I saw them twice before Tommy died. In 1973 and 1977. They stole the show the first time and played for 3 hrs the second time cause the Little River Band brokedown getting to the show. They played every song they ever wrote including A New Life.
1974 mile high stadium Denver Colorado. Didn't even know who they were. Played before The Allman brothers band. They had the stadium rocking, no one wanted them to stop. Allman brothers next. What more to say, greatest concert ever.
This is what southern rock was all about. Always incredible guitar playing. The 70s were full of bands that gave incredible concerts. Guaranteed hearing loss after before you left the arena. Just don’t have that kind of music anymore. Miss those days.
They werent just a southern rock band, but crossed genre's into Pop, Jazz, and Country, depending on the songs. Such versatility which is why I've always loved them..
Saw them last night with the Outlaws Patchogue Theater Long Island N.Y. Doug Gray only original member. Took my daughter. Want her to experience what music was when it was performed by musicians with raw talent keeping the music alive. Another time, another place. Thankful for God's timing. I was a teen in the 70's. Wouldn't trade it for the world. This country has its best days behind it. It's over. Healthy minds are a thing of the past. People today are fucked up.
I hear what you're saying. Don't forget George Mccorkle or Jerry Eubanks, they were a big part of that MTB sound.Grew up in upstate SC where these boys are from. To me, they will always be our boys. Saw them in concert. Toy was the strength and Tommy the heart. Never the same when Tommy was in the accident. Never was the same after that.
I saw Marshall Tucker 5 times. They were great and a little different each time and Toy Caldwell playing that Les Paul with his thumb was really unique and special. RIP to all our great guys who have passed on. God's band is killer !!!!!!
There are Artists in many genre's and forms that created true magic in their works!!!!! These guys did that ,to say the very least !!!! God bless em !!!!
Absolutely astounding. A rarely seen video of the band only a few years after its formation, and already at its peak. The talent, tightness and power are incomparable. The flute (Jerry) helped make their sound so unique, the rhythm created by Tommy, Paul and George propelling them like a locomotive engine, and Doug's soaring vocals providing so much emotion on top of it all. Speaking of emotion, did I forget to mention anyone? Oh yeah . . . I remember. But I don't have words to adequately capture Toy's passion and genius, expressed through . . . his freaking thumb. There was no one like them. I was fortunate enough to see and hear the original band the very last time they played together, in April 1980. Thankfully, recordings like this allow the memories of our love for them to linger on.
The BEST ORIGINAL MEMBERS, M.T.B. AND THIS 1973 TAKE THE HIGHWAY WAS PHOENOMINAL .JAM WAS FULL AND NOT AT ALL LIKE THE 2ND M.T.B. , WHICH WAS SLOPPY AND BROKEN .
Saw them in south Florida Jan.1,1979, they blew it away ! They are above awesome ! Lets see, I was 39 then so I guess that makes me 74 now and I still listen to them ! Greatness never gets old !
The night before , New Years Eve '78 , they played a live broadcast from The Warehouse in New Orleans . We had it on in the background during a rather rambunctious party !
Saw them OPEN for the guess who in 1973. Was absolutely stunned...I mean slackjawed. The next day their first lp was on my turntable. I never bought a guess who album.
How I miss music from the 70s! I think more and more of today's kids are realizing that today's music is nothing but noise. These were real musicians who actually played their instruments and sang live. No lip-syncing and auto-tune here!
Very true. I feel so blessed that my dad had me listen to Marshall Tucker Band, Steely Dan, Toto, The Allman Bros. etc. Listening to music like this is an experience. You can't compare it to anything else. Nowadays music is just like you mentioned "noise". It's sad really how far off it's gotten away from the brick and mortar of building music.
Toy Caldwell the founder, main songwriter and lead guitar player for the MTB has always been my favorite musician. WAtching him play the blistering lead guitar with such original rifs was breathtaking. He "picked" with his thumb. This is very unusual and to watch that those strings is amazing. I cried when two people died. He was one of them.
I miss talking music with people my own age, il be 56 next month, and its kind of sad that this 70;s music is dying like the rest of us, but im going to do my best not to let that happen, im taking the highway, thanks guys for the great songs
keith welsh The good news ,Respectfully all that we grew up with 40 plus years later is embraced by 4 generations after us.. We do not have to hang our hats on where they are all now ,,As their gifts are already here, All of the kids who grew up with the 80s and 90s bands Are all now asking "Dad can I borrow your albums" So many youth wishing they were there? I reply and say okay but you would have been oblivious as the rest of us ,,until years later
Brian Penick I had to go on this trip and had a young person to go with me,he asked what kind of music I had... :), I subjected him to 3 hours of the likes of Marshal Tucker, Pure Prairie League, Black Foot, ect,and the like. his response was,"MAN! where can I get music like this?!" Its not a hopeless cause.
keith welsh Right there with you brother! I remember oh so well the first time I heard this song. Yep, we're older but there are still a few of us around! :)
Know Doug personally. All those guys are, and were great people. Highly talented, and even more friendly. Have seen several shows back stage, and mingled with the band. These guys are the epitomy of Southern Hospitality
The Allman Bros were the greatest in my book, but MTB were/are definitely underrated. This track particularly, as its is vey ambitious and strays into the realm of jazz and progressive rock. This is my fav MTB track.
