving Arms 02:48
5 Sometimes When We Touch (Live at The Sydney Opera House) 03:45
6 If You Remember Me (Live at The Sydney Opera House) 02:35
7 Man Of The World 04:23
8 Miss You Nights 03:53
9 Race To The End 03:39
10 Lament 03:07
11 Love Me Tender 04:11
12 Planet Earth Is Blue 05:43
13 House Of The Rising Sun 07:48
14 Nature Boy 04:21
15 Prier 04:10
16 Mamy Blue 04:06
17 On My Own 02:51
18 Una Furtiva Lagrima 04:01
BIOGRAPHY/AMG
by Marisa Brown
Singer Demis Roussos, known for his dramatic, operatic vocal stylings, was born Artemios Ventouris Roussos in Alexandria, Egypt, on June 15, 1946, to Greek expatriate parents. In the early '60s, however, the family decided to return to their homeland, and once there, the young Roussos (who had studied trumpet and sung in the church choir in Egypt) began playing in local bands. One of these was Aphrodite's Child, which also featured Vangelis Papatanassiou and Lucas Sideras. A huge hit in Europe, especially France, the band released a handful of albums before breaking up in 1971. With his label contacts in place, however, Roussos was able to secure a deal as a solo recording artist, and later that same year issued the single "We Shall Dance," also included on the album On the Greek Side of My Mind. The 1970s were a prolific time for Roussos, and he released a number of singles and albums that charted highly on the European and Latin American charts. In 1978 the singer decided to retire, and moved to Malibu Beach, where he kept a lower profile. Eventually he moved back to Greece, however, and it was there from which he boarded TWA flight 847 to Rome on June 14, 1985. The plane was hijacked by members of Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad, and Roussos and his wife, along with the other passengers, were held captive for a few days. The experience changed his life, and he decided the best way he could help others and promote understanding in the world was by returning to music. The Story of Demis Roussos came out shortly thereafter, and for a short while the singer's career was reignited, especially in southern Europe. Demis Roussos died in Athens in January 2015; he was 68 years old.
9413 - THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND - SEARCHIN' FOR A RAINBOW (1975)
THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND
''SEARCHIN' FOR A RAINBOW''
1975
36:22
1 Fire On The Mountain (George McCorkle) 03:52
2 Searchin' For A Rainbow 03:47
3 Walkin' And Talkin' 02:27
4 Virginia 04:52
5 Bob Away My Blues 02:42
6 Keeps Me From All Wrong (Tommy Caldwell) 04:13
7 Bound And Determined 04:20
8 Can't You See (Live) 06:23
9 It Takes Time (Live Bonus Track) 03:42
Tracks By Toy Caldwell, Except 1, 6
Richard Betts/Guest Artist, Guitar, Soloist
Tommy Caldwell/Guitar (Bass), Vocals
Toy Caldwell/Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Steel), Vocals
Charlie Daniels/Fiddle, Guest Artist
Jerry Eubanks/Flute, Saxophone, Vocals
Doug Gray/Percussion, Vocals
Paul Hornsby/Organ, Piano
Jerome Joseph/Congas, Guest Artist
Leo Labranche/Guest Artist, Horn Arrangements, Trumpet
Chuck Leavell/Guest Artist, Piano (Electric)
George McCorkle/Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
Alan McDonald/Guest Artist, Mandolin
Paul Riddle/Drums
BIOGRAPHY/AMG
by William Ruhlmann
One of the major Southern rock bands of the '70s, the Marshall Tucker Band combined rock, country, and jazz, and featured extended instrumental passages on which lead guitarist Toy Caldwell shone. The band was formed in Spartanburg, SC, in 1971 by singer Doug Gray, guitarist Caldwell (born 1948, died February 25, 1993), his brother bassist Tommy Caldwell (born 1950, died April 4, 1980), guitarist George McCorkle, drummer Paul Riddle, and reed player Jerry Eubanks. The six-piece group was signed to Capricorn Records and released their debut album, The Marshall Tucker Band, in March 1973. They gained recognition through a tour with the Allman Brothers Band and found significant success during the course of the '70s, with most of their albums going gold. Their peak came with the million-selling album Carolina Dreams and its Top 15 single "Heard It in a Love Song" in 1977.
The band was slowed down by the death of Tommy Caldwell in a car accident in 1980 and faded from the album charts after 1982. Toy Caldwell left for a solo career soon after, and the original lineup disbanded in 1983. Later that same year, Doug Gray and Jerry Eubanks hired some Nashville studio musicians and took the band back out onto the road; a little over a year later, the second wave of the Marshall Tucker Band began, as Gray and Eubanks returned home to Spartanburg, SC, and hired guitarist Rusty Milner, bassist Tim Lawter, drummer Ace Allen, and guitarist Stuart Swanlund.
During the years since the original band dissolved, the group has had country chart hits, toured constantly, made forays into the blues and adult contemporary, and suffered the loss of founding member Toy Caldwell, who died in 1993. Some bandmembers left, some joined, and some stayed right where they were, but through it all, the Marshall Tucker Band endured. The band continued to record steadily, maintained a loyal fan base, and eventually began to receive their due as Southern rock pioneers. The 1998 Marshall Tucker Band consisted 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.
BIOGRAPHY/WIKIPEDIA
The Marshall Tucker Band is an American Southern rock/country rock band originally from Spartanburg, South Carolina. The band's blend of rock, rhythm and blues, jazz, country, and gospel[1] helped establish the Southern rock genre in the early 1970s. While the band had reached the height of its commercial success by the end of the decade, the band has recorded and performed continuously under various lineups for nearly 40 years.
