- Included among the Record Descriptions of Favorite Albums (Part 1).
- The Marshall Tucker Band is one of the leading Southern rock bands of the 1970’s and hails from Spartanburg, SC.
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The Marshall Tucker Band – Long Hard Ride (1976): The Marshall Tucker Band is one of the leading Southern rock bands of the 1970’s and hails from Spartanburg, SC. An old warehouse that they had rented for a rehearsal space had the name “Marshall Tucker” inscribed on the door key. Without knssssssdowing who or what the name represented, the band decided to take that name; Marshall Tucker turned out to be a blind piano tuner from Columbia, SC. The Marshall Tucker Band formed in 1972 as a sextet; while the band is still active, only lead vocalist Doug Gray is still in the lineup.
Long Hard Ride is the band’s fifth album and is a solid performance with more of a country flavor than most of their music. Their next album, Carolina Dreams (1977) features their biggest hit song, the Top 15 “Heard it in a Love Song”.