This is not a personal incident that Toy wrote about. Toy served as a Marine in Vietnam. He saw so many of his friends getting "Dear John" letters from their girlfriends and wives, just when the soldiers needed their support the most. It broke Toy's heart to see his buddies go through such pain. So Toy expressed his pain over his friends pain the only way he knew how. Semper Fi.
thats a great story Brenda. Toy was a deep soul, great musician and an American hero, may he rest in peace...Semper Fi Brenda...we could use more like him in today's culture
My husband said he saw the same thing when he was there. He was seventeen when he enlisted in '69 and didn't have a girlfriend but watched a lot of guys go through it. He said it hurt him to see tough, battle weary people just fall to pieces. He watched a guy go through a plate glass door to try and kill himself after reading the letter. It was all so heartbreaking.
Oh I 110% understand this! Besides the fact that I adore & LOVE The Marshall Tucker Band… my husband left for Iraq only 9 months after we married for an entire 15 months from 06-07 as a Cav Scout in the 82nd Airborne. We as a couple made it through without any trust issue or either of us being unfaithful but unfortunately, half of his Unit were getting cheating on and it was absolutely devastating! I was only 19 when my husband was in Iraq, and only married for 9 months before he left but I myself knew exactly what I was signing up for & he was going to leave. I made a promise to him, and I kept that promise. I can NEVER understand why those women would go out and cheat on their Husbands or boyfriends while they are overseas fighting for our Country, fighting for their lives, and need support the most from them. So yes, it’s a big problem our Service men & women have been dealing with for centuries while on a duty of tour and it’s absolutely disgusting! Also.. there are some of us military Spouses that are great women who love, & support our men through it all no matter what. God Bless our Troops & America! ❤️🇺🇸🤟🏻
I'm so glad another generation of listeners is being exposed to this music. Being In a car together with good music is nearly impossible to beat. It was our concert hall.
This is southern rock at it's finest. Love their music from the 70's. Some of their other big hits were "Heard It In A Love Song", "Fire On The Mountain", "Ramblin’", "This Ol' Cowboy", "Searching For A Rainbow" etc. Southern rock fiddler Charlie Daniels did quite a few collaborations with them such as "24 Hours At A Time".
It’s so interesting ….I’ve watched several reactions to this one and so many people start singing along to the chorus.. more than any other reaction I’ve seen. It’s a great one! I had the album this was on in the 70’s
We had the best music. It was done with real instruments. Real voices! I am 62 and appreciate the music more than ever. Never realized it was so soulful and the blues influenced to I got older. Still the Eagles are the best band ever! Listen to Wasted Time reprise The Eagles if you haven’t. Love you too! You are so kind!
This live version is the best. I’m not taking away from the studio version cause it was great, but this live performance is longer and has more emotion attached. JMO
Missed this when originally uploaded, sadly. Glad I stumbled upon it. So… Heck yeah! We got the crew!?!? Yes! Loving it! Bring ‘em back into the studio, man! I’d LOVE to hear more from ‘em! Ya’ll right!….it ain’t white nor black…guess it’s Southern…when a singer says “Lawd” full force, yeah… that means somethin’! Haha! Bless ya’ll! Love and light to you and yours! ❤🙂
A common misconception is that southern rock is rock influenced by country music. It's actually heavily steeped in the blues, and this is a prime example of that. The pain in his voice, the way his guitar cries during the leads - that's 100% blues and soul. Recommend you check out Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ballad of Curtis Loew, Allman Brothers' Melissa, Blackfoot's Highway Song, and Black Crowes' Remedy.
I appreciate all three of you brothers for taking the time to listen to this wonderful song. PS: By the way, whenever you’re free to listen to any song, there’s a song called Love you anyway by Luke Combs.
I saw Toy Caldwell sing this in concert and man can he sing with heart and soul! RIP brother Toy, Tommy and Tim! He finger picked, no guitar pic, very talented! Amazing!!❤️❤️❤️
Came across this today. You fellas said he looks like Nick Nolte, but I think you meant Gary Busey 🤔. He starred in Silver Bullet lol. And this song stirs the heat!
