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The Marshall Tucker Band on Tour
Southern rock pioneers The Marshall Tucker Band have created legendary music like "Can't You See" and "Fire on the Mountain" since the '70s. While the members have changed over the years, the music that defined a generation remains the same. The rockers still energize stadiums with their iconic sound that combines rock, jazz, country, righteous guitar solos, and instrumental jam sessions. The Marshall Tucker Band hit the road in 2022 for a tour of the U.S. in celebration of 50 years of making great music. So whether you're a die-hard fan of five decades or just looking for an excellent Southern rock performance, be sure to grab tickets to see the band on their 50th Anniversary Tour. You won't be disappointed.
The Marshall Tucker Band Live in Concert
The '70s were a golden age for pop-rock music, and The Marshall Tucker Band led the charge as a new wave of Southern rock bands began to emerge. In 1972, guitarist Toy Caldwell and rhythm guitarist George McCorkle formed the six-piece in South Carolina and named the band after a blind piano tuner whose name they found inscribed on their rehearsal space key. The original lineup consisted of Caldwell, his brother Tommy Caldwell on bass, McCorkle, vocalist Doug Gray, Jerry Eubanks on flute and tenor sax, and Paul Riddle on drums. The group initially gained recognition on tour with The Allman Brothers Band and found continued success thanks to their classic Southern melodies that were perfect for radio. The group's self-titled debut album was released in March 1973 and included the hit single "Can't You See," peaking at No. 17 on the Billboard 200 chart. The Marshall Tucker Band took a brief break in 1980 after the death of bassist Tommy Caldwell, but the band was revived with a new lineup and began touring again in 1983. The group mostly stuck to their musical roots, but they did take some brief detours to explore other genres with 1998's all-blues album Face Down in the Blues and the 1999 spiritual album Gospel. Overall, The Marshall Tucker Band have released over 20 studio albums and dozens of live releases, which have collectively gone multi-platinum many times. The band remains active to this day, touring throughout the United States and celebrate their 50th anniversary on tour in 2022.
The bands show is almost as good as 38 years ago. The crowd stunk. Bands in the past talked to the crowd and the croud liked it. It's a shame that some of the crowd hasn't been to an old fassion concert.
band still plays good music//need new lead singer//overall good
The opening band, Dave Sheppard, was great. However, The Marshall Tucker Band was a BIG disappointment! "Drunk Girl" in the front row was an extreme distraction and the Lakeland Civic Center management should have thrown her out. I didn't spend over a hundred dollars for front row seats to see/hear HER perform. Band made it worse by acknowledging her and then actually handed her ANOTHER beer from the stage!
Dave Shepard and the Blues Riders opened the show, Dave is an outstanding guitarist and showmen. This was a three man act with a bass player and a great drummer. They were a tough act to follow. They played for about 45 mins and met with fans (old and new, I would be new) in the lobby and signed autographs. Very nice people, superb musicians. Next came the Marshall Tucker Band, I don't remember what they opened with but it was ok, the 2nd song was Old Cowboy, the band was tight but the vocals were terrible, I thought the mic had a short in it. I was wrong, the lead singer just doesn't have a voice anymore, he does have an attitude, not a good one though. He stood up on stage and talked more than he sang. When he asked the crowd what they wanted to hear someone in the front row replied "music". He got mad, called him a smart ass and continued to berate him for the next 10 mins. They then played "Hit the Highway" in honor of the guy in the front row. This behaviour continued throughout the next 40 mins or so. The singer would pick on this guy, not sing, just belittle him. The band left the stage at one point so he could just ramble about how they could play all night yet we weren't seeing it. He kept asking what we wanted to hear but didn't want to sing "Love Song" finally he did and stopped half way through to rant about why he shouldn't have to finish. This was one of the worst show I've ever been to, many people including myself left early. I think it's time to hang up the reigns...
i saw this band at the manatee civic center a few years ago and the same thing happened, the singer can not sing any longer. it is so sad. otherwise, it was a pleasant night. he needs to keep talking to the audience, keeping the beat and let his fellow musicians sing his lines as they do still have some talent. Also, too much mentioning of deaths - that have impacted the band members lately.
The band was good. Doug Gray was not good. I'm not sure if he forgot the words or was drunk.
The music was great. The lead singer didn't have his voice. He should have let the other members of the band sing his songs since they all had great singing voices. The set was way too short. Less than 90 minutes. And about a third of that time was taken up by the lead singer blabbing on and on. Maybe that was why his singing voice was shot. He talks too much. Not a good show. No fire on the mountain either.