The original lineup of the Marshall Tucker Band, formed in 1972, included lead guitarist, vocalist, and primary songwriter Toy Caldwell (1947–1993), lead vocalist Doug Gray (born 1948), keyboard player, saxophone player, and flautist Jerry Eubanks (born 1950), rhythm guitarist George McCorkle (1946–2007), drummer Paul Riddle (born 1953), and bassist Tommy Caldwell (1949–1980). They signed with Capricorn Records and in 1973 released their first LP, The Marshall Tucker Band.
After Tommy Caldwell was killed in an automobile accident in 1980, he was replaced by bassist Franklin Wilkie. Most of the original band members had left by the mid-1980s to pursue other projects. The band's current lineup consists of Gray on vocals, keyboard player and flautist Marcus James Henderson, guitarist Rick Willis, bassist Pat Elwood, and drummer B.B. Borden.
Origin of the name
The "Marshall Tucker" in the band's name does not refer to a band member, but rather a Spartanburg-area piano tuner. While the band was discussing possible band names one evening in an old warehouse they had rented for rehearsal space, someone noticed that the warehouse's door key had the name "Marshall Tucker" inscribed on it, and suggested they call themselves the "The Marshall Tucker Band," not realizing it referred to an actual person. It later came to light that Marshall Tucker, the blind piano tuner, had rented the space before the band, and his name was inscribed on the key.[1] In his book, Top Pop Singles, 1955-2002, music historian Joel Whitburn attributes "Marshall Tucker" to the owner of the band's rehearsal hall.
History
Early history
The original members (and some later members) of the Marshall Tucker Band had been playing in various lineups under different band names around the Spartanburg area since the early 1960s. In 1966, members of several such bands merged to form the Toy Factory, named after guitarist Toy Caldwell. The Toy Factory's constantly shifting lineup included, at times, Caldwell, his younger brother Tommy, Doug Gray, Jerry Eubanks, George McCorkle, and Franklin Wilkie. In the late 1960s, four of the bandmembers served in the U.S. Armed Forces; Toy Caldwell was wounded in Vietnam.
By the 1970s, Toy Caldwell and George McCorkle had returned to Spartanburg, and the Toy Factory had resumed playing in area clubs. In fact, in 1970 the Toy Factory was the opening act for the Allman Brothers when the Allmans played at the "Sitar" music lounge in Spartanburg.
In 1972, Caldwell and McCorkle once again revamped the band's lineup, eventually settling on Tommy Caldwell on bass, George McCorkle rhythm guitar, and Jerry Eubanks, flute/tenor sax, while adding Paul Riddle on drums; the new lineup adopted the name "Marshall Tucker Band." Wet Willie lead singer Jimmy Hall told Toy Caldwell to book the band at Grant's Lounge in Macon which he did. After hearing the band play at Grant's Buddy Thornton and Paul Hornsby recorded the band's demo at Capricorn Studios in Macon, Ga. Frank Fenter and Phil Walden signed The Marshall Tucker Band based on those demos.
1970s
The Marshall Tucker Band's self-titled debut, produced by Paul Hornsby, was released in 1973, and certified gold in 1975. All of the tracks were written by Toy Caldwell, including "Can't You See", which was released in 1973 on Capricorn 0023 ("Bubbled Under" at No. 108 on 1 September 1973) and re-released in 1977 on Capricorn 0278 (peaked at No. 75 on 24 September 1977). After the album's release, the band began touring, playing upwards of 300 shows per year throughout the decade. Southern rock fiddler Charlie Daniels later recalled that the Marshall Tucker Band "came onstage and just blew it out from start to finish."
Daniels' first of many collaborations with the Marshall Tucker Band came on the band's second album, A New Life, which was released in 1974, and certified gold in 1977. Daniels and blues guitarist Elvin Bishop were among several musicians that joined the band for Where We All Belong, a double-album (one studio album and one live album) released by the band in 1974 and certified gold that same year. The following year the band's Searchin' for a Rainbow was also certified gold the year of its release, and contained the track "Fire on the Mountain," which peaked at No. 38 on the Billboard charts. Long Hard Ride, the band's fifth consecutive gold album, was released in 1976, and its instrumental title track (which again features Charlie Daniels on fiddle) was nominated for a Grammy. Carolina Dreams, released in 1977 and certified platinum that same year, proved to be the band's most commercially successful album, and included the track "Heard It in a Love Song," which reached No. 14 on the Billboard charts. The band's final Capricorn release came with 1978's Together Forever, which was produced by Stewart Levine. Following the bankruptcy of Capricorn, The Marshall Tucker Band moved to Warner Bros. Records for their ninth album, Running Like the Wind (the band's eighth release was a compilation album entitled Greatest Hits), and they retained Levine as the album's producer.
1980s
Following the completion of the band's tenth album, entitled Tenth, tragedy struck The Marshall Tucker Band. On April 22, 1980, the band's bassist and co-founder, Tommy Caldwell, suffered massive head trauma in a car wreck, and died six days later. Former Toy Factory bassist Franklin Wilkie replaced Caldwell, but the band was never able to recapture its commercial success of the 1970s. On 1982's Tuckerized, only two songs were written by band members; 'Sea, Dreams & Fairy Tales' by Toy Caldwell and 'Sweet Elaine' by George McCorkle. Main songwriter Toy Caldwell only contributed three songs to each of the two albums released in 1983; Just Us and Greetings from South Carolina. After 1983's Greetings from South Carolina, all the rest of the original band members split, sans Doug Gray and Jerry Eubanks.
