You got it--I'm originally from NJ. Can't recall exactly when I started listening to these guys, Allman Bros, Molly Hatchet, Lynyrd Skynyrd. Probably at home in NJ of all places (WCBS-FM out of NYC), and then buying records for my 1st STEREO in Germany. But then 2 assignments @ Charleston AFB, S,C. and Keesler AFB, (Biloxi, MS) really woke me up to Southern Rock. I was blessed to see/hear them in concert in SC (forget where) long ago in 77 or 78. Remembering the show is a lost cause. Might still have the shirt, PTL!
Guys had the prettiest damn hair back in the day. I always loved the long haired dudes. I am a 72 year old girl still looking. I’m not dead but still looking! ♥️🌹♥️
Seen this band back in 75 . In those days I was into southern rock CDB,Pure Prairie League, MTB, Outlaws, 38 Special, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Lynard Skinard,ABB, that was some awesome times. 65 now and still rocking it in 2024. Hell yeah!!!
My daddy was a singer and guitar player in bands my entire childhood. MT band was one of his faves. I grew up listening to these songs ... I lost my daddy in June, cancer took him within a month of diagnosis. Listening to this song has me in tears... Rip daddy, I miss you so very much!!!
Me too,saw them blow the roof off The Lauderhill Fl.Sunrise Music Theatre in 78',University of Toledo in 79' Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston Mi 3 times.Toy was an ungodly talent.
I feel so privileged to have grown up in the 1960s and 70s when we had more hair than good sense. Did your high school have a smoking area like mine did, where teenagers could grab a cigarette between classes? Good heavens!
Same here. Graduated '76...what a crazy time it was to be alive...... As someone famous once said ....... " we are the rock n roll generation, and we are not going down lightly "......lol
I was in high school in the’70’s we had a smoking lounge outside… I would roll up pot in the papers that looked like a cigarette with a filter, and smoke pot, just a quick puff and on my way back to class. I was such a rebel. 😜
Now it's rappers, that couldn't make it, and people from Australia, singing teeny bopper music, good God, where has country music gone, I'll never lose sight😡
I pray for the families of the fallen Buddy Moody Poplaville Mississippi 69 70 Reconisance 3rd of the 187th 101st Airborne Division thanking All that served
I used to wear head phones with my cassette player riding my horse full gallop listening to this song. Whole album was fantastic. I'm 74 yrs old now. It seems as it was yesterday.
Toy was a self taught steel guitar player. He taught himself pretty damn good. By the same token, Jerry Eubanks taught himself flute in just a few hours as a matter of necessity. These guys MADE music. Southern Rock is THE best genre of music EVER.
The only thing missing from this is the late great Tommy Caldwell. One of the best bass players of his day. Sadly, his brother Toy joined him in 1993. Rest in peace!
What a great song. Holds strong after all these years. Thanks for all the people who have fought and died for our country. I’m listening to this song sitting in my truck thanks for that freedom.
Being a northeast Georgia boy, I grew up listening to them, and always loved them because I felt like they were the kind of people that I had always known
@@fmagalhaes1521 it's still open an going strong. I haven't been sice I was 10 or 12 yrs old . I'm 44 now . I live up by chase high school right across the state line . Now that you mention it , I think I'll go thus weekend. Thanks for the idea . I hope you make it back there someday soon yourself
Totally agree with the last comment. Tucker, Skynyrd, Zeppelin, Rush, The Commodores, Kool and the Gang. Music from the '70's is just the best in our lifetime. As soon as I saw that MTV shirt Doug G. was wearing, I knew this was a show after Tommy's passing. Long live Toy, Tommy and Timmy Caldwell!
44 years ago today, the heart and soul of the Marshall Tucker band died with the passing of Tommy Caldwell, the band's original bassist. The band was never quite the same after his passing IMHO. This recording is post Tommy with Franklin Wilkie on bass.