This was the worst concert I have ever been to. The lead singer cannot sing anymore, they only played 4 or 5 songs.The lead singer was more interested in messing around with the ladies in the audience or talking. I did not pay money to hear that I and the rest of the audience were there to hear some good music. I have listened to this band for over 30 years I was so dissapointed I will never go see them again i"ll just listen to my cds instead. By the way Charlie Daniels puts on a better show at least he can still sing.
Great concert! The keyboard player was very talented. The lead singer needs to keep quiet and let the other guy take over the show.
The show was good when they played but i really didn't care for the stand up comedy show. far too much talking going on. they should have played a short set or take a break 1/2 way thru
Location was fine but disappointed with the band. They didn't play very long at all. Songs they did play were great.
Having been a lo-o-o-ongtime MTB fan and multiple concert attendee (although my last encounter was in 1989), I was shocked and dismayed at their pathetic performance in Snoqualmie. Maybe 1 hr. and 15 min. with no encore would've been adequate had it been loaded from top to bottom with hits, but instead, vocally-challenged frontman Doug Gray bantered mindlessly (and tried to sing solo without the band ... ouch!) for at least 30 of those minutes. The other musicians (Marcus Henderson and Rick Willis, in particular) were outstanding performers when Doug got out of their way and let them handle the singing. But as it was, I couldn't believe this was the group that used to roll a couple of hours or more with amazing muscial wizardry and a minimum of on-stage distractions. I was truly and deeply saddened. Either clean it up, Doug, or let MTB RIP.
The concert was good. Could of been better if there was less talk and more music. and less drunks. Also the seats could of been just alittle bet more apart.
I have waited too long to see Marshall Tucker!! I have always loved their music. And as for the band playing, they were fabulous, but the singing was not there. And i think we were lucky to get 6 songs in all and the rest was talk talk talk...worst concert i have ever been too..so glad i did not pay lots of money for this one.
Too Much Talk ?.Not enough Music for a Southern Rock Show. Nice venue though.
The lead singer and front man was either drunk or way past his prime, or maybe both. When he sang their signature piece, "Heard It In a Love Song," the words were unintelligible. He was more interested in getting the women to adore him, wrapping their arms around his legs while he made lewd remarks, than he was in entertaining the audience. He enjoyed telling us, twice at least, maybe more if I missed some, that he was 61 years old. The musicians were excellent, especially the lead guitarist and the flute player. We enjoyed the music and endured the monologues between pieces. I'm glad we have their work on recordings so we won't have to put up with that guy again.
The show started out good, even excellent. Pretty much what you would expect. After a few songs, it hit a BUMP and never got on track again. The bump was Doug Gray and it didn't matter to him if anyone had a good time except his self. Would have been better off staying home, listening to records with some friends. Will not go to another show of the Marshall Tucker Band. Too many good bands that want and do put on great shows and play great music.
True, the two lead Tucker boys have passed on, but many bands have lived on with some great replacements. If the replacements would have simply sang the songs, we would have been happy. But no. We ended up walking out less than 45 minutes into the show. We kept hoping the show would get better. The only original band member was a terrible singer and was clearly on an ego trip. Or perhaps he was just smashed. The guy playing the sax had good vocals, but we didn't get to hear much from him. Instead, it was like listening to a bad jam session. Or bad karaoke. Altogether, too bad. We were really looking forward to it. Way past time to wrap up touring guys. Consider our ticket cost a contribution to your retirement fund.
Much anticipated evening out to watch and listen to this famous, Southern Rock band. After the first song, we sat and endured numerous, drawn-out chatter from the lead singer, which for the most part was incomprehensible. The band was tight, but the lead singer destroyed the evening by continuously interrupting the music to vocalize nonesense. Many folks left but we stayed; however, we would not recommend seeing this band until the lead singer steps aside.
The music was what I remembered and hoped for, but the lead singer nearly ruined the show. He was entertaining alright, but was either drunk or high. He talked more than he sang, and ruined more than one song by not keeping up with the band. He also held the microphone out for the audience to sing nearly as much as he sang. It started to look like a cover up for him forgetting the words. He - sort of - sang, half talked, some bluesy thing for something like 20 minutes. With all the endless gabbing, I think we caught an hour of the show and heard 4 songs. Sound manager also had some problems. During one song the lead singer’s mic seemed to go up and down and out. We couldn’t tell if the sound control was bad, or if the sound person was trying to compensate for the messing up of the singer. The rest of the band was fantastic!