I agree. I love the interview with George McCorkle where he's smiling and talking about the band's influences: George as big into blues, Toy's heavy Wes Montgomery influence, likewise Paul Riddle's heavy jazz influence in the drumming, then how Doug and Jerry were big into R&B. It all made for a great musical stew, and I'm rediscovering one of my original musical loves lately, with big smiles on MY face now.
While I never saw Toy or Tommy play, I was fortunate to see the 90s version of the band. Their music sounds as good as always.Thanks to Doug for keeping the band going and keeping their music alive. This is Southern Rock at its finest.
What a great band. Everyone in the band were/are amazing musicians. Perhaps the most difficult band to emulate in my opinion. One reason is because they played their hearts out night after night.
Man sometimes i miss the old days so bad. Both my good friends have passed , far to young. I will see them again someday hopefully they have tucker on the radio and some smoke. I’ll bring the flame.
Saw these guys outdoors on a hot, summer day in Minnesota in 1983! 16 years old and just my 2nd concert. They opened for Charlie Daniel's and spent the better part of 3 hours 10 feet from center stage with no water Just a few ice cubes that security handed out. I didn't want to lose my spot. Glad I stayed!
Happy birthday Doug I got to see the original band way back 40 years ago at the bayfront center st Petersburg fl tucker boys were great couldn't touch them in their hay day
This was such a great band I can't believe there are not more people that are fans of this music I was listening to this when I Rear-ended a state policeman trying to adjust my cassette tape. I will never regret the crash. Because the soundtrack was so great.!
Most excellent, my favorite, I saw Marshall Tucker and Lynyrd Skynyrd in Columbia SC about this year and they all came out at the end of the show and played together, I'll never forget....
Pickin' it all with his thumb, badass........"So, you want to be in this band. What instrument do you play?" Dude replies "Flute".The rest is history......
Went to see the Allmans at RKF Stadium in73 and found an event booklet on the ground , looking through it I came across an advertisement for Marshall Tucker & their first LP. Never heard of them but figured they are on Capricorn records like the Allmans were after leaving ATCO I wonder how they are. Bought that record a few days later & WOW !!!!! these guys are freakin hot & have their own sound not like the Allmans at all. I still think next to the brothers they were the best of all the bands that came after. I went to see them many times throughout the early to mid 70s and every time they just ripped the roof off. Great to see these old clips & like everyone else miss the shit out of them.
@@douglayton3498 Sorry it's a long time since i've come back to watch this gem, to answer your ? no i'm from MD. Seen MTB many times back in the day & the Allmans with Duane & Berry back at RFK in 1970 when they played what's known as The Berlin Airlift. Grand Funk was the main act up till the evening when Duane & the boys stole the show. I only mentioned ATCO as that's the label the first two Allmans Lps were on. By the way i am a guitar player & i would be happy to share one of my own tunes with you or anyone that cares to give a listen. It's just audio but at 67 i'm still playing & i stared in 67 -68. Feel free to leave a comment if you like what you hear. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RHj04fFTrZI.html ROCK ON !! Please leave comments on my site as i won't be back here for a long while even if this is additive as hell & they were one hell of a band.
This was recorded for the very first Don Kirshner's Rock Concert and it was called Saturday Night in Macon Georgia. Marshall Tucker also played with Wet Willie that weekend in Central City Park and the Wet Willie video is on youtube also. What a show. Don Kirshner was the guy who invented The Monkees and The Archies.
Folks if you can't get into this, something is way wrong . A little elixir and a left hand cigarette , listen all night long. Tommy Caldwell was an over the top sho nuff bad assed bass player. I think a jam session between him and Jimi Hendrix would have been a revelationary experience. All the great greats went on way too early.
Layla Marie MS Layla go skydiving with me! I'm in Pensacola FL. It's partly awesome with a chance of kick ass today so, pick you up at Pensacola Int'l airport?
I saw the Marshall tucker band for the first time in 1977 they opened for the grateful dead at Englishtown , New Jersey , with the new riders of the purple sage , what a great show ! One I'll never forget !