In 1988 Gray and Eubanks recorded the album Still Holdin' On, their one and only release on the Mercury Records label. Although Gray and Eubanks added new members Rusty Milner, Stuart Swanlund, and Tim Lawter, Still Holdin' On was primarily recorded with studio musicians. The newer members had a much greater role, however, on the band's 1990 album, Southern Spirit, released on the Sisaspa label. The album marked a return to the band's country and blues roots.
1990s
In 1992, the Marshall Tucker Band produced its first album for the Cabin Fever label, Still Smokin', which managed to crack the top 70 on the Billboard charts. The band's 1993 release, Walk Outside the Lines, marked a transition to a more country sound, relying less on long improvised jams that were the trademark of the band's early career. The album's title track was co-written by country music star Garth Brooks, a long-time fan of the band who considered writing a track for them a "milestone" in his career.
For 1998's Face Down In the Blues, the band added Spartanburg-area guitarist Ronald Radford and Firefall's multi-instrumentalist David Muse, the latter replacing Jerry Eubanks, who had retired in 1996.[12] Gospel, the band's 1999 album, featured the band's rendition of traditional songs such as The Wayfaring Stranger and Will the Circle Be Unbroken, and several original tracks.
Recent history
The Marshall Tucker Band continued recording and performing into the 21st century, playing between 150 and 200 shows per year.[1] The band reissued many of its albums from the 1970s on its new Ramblin' Records label, as well as two two-disc compilations, the first (Anthology) being a 30-year retrospective and the second (Where a Country Boy Belongs) being a collection of the band's country songs. In 2004, they released another studio album, Beyond the Horizon, and the following year released a Christmas album, Carolina Christmas.
Can't You See was used for the opening and closing credits of the Kevin Costner 2008 motion picture Swing Vote. Take the Highway was also used in the movie.
"Can't You See" is also used in the 2001 film Blow. Blow is a 2001 American biopic about the American cocaine smuggler George Jung, directed by Ted Demme. David McKenna and Nick Cassavetes adapted Bruce Porter's 1993 book Blow: How a Small Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellín Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All.
The band was mentioned in the Florida Georgia Line song Cruise, which peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100, and spawned a remix featuring rapper Nelly which peaked at #6 on the Hot 100. Cruise was certified 6x-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, becoming the second-highest selling song in country music history, behind Lady Antebellum's Need You Now.
9412 - RITA CHIARELLI - BREAKFAST AT MIDNIGHT (2001)
RITA CHIARELLI
''BREAKFAST AT MIDNIGHT''
MAY 8 2001
47:23
1 Woman In Blue 04:02
2 Horse Of A Different Colour 04:55
3 Never Been Loved Before 03:51
4 Memphis Has Got The Blues 03:57
5 Midnight In Berlin 03:24
6 I Can Change For You 05:19
7 Since I've Had You On My Mind 04:26
8 Loving You (Is Killing Me) 04:26
9 If You Were Crying Over Me 04:13
10 Last Train 04:10
11 Eggs Over Easy 04:34
All Tracks By Chiarelli
Richard Bell/Organ, Piano, Wurlitzer
Kevin Breit/Guitar (Electric)
Rita Chiarelli/Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Al Cross/Drums
Carlos del Junco/Harmonica
Phil Dwyer/Saxophone
Danny Greenspoon/Guitar (Acoustic)
Pat Kilbride/Bass Guitar
George Koller/Bass Guitar
Colin Linden/Guitar (Electric)
Jackie Richardson/Vocals (Background)
BIOGRAPHY/AMG
by Craig Harris
Rita Chiarelli is one of the most exciting new singers in Canada. Her unique blend of rock and blues has been compared favorably to Bonnie Raitt, Melissa Etheridge, and Susan Tedeschi. In 2000, she was named the "top blues singer" at Canada's Maple Leaf Awards. The world's discovery of Chiarelli comes after years of her paying dues. Singing with Hamilton, Ontario-based group Tempest at the age of 15, she toured throughout North America with a nine-piece R&B band, Battleaxe, after graduating from high school. Chiarelli continued to sharpen her chops as a member of Toronto-based rockabilly pioneer Ronnie Hawkins' group. After a year, however, she moved to Italy, where she worked as a studio vocalist for six years. Returning to Canada in the late '80s, Chiarelli had her first success when her tune "Have You Seen My Shoes?," which was featured in the film Roadkill. Releasing her debut album, Road Rocket, in 1992, she took things a step further with her second effort, Just Gettin' Started, three years later. Produced by Jane Siberry-producer John Switzer, the album showcased Chiarelli's hook-laden songwriting, with all but one song -- a cover of Elvis Presley's "Love Me" -- original. Long John Baldry covered Chiarelli's song, "Midnight in Berlin," on his 1996 album Right to Sing the Blues. Breakfast at Midnight, released in 2001, includes such guests as ex-Band keyboardist Richard Bell and guitarist Colin Linden.
