The band's current line-up consists of Gray on vocals, keyboard player, saxophonist and flautist Marcus James Henderson, guitarists Chris Hicks and Rick Willis, bassist Tony Black and drummer B.B. Most of the original band members had left by the mid-1980s to pursue other projects. They signed with Capricorn Records and released their first album in 1973, The Marshall Tucker Band.Īfter Tommy Caldwell was killed in a car accident in 1980, he was replaced by bassist Franklin Wilkie. The original line-up of the Marshall Tucker Band, formed in 1972, included lead guitarist, steel 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). Lead vocalist Doug Gray remains the only original member still active with the band. While the band had reached the height of its commercial success by the end of the decade, it has recorded and performed continuously under various line-ups for 45 years. Noted for incorporating blues, country, and jazz into an eclectic sound, the Marshall Tucker Band helped establish the Southern rock genre in the early 1970s.
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The Marshall Tucker Band is an American rock band from Spartanburg, South Carolina.
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