It was in 1977, I bought a vinyl album called South’s greatest hits in India without knowing anything about Southern Rock of US. I was exposed to Rock music even in India at that time and knew bands like CSNY, JETHROTULL, STONES, LZ, BEATLES and even country stars like EAGLES, John Denver, Kenny Rogers etc but never heard groups like ABB, Lynyrd Skynyrd, PPL, MTB, Outlaws , Wet Wille , ARS etc. The South’s Greatest hits album had many of these bands and opened a new musical window for me . These bands had soul, blues, rock and country genres wrapped up seamlessly. Guitars could be heavy, bluesy or twangy. In addition m Piano ,Harmonica ,banjo, fiddle and even flute were used frequently and percussion was propulsive. The vocals could be sad, bluesy, joyous and sometimes loud . The first time experience of listening to Midnight Rider, Jessica, Can’t you see, Sweet Home Alabama, Fire on the mountain, There goes another love song , Annie etc was mesmerising My musical adventures continued with Alt Country / Americana bands like Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Son Volt, Jayhawks , Whiskey town . But since last 10 yrs or so there has been nothing much or interesting to look forward to in Rock music as a whole with some exceptions like Greta Van Fleet, The White Stripes and some neo psych rock bands like BJM, Black Angels which are rather obscure but easy to find on You Tube or streaming services .
I've been listening to Marshall Tucker band since I was in the womb and still listing through all my 38 years so far . My generation definitely doesn't know how to make good music like this !
Fun Fact:Toy Caldwell had purchased his steel guitar the day before Fire on the Mountain was recorded. He did not know how to play one but figured that standard guitar riffs would suffice & played the song as released. He did not know that the instrument was not tuned & was still able to make a great song.
Keeping a steel guitar in tune is tricky even for experienced players. First, you have to acclimate it to the room or weather outside. Next you tune the 10 strings on the neck and then you tune the pedals and knee levers. He was playing on the E9 neck. You can play 80% of the type of fills he was doing on just 4 strings. The lower neck is the C6 neck and is used for jazz, western swing and honky tonk. There’s some preferences on tuning like temper tuning where you tune some of the strings not on 440 so they don’t clash as a particular string becomes a different voice (3rd, #5 etc) when you combine the pedals a different way. Now you have these nice $15 tuners where you can tune an individual note from 430 to 450. Back in the day, we didn’t have all the gachetry widely available. When your steel started going out of tune in middle of a gig, you had to use your ear and try your best. Gets complicated. Steel players are like chess players at 2 am in the morning!
I Hunted the bottoms of West Tennessee with my father in the 80s. More than once early in September while in the woods searching for a place to put a deer stand we ran into patches of weed. Dad always went high alert when this happened. This song always reminds me of that part of my youth.
Im 66 and I have seen MTB from early on until the last time I saw them in 99 at Clear Lake Cal. with Charley Daniels and Molly Hatchet and the band was just a shell of is original self. I remember being heartbroke.
I find it ironic that two bands that play the flute: Marshall Tucker Band, and Jethro Tull, but neither band ever had a member named Marshall Tucker or Jethro Tull, SEMPER Fi Toy, my fellow USMC Devil Dog, we all miss you, and your brothers
First Album I listened to was Marshall Tucker-1975-First concert as well-I can still see Toy sitting there playing that still guitar more than 45 years later.
Song always makes me “feel” as if I’m riding my favorite horse on a trail in the Rocky Mountains, I think it’s because of the “loping along” rhythm section. So relaxing…😘
Raised on this.Im a southern rocker and I have a chance to play in a country band.I came across this vid because it's a song I've got to learn.So I look for covers to get ideas for the guitar parts of songs I need to know.And this right here helped me so much thank you.Good job.
Saw them when they first came out at benefit concert sponsored by KGB FM 101.5 in Torry Pines California, San Diego. They were the opening act for Santana, when Santana was done everyone wanted Marshall Tucker to come back out. The tickets cost one dollar and a penny.