9411 - THE BAD SHEPHERDS - MUD, BLOOD & BEER (2013)
THE BAD SHEPHERDS
''MUD, BLOOD & BEER''
2013
37:22
1 Our House 04:58
2 No More Heroes 03:30
3 The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum 04:14
4 Going Underground 03:12
5 What A Waste 03:06
6 Gary Gilmore's Eyes 02:26
7 Shipbuilding 03:33
8 Road To Nowhere 02:58
9 Mud, Blood & Beer 03:35
10 Off To The Beer Tent 05:44
9410 - FREDDIE SALEM & THE WILDCATS - CAT DANCE (1982)
FREDDIE SALEM & THE WILDCATS
''CAT DANCE''
1982
35:42
1 Dark Horizon; London Town 08:05
2 Open My Eyes 03:32
3 Long Gone 03:35
4 Sunset 03:59
5 Got The Feelin' 04:01
6 Evil For Evil 04:20
7 Rock 'n' Roll Woman 04:31
8 Monica 03:36
Fernando Saunders/Bass, Backing Vocals
Myron Grombacher/Drums
Freddie Salem/Guitars, Vocals
Peter Wood/Organ, Synthesizer
David Jackson/Piano, Synthesizer
John Peltz/Vocals On 5
ABOUT THE ALBUM
By Jeb Wright
Freddie Salem is one of those guys who shuuda/cudda been a contender. He is most famous for replacing Henry Paul in the Outlaws in 1977, but he also spent time with The Chamber Brothers, as well as heavy metal icons The Godz.
In 1982, he got a chance to record his own album and the result is a great mix of classic style hard rock, southern fried rock and meat and potatoes guitar oriented melodic hard rock. Freddie had the goods for the solo album, but the label didn’t deliver as hoped.
May 28, 2015
9409 - THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND - A NEW LIFE (1974)
THE MARSHAL TUCKER BAND
''A NEW LIFE''
FEBRUARY 1974
46:48
1 A New Life 06:40
2 Southern Woman 07:53
3 Blue Ridge Mountain Sky 03:35
4 Too Stubborn 03:53
5 Another Cruel Love 03:57
6 You Ain't Foolin' Me 07:01
7 24 Hours At A Time 05:01
8 Fly Eagle Fly 04:22
9 Another Cruel Love (Live) (Recorded Live At Uhlein Hall, Milwaukee, WI, July 11, 1974) 04:22
All Tracks By Toy Caldwell
Doug Gray - lead vocals, guitar, percussion
Toy Caldwell - guitar, steel guitar, slide guitar, lead vocals on "Blue Ridge Mountain Sky" and "Fly Eagle Fly"
Tommy Caldwell - bass guitar, background vocals
George McCorkle - guitar, banjo
Paul Riddle - drums
Jerry Eubanks - flute, saxophone, keyboards, background vocals
Paul Hornsby - keyboards
Charlie Daniels - fiddle
Jaimoe - conga, conductor
Earl Ford - horn
Oscar Jackson - horn
Todd Logan - horn
Harold Williams - horn
ABOUT THE ALBUM
A New Life is the third album by The Marshall Tucker Band. It was recorded in Macon, Georgia at Capricorn Studios. Guest musicians include Charlie Daniels and Jaimoe from The Allman Brothers Band.
The group uses a mellotron on "You Ain't Foolin' Me" and "Blue Ridge Mountain Sky". The mellotron was primarily used by progressive rock acts like The Moody Blues, King Crimson and Genesis.
BIOGRAPHY/AMG by William Ruhlmann
One of the major Southern rock bands of the '70s, the Marshall Tucker Band combined rock, country, and jazz, and featured extended instrumental passages on which lead guitarist Toy Caldwell shone. The band was formed in Spartanburg, SC, in 1971 by singer Doug Gray, guitarist Caldwell (born 1948, died February 25, 1993), his brother bassist Tommy Caldwell (born 1950, died April 4, 1980), guitarist George McCorkle, drummer Paul Riddle, and reed player Jerry Eubanks. The six-piece group was signed to Capricorn Records and released their debut album, The Marshall Tucker Band, in March 1973. They gained recognition through a tour with the Allman Brothers Band and found significant success during the course of the '70s, with most of their albums going gold. Their peak came with the million-selling album Carolina Dreams and its Top 15 single "Heard It in a Love Song" in 1977.
The band was slowed down by the death of Tommy Caldwell in a car accident in 1980 and faded from the album charts after 1982. Toy Caldwell left for a solo career soon after, and the original lineup disbanded in 1983. Later that same year, Doug Gray and Jerry Eubanks hired some Nashville studio musicians and took the band back out onto the road; a little over a year later, the second wave of the Marshall Tucker Band began, as Gray and Eubanks returned home to Spartanburg, SC, and hired guitarist Rusty Milner, bassist Tim Lawter, drummer Ace Allen, and guitarist Stuart Swanlund.
During the years since the original band dissolved, the group has had country chart hits, toured constantly, made forays into the blues and adult contemporary, and suffered the loss of founding member Toy Caldwell, who died in 1993. Some bandmembers left, some joined, and some stayed right where they were, but through it all, the Marshall Tucker Band endured. The band continued to record steadily, maintained a loyal fan base, and eventually began to receive their due as Southern rock pioneers. The 1998 Marshall Tucker Band consisted 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.
BIOGRAPHY/WIKIPEDIA
The Marshall Tucker Band is an American Southern rock/country rock band originally from Spartanburg, South Carolina. The band's blend of rock, rhythm and blues, jazz, country, and gospel[1] helped establish the Southern rock genre in the early 1970s. While the band had reached the height of its commercial success by the end of the decade, the band has recorded and performed continuously under various lineups for nearly 40 years.
The original lineup of the Marshall Tucker Band, formed in 1972, included lead guitarist, vocalist, and primary songwriter Toy Caldwell (1947–1993), lead vocalist Doug Gray (born 1948), keyboard player, saxophone player, and flautist Jerry Eubanks (born 1950), rhythm guitarist George McCorkle (1946–2007), drummer Paul Riddle (born 1953), and bassist Tommy Caldwell (1949–1980). They signed with Capricorn Records and in 1973 released their first LP, The Marshall Tucker Band.