Man, imagine taking a long car trip with Jamal listening to tunes and his positive personality. It would sure beat listening to the kids screeching and having to pull over every five miles to go to the bathroom!
Marshall Tucker Band is timeless. Toy cadwell set it up that way... he is one of the most under appreciated, Guitarist, singer song writers God has given use. It was all about the music for him... That is why the Marshal Tucker had dozens of members and only one surviving original member. I love how you recognize how Toy sings Lord (Lawd)
Hometown boys. Have to say that everytime I run across a song. They’re just as plain as the day is long in person. See Doug pumping gas all the time. 😂. Nobody here bothers them. Just one of the boys.
This is totally original music at its brilliant best. It's a blend of country, blues, jazz, and classical ......... Pure genius. the Marshall Tucker band had it all.
Thanks for doing this in a vehicle, just fits with the first time I heard this, and lived it...if you have not been where he is talking about, just take his word for it, you do not want to go there! lol Perfect react! ☺
“He favors Nick Nolte.” That old Texas expression is still being used. I love it. To those that don’t know, to “favor” someone, used this way, means the same as to “look like”.
Oh Jamel, bless your Mama for raising three beautiful humans. Can you all be my little brothers? I love the chemistry between the three of you ❤❤❤. You would all have to move to Australia though 😉😉
I grew up on bands like Marshall Tucker, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Blackfoot. You should react to Train Train by Blackfoot. (The studio version has an awesome harmonica intro.)
Love you and your friends reaching out to listen to what is probably not what you listen to in regular life. I try to do the same. Because it helps us all understand each other better and finding amazing music is always great!
Hey Jamal! I just discovered your channel about 2 months ago and I love it!! I gotta say that watching your reactions to allot of my favorite music videos just makes them that much better and always excellent commentary. So I just tonight noticed you had a couple videos of one of my all time favorite artists - Morgan James. Needless to say and I think you'll agree she is just amazing, BUT, did you ever see her Barbie Girl video? This is early in her career when she was with Post Modern Juke BoxI think before she became such a star but it is soooo good! check it out if you have time. I would love to see your reaction or any of your reactions to her many other videos hard to even know where to start with her: Really don't care, About that bass, and even a cover Beatles Come together and a million others - so prolific! Thanks for all the great work! Keep it up! Tom
How can you not love that. I grew up listening to what is known as Classic Rock nowadays. He said he going find a hole in the wall. Gonna crawl inside and die. He hurt bad.
I got to see Marshall Tucker,38 Special,The Fabulous Thunderbirds and The Allman Brothers in concert in Birmingham Alabama and man what great shows they put on that night.Was about 1996
Jamel as a 58 year old white dude it brings me great great joy to you & friends enjoying the same music I also love. I love the blues and understand what a significant part the blues played on all genres of music here in the good ‘ole USA. I wanna personally thank you.. for your channel and how you help bring all of us together. Much love & success from your subscriber & friend. Bobby B.
Ah. The good old days when people had to have talent, voice wise and instrument wise. Won't find this today. This song was about the Vietnam vets. He was a marine, saw how many of his brothers got dear John letters. Good one, guys! Stay healthy✌️
I love all your reactions this is one of my favorite songs you can hear the pain in his voice although he's not singing from a personal experience he's putting his heart and soul into everything Toy Caldwell sings. Thanks for having such wonderful reactions ❤️
These men were able to do so much with their heart felt blues. I love great blues singers but these guys could not only move your soul with that lead voice but they were able to blend harmonies with those other voices like no other band. Ever !
Toy was the band leader and songwriter, but not the regular lead singer. This is the one he sang in every concert because it meant so much to him. Regular lead singer Doug Gray (the cat with the tambourine in this video) once said "Toy sang his heart out on this song every single night"