One of the greatest bands ever, saw them many times throughout the 70s and 80s , had the honor of meeting George and Doug , nicest guys ever , RIP Tommy, Toy and George , ride in peace my friends
I saw them with ABB, Elvin Bishop, and Wet Willie at one of the Champagne Jams. I remember hearing on the radio that Tommy had been killed and that was one of only two times I have cried over a musical act. The first time I cried was a couple years before. I'll let yall figure that one out.
Doug Gray wearing a MTV shirt, MTV just launched 3 days prior on August 1st, 1981 😎
I just made that same observation and now reading the comments see your post.
I noticed that too
This new generation can't make music this good.
New generation = no talent.
No they can’t!!
The ones that can don't get attention.
No truer words have ever been spoken
Iisten to Marcus Kimg, Tadeschi Trucks Band, Dwight Yokam, Marty Stewart, Malted Milk, The New Mastersounds
Who in there right mind doesn't love Marshall Tucker Band 2024. One of the best bands ever.
Our generation had the greatest music ever and here is one of the greatest
How's it going art, Bruce here
Im 73 years old. I love mtb. I'm a Southern rock junkie
You got it--I'm originally from NJ. Can't recall exactly when I started listening to these guys, Allman Bros, Molly Hatchet, Lynyrd Skynyrd. Probably at home in NJ of all places (WCBS-FM out of NYC), and then buying records for my 1st STEREO in Germany. But then 2 assignments @ Charleston AFB, S,C. and Keesler AFB, (Biloxi, MS) really woke me up to Southern Rock. I was blessed to see/hear them in concert in SC (forget where) long ago in 77 or 78. Remembering the show is a lost cause. Might still have the shirt, PTL!
Better Days and Nights, Okfuskee Co.
63... yeeehawww😊
Vote blue
@@robertmaynard4265 hahaha 😆 🤣 😂
My 4 year old thoroughly enjoyed this. "Dad they sang that good"
Nothing better than good ole Southern Rock! Born in 1966, grew up on this kind of music.
Me too
I've seen them on someone front porch in spartanburg, SC. In 1974 my cousin dated one of them
started way before that
Guys had the prettiest damn hair back in the day. I always loved the long haired dudes. I am a 72 year old girl still looking. I’m not dead but still looking! ♥️🌹♥️
I loved the hair styles back then!
Ain't nothin better than old southern rock. Never gets old.
Seen this band back in 75 . In those days I was into southern rock CDB,Pure Prairie League, MTB, Outlaws, 38 Special, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Lynard Skinard,ABB, that was some awesome times. 65 now and still rocking it in 2024. Hell yeah!!!
Me too! I'm 65 also. Never met you but we sure had some fun didn't we?!!?
The good stuff !
Glad we could live to tell about it. Let's do it again shall we?
.38 Special still tours,Super Good compared to others
Please don’t hold your breath, it’s dangerous at this age.
My daddy was a singer and guitar player in bands my entire childhood. MT band was one of his faves. I grew up listening to these songs ... I lost my daddy in June, cancer took him within a month of diagnosis. Listening to this song has me in tears... Rip daddy, I miss you so very much!!!
The original MTB is probably my favorite band ever. Been a fan since the 70's.
The original was the best!
Me too,saw them blow the roof off The Lauderhill Fl.Sunrise Music Theatre in 78',University of Toledo in 79'
Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston Mi 3 times.Toy was an ungodly talent.
NEW BIRTH One of the BEST GROUPS IN THE 70’s!!! Beautiful Song and WILDFLOWER!!!
I feel so privileged to have grown up in the 1960s and 70s when we had more hair than good sense. Did your high school have a smoking area like mine did, where teenagers could grab a cigarette between classes? Good heavens!
And even in the 80s in Las Vegas
Got suspended more than once. Lol
We might be old but our music doesn't suck.
Same here. Graduated '76...what a crazy time it was to be alive......
As someone famous once said ....... " we are the rock n roll generation, and we are not going down lightly "......lol
I was in high school in the’70’s we had a smoking lounge outside… I would roll up pot in the papers that looked like a cigarette with a filter, and smoke pot, just a quick puff and on my way back to class. I was such a rebel. 😜
I listen to Marshall Tucker Band almost daily. I’m 50 yrs. Old.