After Tommy Caldwell was killed in an automobile accident in 1980, he was replaced by bassist Franklin Wilkie. Most of the original band members had left by the mid-1980s to pursue other projects. The band's current lineup consists of Gray on vocals, keyboard player and flautist Marcus James Henderson, guitarist Rick Willis, bassist Pat Elwood, and drummer B.B. Borden.
Origin of the name
The "Marshall Tucker" in the band's name does not refer to a band member, but rather a Spartanburg-area piano tuner. While the band was discussing possible band names one evening in an old warehouse they had rented for rehearsal space, someone noticed that the warehouse's door key had the name "Marshall Tucker" inscribed on it, and suggested they call themselves the "The Marshall Tucker Band," not realizing it referred to an actual person. It later came to light that Marshall Tucker, the blind piano tuner, had rented the space before the band, and his name was inscribed on the key.[1] In his book, Top Pop Singles, 1955-2002, music historian Joel Whitburn attributes "Marshall Tucker" to the owner of the band's rehearsal hall.
History
Early history
The original members (and some later members) of the Marshall Tucker Band had been playing in various lineups under different band names around the Spartanburg area since the early 1960s. In 1966, members of several such bands merged to form the Toy Factory, named after guitarist Toy Caldwell. The Toy Factory's constantly shifting lineup included, at times, Caldwell, his younger brother Tommy, Doug Gray, Jerry Eubanks, George McCorkle, and Franklin Wilkie. In the late 1960s, four of the bandmembers served in the U.S. Armed Forces; Toy Caldwell was wounded in Vietnam.
By the 1970s, Toy Caldwell and George McCorkle had returned to Spartanburg, and the Toy Factory had resumed playing in area clubs. In fact, in 1970 the Toy Factory was the opening act for the Allman Brothers when the Allmans played at the "Sitar" music lounge in Spartanburg.
In 1972, Caldwell and McCorkle once again revamped the band's lineup, eventually settling on Tommy Caldwell on bass, George McCorkle rhythm guitar, and Jerry Eubanks, flute/tenor sax, while adding Paul Riddle on drums; the new lineup adopted the name "Marshall Tucker Band." Wet Willie lead singer Jimmy Hall told Toy Caldwell to book the band at Grant's Lounge in Macon which he did. After hearing the band play at Grant's Buddy Thornton and Paul Hornsby recorded the band's demo at Capricorn Studios in Macon, Ga. Frank Fenter and Phil Walden signed The Marshall Tucker Band based on those demos.
1970s
The Marshall Tucker Band's self-titled debut, produced by Paul Hornsby, was released in 1973, and certified gold in 1975. All of the tracks were written by Toy Caldwell, including "Can't You See", which was released in 1973 on Capricorn 0023 ("Bubbled Under" at No. 108 on 1 September 1973) and re-released in 1977 on Capricorn 0278 (peaked at No. 75 on 24 September 1977). After the album's release, the band began touring, playing upwards of 300 shows per year throughout the decade. Southern rock fiddler Charlie Daniels later recalled that the Marshall Tucker Band "came onstage and just blew it out from start to finish."
Daniels' first of many collaborations with the Marshall Tucker Band came on the band's second album, A New Life, which was released in 1974, and certified gold in 1977. Daniels and blues guitarist Elvin Bishop were among several musicians that joined the band for Where We All Belong, a double-album (one studio album and one live album) released by the band in 1974 and certified gold that same year. The following year the band's Searchin' for a Rainbow was also certified gold the year of its release, and contained the track "Fire on the Mountain," which peaked at No. 38 on the Billboard charts. Long Hard Ride, the band's fifth consecutive gold album, was released in 1976, and its instrumental title track (which again features Charlie Daniels on fiddle) was nominated for a Grammy. Carolina Dreams, released in 1977 and certified platinum that same year, proved to be the band's most commercially successful album, and included the track "Heard It in a Love Song," which reached No. 14 on the Billboard charts. The band's final Capricorn release came with 1978's Together Forever, which was produced by Stewart Levine. Following the bankruptcy of Capricorn, The Marshall Tucker Band moved to Warner Bros. Records for their ninth album, Running Like the Wind (the band's eighth release was a compilation album entitled Greatest Hits), and they retained Levine as the album's producer.
1980s
Following the completion of the band's tenth album, entitled Tenth, tragedy struck The Marshall Tucker Band. On April 22, 1980, the band's bassist and co-founder, Tommy Caldwell, suffered massive head trauma in a car wreck, and died six days later. Former Toy Factory bassist Franklin Wilkie replaced Caldwell, but the band was never able to recapture its commercial success of the 1970s. On 1982's Tuckerized, only two songs were written by band members; 'Sea, Dreams & Fairy Tales' by Toy Caldwell and 'Sweet Elaine' by George McCorkle. Main songwriter Toy Caldwell only contributed three songs to each of the two albums released in 1983; Just Us and Greetings from South Carolina. After 1983's Greetings from South Carolina, all the rest of the original band members split, sans Doug Gray and Jerry Eubanks.
In 1988 Gray and Eubanks recorded the album Still Holdin' On, their one and only release on the Mercury Records label. Although Gray and Eubanks added new members Rusty Milner, Stuart Swanlund, and Tim Lawter, Still Holdin' On was primarily recorded with studio musicians. The newer members had a much greater role, however, on the band's 1990 album, Southern Spirit, released on the Sisaspa label. The album marked a return to the band's country and blues roots.