Toy Caldwell had the flu that night, it’s why he’s sweating so much on the side close up. Had always thought it was heat from the lights but it was his wife Abbie that once told me that he had the flu.
I was one of the fortunate ones to see these guys in their hey day. The most awesome group of musicians I have ever seen. I saw them several times in the 70s. Not long before he died, Toy and the band he had put together played at a small bar in Buckhead, GA. called Backtracks. Of course I was there. It was incredible to see "Mr. Thumb" play his music in a small bar and then after the show I got to sit at the bar and have a beer with him while he talked about the good old days of southern rock. One of the most memorable days of my life.
Saw these boys multiple times in Greenville-Spartanburg in 1973 and 1974. Actually we used to hook up a PA system to the turntable at Furman University and broadcast their albums all over campus!
It's a shame that todays music sucks . All manufactured auto tuned bullshit. Thank God we have bands like Blackberry Smoke , The Chris Robinson Brotherhood , Ryan Adams and others keep the real music alive and kickin' ! ! ! Peace
I was thirteen when this came out and already developed a love for southern rock. It just fit my lifestyle then. Small town,a lot of country me and my buds to explore on our bikes,and the girls werent plastic,blue haired,tatooed lard azzes like today. It was a much better time
I just bought MTB greatest hits last night. As someone who thought he knew classic rock, I am STUNNED. I had no idea that this band could rock so hard!
Absolutely awesome. I have to play this every day. Doug Gray's voice is superb and I love the way the rhythm section work so well together. It's so tight.
I saw them several times in the 70s. Once at the Ga Southern auditorium in Statesboro Ga playing with the Allman brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1974. And all three for $3.25 cents. They rocked the house down! Now days it cost 30 bucks just to park! Oh and I met my future and still present wife at that concert. Don't know if u should be happy or sad about that part, but we sure had a great time then!😏🙂🙃🙂🙃🙂🙃
I am afraid to chime in here....after ALLLLL these years of lovin' these DUDES! Do I dare tell you what I know....way back in August 1973, Chawwlutte, NC...the ole Charlotte Coliseum (I had to spell that EIGHT times to get THAT right...you got that right??? I'm talkin Marshall Tucker opening for Ronnie van Sandt and the Original Skynrd!!! I was TWELVE YEARS OLD!!! And Ronnie went wild with the mic!!!
+Julie Barringer Maybe same concert I went to. Ronnie was bad drunk, running all over the stage, he fell off. Medics took him to the hospital and never finished performing. I was 17, that was a long time ago. Teenagers today haven't any music that compares. Small world that brought me here. Peace, far out, and the alignment of the planets.
way to go Julie, saw my first concert at 16, johnny cash in okc, okla. 1975 ,aerosmith in aug 76; with starz and rick derringer,,,,,was my 2nd. keep on rockin,,,,,,,,,,just saw mtb aug 13. 2016 in kc mo, doug greys got him some new players and their good, glad they played take the highway
Skynyrd played Charlotte,N.C. on October 19th and December 30th of 1973.They started their '73 tour in September after the release of Pronounced... Just saying...
I've always liked this band . This is one of their better songs for certain . I saw them play two sold out shows in one day at Six Flags Over Mid-America near St. Louis in May of '82 . Outstanding ! I remember that they had a blind piano player with them. They had the crowd eatin' outta their hands. Another thing I remember was a fire behind their stage set and roadies scrambling with fire extinguishers putting it out . The band didn't even flinch or miss a beat .
I was a teenager in the 70s and I was able to see them every time I could and that was many times in the Bay Area. I loved them then and I love them now. Great memories that make me cry. The good old days!
Going to see them tonight. I think I've seen them in about 7 different states.for a total of 9 times over the years. Grew up listening to them. Never gets old. When traveling everytime I enter Wyoming or montana I put the CD and drive in jamming to them.
R.I.P Caldwell Brothers and I'm not sure about McCorkle. This music could never be made again because this was made when real men played real instruments.
Saw them live Feb. '74 - not long after this concert, so same lineup and vibe. John Hammond opened. Ocala Jai-Alai Fronton $4 admission - and the best concert I ever attended. Blown Away! Next best was Midnight Oil at the Hard Rock Cafe in Orlando late 90's....again Blown Away!
I was born nine years after this performance but I’ve always loved Marshall Tucker Band and would’ve loved to have witnessed this. I love the still photos from the beginning that capture the crowd and that era. Underrated song from an underrated band!
This video was my introduction to the band not too long ago when I saw it on the BBC. Didn't realize until now that they'd cut it down..........wankers!
My GOD this is great ! First time I've seen it tonight. Its so cool to keep finding these Gems from the past. I wish I was back there with all my heart. I never realized Toy picked with his Thumb, just amazing !