71 yrs old!
Me too 67
The Hawk Tuah Girl was a twinkle in her mama's and daddy's eyes at this point
Me too, I’m 76.
I'm 29 and just discovered this treasure. ❤
We were damn lucky to have grown up with this music. What a great time to be a kid.
one of the alltime greatest groups in music history. everything they did was fantastic. God i miss those days.
Now it's rappers, that couldn't make it, and people from Australia, singing teeny bopper music, good God, where has country music gone, I'll never lose sight😡
Old man stop pretending you have any clue RE current music
Good country now is as good as ever. Turn off the radio.
. Guaranteed way more than you
You ain't mad, are you city boy 🤣😂😅🥃
@@lockandloadlikehell, you ain't mad, are you city boy 😅😂🤣🥃
God bless America when a flag was your right to having a good time with good people
I pray for the families of the fallen Buddy Moody Poplaville Mississippi 69 70 Reconisance 3rd of the 187th 101st Airborne Division thanking All that served
I used to wear head phones with my cassette player riding my horse full gallop listening to this song. Whole album was fantastic. I'm 74 yrs old now. It seems as it was yesterday.
The distinctive sound of these boys lives forever
Many a jack frank to this tune
Toy was a self taught steel guitar player. He taught himself pretty damn good.
By the same token, Jerry Eubanks taught himself flute in just a few hours as a matter of necessity. These guys MADE music. Southern Rock is THE best genre of music EVER.
We are now the old kids on the block and are getting to the ends of our lives as well. My friends are going faster than I could ever imagine. SO SAD
Even after all these years they still sound great marshal tucker would be proud
Great song. Marshall tucker band and allman brothers band are the very best southern rock has to offer my personal opinion
The only thing missing from this is the late great Tommy Caldwell. One of the best bass players of his day. Sadly, his brother Toy joined him in 1993. Rest in peace!
What a great song. Holds strong after all these years. Thanks for all the people who have fought and died for our country. I’m listening to this song sitting in my truck thanks for that freedom.
This is my favorite Marshall tucker band song. Love this band!
Being a northeast Georgia boy, I grew up listening to them, and always loved them because I felt like they were the kind of people that I had always known
There is a unity among the mountain folks that flatlanders just never understand
Two great musicians of multiple instruments and genres.
Spartanburg South Carolinas pride an joy right here
I need to get back up to Spartanburg and go to The Beacon!!! It has been 30 years.
@@fmagalhaes1521 it's still open an going strong. I haven't been sice I was 10 or 12 yrs old . I'm 44 now . I live up by chase high school right across the state line . Now that you mention it , I think I'll go thus weekend. Thanks for the idea . I hope you make it back there someday soon yourself
You beat me to it!
@@fmagalhaes1521what is the beacon?
@@jeffalbillar7625 The Beacon is restaurant famous for their burgers and other stuff. It is in Spartanburg, SC.
Better times, better music, better life.
Totally agree with the last comment. Tucker, Skynyrd, Zeppelin, Rush, The Commodores, Kool and the Gang. Music from the '70's is just the best in our lifetime. As soon as I saw that MTV shirt Doug G. was wearing, I knew this was a show after Tommy's passing. Long live Toy, Tommy and Timmy Caldwell!
Thank you for this, Annie. Yes, we can always sing. ❤
The 70s were touched by the hand of God!
44 years ago today, the heart and soul of the Marshall Tucker band died with the passing of Tommy Caldwell, the band's original bassist. The band was never quite the same after his passing IMHO. This recording is post Tommy with Franklin Wilkie on bass.
Brings tears to my eyes.A generation gone.
We are still here listening. And dancing.
Damn, I truly miss these guys. Still heart broken!
Hell yeah! From my high school days 74 to 78 loved Marshall Tucker rip toy!