1990s
In 1992, the Marshall Tucker Band produced its first album for the Cabin Fever label, Still Smokin', which managed to crack the top 70 on the Billboard charts. The band's 1993 release, Walk Outside the Lines, marked a transition to a more country sound, relying less on long improvised jams that were the trademark of the band's early career. The album's title track was co-written by country music star Garth Brooks, a long-time fan of the band who considered writing a track for them a "milestone" in his career.
For 1998's Face Down In the Blues, the band added Spartanburg-area guitarist Ronald Radford and Firefall's multi-instrumentalist David Muse, the latter replacing Jerry Eubanks, who had retired in 1996.[12] Gospel, the band's 1999 album, featured the band's rendition of traditional songs such as The Wayfaring Stranger and Will the Circle Be Unbroken, and several original tracks.
Recent history
The Marshall Tucker Band continued recording and performing into the 21st century, playing between 150 and 200 shows per year.[1] The band reissued many of its albums from the 1970s on its new Ramblin' Records label, as well as two two-disc compilations, the first (Anthology) being a 30-year retrospective and the second (Where a Country Boy Belongs) being a collection of the band's country songs. In 2004, they released another studio album, Beyond the Horizon, and the following year released a Christmas album, Carolina Christmas.
Can't You See was used for the opening and closing credits of the Kevin Costner 2008 motion picture Swing Vote. Take the Highway was also used in the movie.
"Can't You See" is also used in the 2001 film Blow. Blow is a 2001 American biopic about the American cocaine smuggler George Jung, directed by Ted Demme. David McKenna and Nick Cassavetes adapted Bruce Porter's 1993 book Blow: How a Small Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellín Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All.
The band was mentioned in the Florida Georgia Line song Cruise, which peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100, and spawned a remix featuring rapper Nelly which peaked at #6 on the Hot 100. Cruise was certified 6x-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, becoming the second-highest selling song in country music history, behind Lady Antebellum's Need You Now.
9408 - THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND - WHERE WE ALL BELONG (1974)
THE MARSHAL TUCKER BAND
''WHERE WE ALL BELONG''
1974
73:36
1 This Ol' Cowboy 06:42
2 Low Down Ways 02:58
3 In My Own Way 07:19
4 How Can I Slow Down 03:21
5 Where A Country Boy Belongs 04:32
6 Now She's Gone 04:38
7 Try One More Time 04:47
8 Ramblin' 06:12
9 24 Hours At A Time 13:52
10 Everyday (I Have The Blues) (Peter Chatman) 11:47
11 Take The Highway 07:24
Tracks By Toy Caldwell, Except 10
BIOGRAPHY/AMG by William Ruhlmann
One of the major Southern rock bands of the '70s, the Marshall Tucker Band combined rock, country, and jazz, and featured extended instrumental passages on which lead guitarist Toy Caldwell shone. The band was formed in Spartanburg, SC, in 1971 by singer Doug Gray, guitarist Caldwell (born 1948, died February 25, 1993), his brother bassist Tommy Caldwell (born 1950, died April 4, 1980), guitarist George McCorkle, drummer Paul Riddle, and reed player Jerry Eubanks. The six-piece group was signed to Capricorn Records and released their debut album, The Marshall Tucker Band, in March 1973. They gained recognition through a tour with the Allman Brothers Band and found significant success during the course of the '70s, with most of their albums going gold. Their peak came with the million-selling album Carolina Dreams and its Top 15 single "Heard It in a Love Song" in 1977.
The band was slowed down by the death of Tommy Caldwell in a car accident in 1980 and faded from the album charts after 1982. Toy Caldwell left for a solo career soon after, and the original lineup disbanded in 1983. Later that same year, Doug Gray and Jerry Eubanks hired some Nashville studio musicians and took the band back out onto the road; a little over a year later, the second wave of the Marshall Tucker Band began, as Gray and Eubanks returned home to Spartanburg, SC, and hired guitarist Rusty Milner, bassist Tim Lawter, drummer Ace Allen, and guitarist Stuart Swanlund.
During the years since the original band dissolved, the group has had country chart hits, toured constantly, made forays into the blues and adult contemporary, and suffered the loss of founding member Toy Caldwell, who died in 1993. Some bandmembers left, some joined, and some stayed right where they were, but through it all, the Marshall Tucker Band endured. The band continued to record steadily, maintained a loyal fan base, and eventually began to receive their due as Southern rock pioneers. The 1998 Marshall Tucker Band consisted 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.
BIOGRAPHY/WIKIPEDIA
The Marshall Tucker Band is an American Southern rock/country rock band originally from Spartanburg, South Carolina. The band's blend of rock, rhythm and blues, jazz, country, and gospel[1] helped establish the Southern rock genre in the early 1970s. While the band had reached the height of its commercial success by the end of the decade, the band has recorded and performed continuously under various lineups for nearly 40 years.
The original lineup of the Marshall Tucker Band, formed in 1972, included lead guitarist, vocalist, and primary songwriter Toy Caldwell (1947–1993), lead vocalist Doug Gray (born 1948), keyboard player, saxophone player, and flautist Jerry Eubanks (born 1950), rhythm guitarist George McCorkle (1946–2007), drummer Paul Riddle (born 1953), and bassist Tommy Caldwell (1949–1980). They signed with Capricorn Records and in 1973 released their first LP, The Marshall Tucker Band.
After Tommy Caldwell was killed in an automobile accident in 1980, he was replaced by bassist Franklin Wilkie. Most of the original band members had left by the mid-1980s to pursue other projects. The band's current lineup consists of Gray on vocals, keyboard player and flautist Marcus James Henderson, guitarist Rick Willis, bassist Pat Elwood, and drummer B.B. Borden.
Origin of the name
The "Marshall Tucker" in the band's name does not refer to a band member, but rather a Spartanburg-area piano tuner. While the band was discussing possible band names one evening in an old warehouse they had rented for rehearsal space, someone noticed that the warehouse's door key had the name "Marshall Tucker" inscribed on it, and suggested they call themselves the "The Marshall Tucker Band," not realizing it referred to an actual person. It later came to light that Marshall Tucker, the blind piano tuner, had rented the space before the band, and his name was inscribed on the key.[1] In his book, Top Pop Singles, 1955-2002, music historian Joel Whitburn attributes "Marshall Tucker" to the owner of the band's rehearsal hall.
History
Early history
The original members (and some later members) of the Marshall Tucker Band had been playing in various lineups under different band names around the Spartanburg area since the early 1960s. In 1966, members of several such bands merged to form the Toy Factory, named after guitarist Toy Caldwell. The Toy Factory's constantly shifting lineup included, at times, Caldwell, his younger brother Tommy, Doug Gray, Jerry Eubanks, George McCorkle, and Franklin Wilkie. In the late 1960s, four of the bandmembers served in the U.S. Armed Forces; Toy Caldwell was wounded in Vietnam.
By the 1970s, Toy Caldwell and George McCorkle had returned to Spartanburg, and the Toy Factory had resumed playing in area clubs. In fact, in 1970 the Toy Factory was the opening act for the Allman Brothers when the Allmans played at the "Sitar" music lounge in Spartanburg.
In 1972, Caldwell and McCorkle once again revamped the band's lineup, eventually settling on Tommy Caldwell on bass, George McCorkle rhythm guitar, and Jerry Eubanks, flute/tenor sax, while adding Paul Riddle on drums; the new lineup adopted the name "Marshall Tucker Band." Wet Willie lead singer Jimmy Hall told Toy Caldwell to book the band at Grant's Lounge in Macon which he did. After hearing the band play at Grant's Buddy Thornton and Paul Hornsby recorded the band's demo at Capricorn Studios in Macon, Ga. Frank Fenter and Phil Walden signed The Marshall Tucker Band based on those demos.
1970s
The Marshall Tucker Band's self-titled debut, produced by Paul Hornsby, was released in 1973, and certified gold in 1975. All of the tracks were written by Toy Caldwell, including "Can't You See", which was released in 1973 on Capricorn 0023 ("Bubbled Under" at No. 108 on 1 September 1973) and re-released in 1977 on Capricorn 0278 (peaked at No. 75 on 24 September 1977). After the album's release, the band began touring, playing upwards of 300 shows per year throughout the decade. Southern rock fiddler Charlie Daniels later recalled that the Marshall Tucker Band "came onstage and just blew it out from start to finish."
Daniels' first of many collaborations with the Marshall Tucker Band came on the band's second album, A New Life, which was released in 1974, and certified gold in 1977. Daniels and blues guitarist Elvin Bishop were among several musicians that joined the band for Where We All Belong, a double-album (one studio album and one live album) released by the band in 1974 and certified gold that same year. The following year the band's Searchin' for a Rainbow was also certified gold the year of its release, and contained the track "Fire on the Mountain," which peaked at No. 38 on the Billboard charts. Long Hard Ride, the band's fifth consecutive gold album, was released in 1976, and its instrumental title track (which again features Charlie Daniels on fiddle) was nominated for a Grammy. Carolina Dreams, released in 1977 and certified platinum that same year, proved to be the band's most commercially successful album, and included the track "Heard It in a Love Song," which reached No. 14 on the Billboard charts. The band's final Capricorn release came with 1978's Together Forever, which was produced by Stewart Levine. Following the bankruptcy of Capricorn, The Marshall Tucker Band moved to Warner Bros. Records for their ninth album, Running Like the Wind (the band's eighth release was a compilation album entitled Greatest Hits), and they retained Levine as the album's producer.
1980s
Following the completion of the band's tenth album, entitled Tenth, tragedy struck The Marshall Tucker Band. On April 22, 1980, the band's bassist and co-founder, Tommy Caldwell, suffered massive head trauma in a car wreck, and died six days later. Former Toy Factory bassist Franklin Wilkie replaced Caldwell, but the band was never able to recapture its commercial success of the 1970s. On 1982's Tuckerized, only two songs were written by band members; 'Sea, Dreams & Fairy Tales' by Toy Caldwell and 'Sweet Elaine' by George McCorkle. Main songwriter Toy Caldwell only contributed three songs to each of the two albums released in 1983; Just Us and Greetings from South Carolina. After 1983's Greetings from South Carolina, all the rest of the original band members split, sans Doug Gray and Jerry Eubanks.
In 1988 Gray and Eubanks recorded the album Still Holdin' On, their one and only release on the Mercury Records label. Although Gray and Eubanks added new members Rusty Milner, Stuart Swanlund, and Tim Lawter, Still Holdin' On was primarily recorded with studio musicians. The newer members had a much greater role, however, on the band's 1990 album, Southern Spirit, released on the Sisaspa label. The album marked a return to the band's country and blues roots.
1990s
In 1992, the Marshall Tucker Band produced its first album for the Cabin Fever label, Still Smokin', which managed to crack the top 70 on the Billboard charts. The band's 1993 release, Walk Outside the Lines, marked a transition to a more country sound, relying less on long improvised jams that were the trademark of the band's early career. The album's title track was co-written by country music star Garth Brooks, a long-time fan of the band who considered writing a track for them a "milestone" in his career.