It was in 1977, I bought a vinyl album called South’s greatest hits in India without knowing anything about Southern Rock of US. I was exposed to Rock music even in India at that time and knew bands like CSNY, JETHROTULL, STONES, LZ, BEATLES and even country stars like EAGLES, John Denver, Kenny Rogers etc but never heard groups like ABB, Lynyrd Skynyrd, PPL, MTB, Outlaws , Wet Wille , ARS etc. The South’s Greatest hits album had many of these bands and opened a new musical window for me . These bands had soul, blues, rock and country genres wrapped up seamlessly. Guitars could be heavy, bluesy or twangy. In addition m Piano ,Harmonica ,banjo, fiddle and even flute were used frequently and percussion was propulsive. The vocals could be sad, bluesy, joyous and sometimes loud . The first time experience of listening to Midnight Rider, Jessica, Can’t you see, Sweet Home Alabama, Fire on the mountain, There goes another love song , Annie etc was mesmerising
My musical adventures continued with Alt Country / Americana bands like Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Son Volt, Jayhawks , Whiskey town .
But since last 10 yrs or so there has been nothing much or interesting to look forward to in Rock music as a whole with some exceptions like Greta Van Fleet, The White Stripes and some neo psych rock bands like BJM, Black Angels which are rather obscure but easy to find on You Tube or streaming services .
I've been listening to Marshall Tucker band since I was in the womb and still listing through all my 38 years so far . My generation definitely doesn't know how to make good music like this !
Fun Fact:Toy Caldwell had purchased his steel guitar the day before Fire on the Mountain was recorded.
He did not know how to play one but figured that standard guitar riffs would suffice & played the song as released.
He did not know that the instrument was not tuned & was still able to make a great song.
Keeping a steel guitar in tune is tricky even for experienced players. First, you have to acclimate it to the room or weather outside.
Next you tune the 10 strings on the neck and then you tune the pedals and knee levers. He was playing on the E9 neck. You can play 80% of the type of fills he was doing on just 4 strings. The lower neck is the C6 neck and is used for jazz, western swing and honky tonk.
There’s some preferences on tuning like temper tuning where you tune some of the strings not on 440 so they don’t clash as a particular string becomes a different voice (3rd, #5 etc) when you combine the pedals a different way. Now you have these nice $15 tuners where you can tune an individual note from 430 to 450. Back in the day, we didn’t have all the gachetry widely available. When your steel started going out of tune in middle of a gig, you had to use your ear and try your best.
Gets complicated. Steel players are like chess players at 2 am in the morning!
M70 and I am southern rock junkie 2 and I'm so happy I got this little and the days that it was playing and we have the great bands
I Hunted the bottoms of West Tennessee with my father in the 80s. More than once early in September while in the woods searching for a place to put a deer stand we ran into patches of weed. Dad always went high alert when this happened. This song always reminds me of that part of my youth.
As a northern Michigan man, I feel ya brother!
East Tenn. I'm young at 54. Cousins much older. Was fortunate they taught me family music Carry
Remember when all these songs and bands were and still are top shelf
You gotta love Beth she always gives 200%.... Please tell me she did... "Am I the One" ❤
This song kicks ass... Long Live Southern Rock...
Saw this band in 1975. Saw them again in 2013.
Doug is the only survivor
And still they rock on!
Is Paul Riddle gone?
I don't think so. He's just not with the group. @@stevenbaggett6549
@@stevenbaggett6549paul is gone but still alive.
Im 66 and I have seen MTB from early on until the last time I saw them in 99 at Clear Lake Cal. with Charley Daniels and Molly Hatchet and the band was just a shell of is original self. I remember being heartbroke.
I find it ironic that two bands that play the flute: Marshall Tucker Band, and Jethro Tull, but neither band ever had a member named Marshall Tucker or Jethro Tull, SEMPER Fi Toy, my fellow USMC Devil Dog, we all miss you, and your brothers
Hell yes!
I saw Charlie and Marshall Tucker in concert at Parade stadium I’m Minneapolis in the 80’s…most wonderful memory
This is one of the best bands ever. Raw talent. And every song is totally different from the other. My favorite band.