For 1998's Face Down In the Blues, the band added Spartanburg-area guitarist Ronald Radford and Firefall's multi-instrumentalist David Muse, the latter replacing Jerry Eubanks, who had retired in 1996.[12] Gospel, the band's 1999 album, featured the band's rendition of traditional songs such as The Wayfaring Stranger and Will the Circle Be Unbroken, and several original tracks.
Recent history
The Marshall Tucker Band continued recording and performing into the 21st century, playing between 150 and 200 shows per year.[1] The band reissued many of its albums from the 1970s on its new Ramblin' Records label, as well as two two-disc compilations, the first (Anthology) being a 30-year retrospective and the second (Where a Country Boy Belongs) being a collection of the band's country songs. In 2004, they released another studio album, Beyond the Horizon, and the following year released a Christmas album, Carolina Christmas.
Can't You See was used for the opening and closing credits of the Kevin Costner 2008 motion picture Swing Vote. Take the Highway was also used in the movie.
"Can't You See" is also used in the 2001 film Blow. Blow is a 2001 American biopic about the American cocaine smuggler George Jung, directed by Ted Demme. David McKenna and Nick Cassavetes adapted Bruce Porter's 1993 book Blow: How a Small Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellín Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All.
The band was mentioned in the Florida Georgia Line song Cruise, which peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100, and spawned a remix featuring rapper Nelly which peaked at #6 on the Hot 100. Cruise was certified 6x-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, becoming the second-highest selling song in country music history, behind Lady Antebellum's Need You Now.
9407 - QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE - SHADY GROVE (1969)
QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE
''SHADY GROOVE''
RECORDED IN SAN FRANCISCO AT WALLY HEIDER STUDIOS JULY-AUGUST 1969 AND PACIFIC HIGH RECORDERS AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1969
DECEMBER 1969
43:03
1 Shady Grove (P. O. Wands) 03:01
2 Flute Song (Denise Jewkes) 05:25
3 Three Or Four Feet From Home (John Cipollina) 02:58
4 Too Far (David Freiberg) 04:28
5 Holy Moly (Nick Gravenites) 04:22
6 Joseph Coat (John Cipollina, Nick Gravenites) 04:39
7 Flashing Lonesome (David Freiberg, Nick Gravenites) 05:25
8 Words Can't Say (David Freiberg, Denise Jewkes) 03:20
9 Edward, The Mad Shirt Grinder (Nick Hopkins) 09:20
Drums, Percussion – Gregory Elmore
Guitar, Vocals – John Cipollina
Piano, Organ, Harpsichord, Celesta, Other (Dog) – Nicky Hopkins
Viola, Bass, Guitar, Vocals – David Freiberg
ABOUT THE ALBUM
BY WIKIPEDIA
Shady Grove is a 1969 album by Quicksilver Messenger Service.
Nicky Hopkins, the English journeyman pianist who appears on albums by Jeff Beck, The Rolling Stones, The Who, all four of The Beatles and Steve Miller, joined the group for this album. Hopkins' influence is felt throughout Shady Grove, and his contributions pushed the group in new directions. However, David Freiberg's vocal presence makes the Quicksilver sound of the first two albums still apparent.
Hopkins re-recorded the closing track, "Edward", on his solo album The Tin Man Was a Dreamer, which features members of the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. (“Edward” was a nickname for Nicky Hopkins, made up by Brian Jones during a 1967 session at Olympic Studios in London. The story goes that Jones was tuning his guitar and asked Hopkins to give him an E on the piano; with other noise interfering and Nicky unable to hear what he was saying, Brian eventually shouted out: "Give me an E, like in Edward!")[1] "Joseph's Coat", co-written by John Cipollina and Nick Gravenites, also appears on Big Brother and the Holding Company's album Be a Brother, which featured Gravenites on vocals.
Original guitarist Gary Duncan does not appear on this album.
BIOGRAPHY/AMG by William Ruhlmann
The band that became Quicksilver Messenger Service originally was conceived as a rock vehicle for folk singer/songwriter Dino Valente (b. Nov. 7, 1943, d. Nov 16, 1994), author of "Get Together." Living in San Francisco, Valente had found guitarist John Cipollina (b. Aug. 24, 1943, d. May 29, 1989) and singer Jim Murray. Valente's friend David Freiberg (b. Aug. 24, 1938) joined on bass, and the group was completed by the addition of drummer Greg Elmore (b. Sep. 4, 1946) and guitarist Gary Duncan (b. Sep 4, 1946). As the band was being put together, Valente was imprisoned on a drug charge and he didn't rejoin Quicksilver until later.
They debuted at the end of 1965 and played around the Bay Area and then the West Coast for the next two years, building up a large following but resisting offers to record that had been taken up by such San Francisco acid rock colleagues as Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead. Quicksilver finally signed to Capitol toward the end of 1967 and recorded their self-titled debut album in 1968 (by this time, Murray had left). Happy Trails, the 1969 follow-up, was recorded live. After its release, Duncan left the band and was replaced for Shady Grove (1970) by British session pianist Nicky Hopkins. By the time of its release, however, Duncan had returned, along with Valente, making the group a sextet.
This version of Quicksilver, prominently featuring Valente's songs and lead vocals, lasted only a year, during which two albums, Just for Love and What About Me, were recorded. Cipollina, Freiberg, and Hopkins then left, and the remaining trio of Valente, Duncan, and Elmore hired replacements and cut another couple of albums before disbanding. There was a reunion in 1975, resulting in a new album and a tour, and in 1986 Duncan revived the Quicksilver name for an album that also featured Freiberg on background vocals.