Saw them in 71 with Charlie Daniel's and elven bishop best concert of my life
Absolutely one of my favorite bands! If this music doesn't get your toes tapping or your two step/swing Jones going we can't be friends!
SOUTHERN ROCK RULES
now that's their best vocalist by far!!!!
Look how beautiful crowds were before the chemicals in our foods made us all old too fast. 😢
We had the best music 🎶 🎶
Makes getting old worth it.
Notice he's wearing a MTV shirt I think that station only started like 2 months earlier. Man I love this rock
Incredible band and song.
Unbelievable song an group.
I'm 72 now and I've seen a BOAT load of shows. Seen MTB twice , once with Charlie Daniels. Great shows and great times. 🎶🇺🇸😎
Wow !
Good song that brings back memories.
This songs energy is incredible, almost indescribable
This is so raw and so right. Out of the park.
This music comes from the heart these guys know what they're singing
Saw 'em live once. Don't get no better!
I saw them on the southern comfort tour with Charlie Daniels and Lynyrd Skynyrd one of the best ever
Fishing with Toy was a great time many trips and many great stories, I will always remember those times when he was just Toy with a pole in his hand
Real music miss it
I saw them locally more than once. I always thought they were feeling the freedom of the music as much as I was.
Real talent, real music, real intertainment. The happiest days were when love songs made your heart sing and told you a real story.❤
Thank you & the boys, for sharing your tunes.
First Album I listened to was Marshall Tucker-1975-First concert as well-I can still see Toy sitting there playing that still guitar more than 45 years later.
I regret not seeing the original band back when they were still together.
This ole boy does a good job on the vocals
You guys made Spartanburg, SC proud.
Song always makes me “feel” as if I’m riding my favorite horse on a trail in the Rocky Mountains, I think it’s because of the “loping along” rhythm section. So relaxing…😘
Raised on this.Im a southern rocker and I have a chance to play in a country band.I came across this vid because it's a song I've got to learn.So I look for covers to get ideas for the guitar parts of songs I need to know.And this right here helped me so much thank you.Good job.
Saw them when they first came out at benefit concert sponsored by KGB FM 101.5 in Torry Pines California, San Diego. They were the opening act for Santana, when Santana was done everyone wanted Marshall Tucker to come back out. The tickets cost one dollar and a penny.
So much amazing talent with us with Toy and George now gone. Hopefully new generations will find what the greatest Southern rock band was.
The pride of Spartinburg, SC
Love the music of the Marshall Tucker Band ♥️♥️🎤🎸🎶🎵🎼🌟⭐️💫
Memories of seeing these guys live...
Damn sure the good old days
Gosh, I got all emotional looking at how the young guys were. I sure miss Toy. Doug still sounds great. Love these guys always❤
Your friend would be proud. Excellent
I went to junior high school in Spartanburg with some of the original members. I loved them.
One of the greatest bands ever, saw them many times throughout the 70s and 80s , had the honor of meeting George and Doug , nicest guys ever , RIP Tommy, Toy and George , ride in peace my friends
We put Donna Summer in Dolly Parton in the rock and roll Fame but not Marshall Tucker WTF
Right? W.T.F. is right.
LOVE that voice!
This brings back such great memories. Glad this showed up my feed.
They have forever blown my mind ❤ BOOGIE AMERICA 🇺🇸 These bands are our baby boomers' legends forever 💙
A lot of great free concerts in Virginia Beach 1990s at the 24th Street stage. Thank you so much
Saw them for free Willimantic CT the green
I wish I'd been around in the 70s for one reason only: the music. Seems like none of it sucked back then.
Yeah it did start to suck in the later half of the 70s when the Disco garbage came on the scene
Rest in peace Toy and Tommy Caldwell
I saw them with ABB, Elvin Bishop, and Wet Willie at one of the Champagne Jams.
I remember hearing on the radio that Tommy had been killed and that was one of only two times I have cried over a musical act.
The first time I cried was a couple years before. I'll let yall figure that one out.
Terry Kath?
Todays music is all the same sound, in our day bands had their own sound and you knew who was who by their sound