BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:The Marshall Tucker Band BEGIN:VEVENT UID:355192026-06-11 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260611 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260612 LOCATION:31806 Lake View Drive\nSelbyville Delaware 19975 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=31806 Lake View Drive\nSelb yville Delaware 19975;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=31806 Lake View Drive:geo: 38.466017,-75.112054 GEO:38.466017;-75.112054 SUMMARY:The Marshall Tucker Band CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:When you wake up and want to put a smile on your face\, you thi nk of\nthe songs that always manage to reach down and touch your soul the\ nmoment you hear the first note. The Marshall Tucker Band is one such\ngro up that continues to have a profound level of impact on successive\ngenera tions of listeners who’ve been \"Searchin’ for a Rainbow\" and\nfound it perfectly represented by this tried-and-true Southern\ninstitution over the decades. “I’ve been in tune with how music\ncan make you feel\, r ight from when I was first in the crib\,”\nexplains lead vocalist and ba ndleader Doug Gray\, who’s been fronting\nthe MTB since the very beginni ng. “I was born with that. And I\nrealized it early on\, back when I was a little kid and my mom and dad\nencouraged me to get up there and sing w hatever song came on the\njukebox. It got to the point where people were l istening to me more\nthan what was on the jukebox! There’s a certain gif t I found I could\nshare\, whether I was in front of five people or 20\,00 0 people. I was\nblessed with that ability and I’m thankful I can share with others.\"\nThe Marshall Tucker Band came together as a young\, hungry \, and quite\ndriven six-piece outfit in Spartanburg\, South Carolina in 1 972\, having\nduly baptized themselves with the name of a blind piano tune r after\nthey found it inscribed on a key to their original rehearsal spac e —\nand they’ve been in tune with tearing it up on live stages both b ig\nand small all across the globe ever since. Plus\, the band’s mighty\ nmusic catalog\, consisting of more than 20 studio albums and a score of\n live releases\, has racked up multi-platinum album sales many times\nover. A typically rich MTB setlist is bubbling over with a healthy\ndose of hit s like the heartfelt singalong “Heard It in a Love\nSong\,” the insist ent pleading of “Can’t You See” (the\nsignature tune of MTB’s late co-founding lead guitarist and\nthen-principal songwriter Toy Caldwell)\, the testifying “Fire on the\nMountain\,” the wanderlust gallop of “ Long Hard Ride\,” and the\nexplosive testimony of “Ramblin\,’” to name but a few. Indeed\,\nthe secret ingredient to the ongoing success of The Marshall Tucker\nBand’s influence can be seen and felt far and wide throughout many\nmainstream digital outlets (Netflix\, Amazon\, etc.). In essence\, it’s\nthis inimitable down-home sonic style that helped make t he MTB the\nfirst truly progressive Southern band to grace this nation’s \nairwaves — the proof of which can be found within the grooves and\neve r-shifting gears of “Take the Highway\,” the first song on their\nself -titled April 1973 debut album on Capricorn Records\, The Marshall\nTucker Band. “We had the commonality of having all grown up together\nin Spart anburg\,” explains Gray about his original MTB bandmates\,\nguitar wizar d Toy Caldwell and his brother\, bassist Tommy Caldwell\,\nalongside rhyth m guitarist George McCorkle\, drummer Paul T. Riddle\,\nand flautist/saxop honist Jerry Eubanks. “The framework for Marshall\nTucker’s music is m ore like a spaceship than a house\,” Gray\ncontinues\, “because you ca n look out of a lot of windows and see a\nvariety of things that show wher e we’ve been and what we’ve done\,\nand how we’ve travelled through time to bring those experiences out\nin all of our songs.” The Marshall Tucker Band’s influence can be\nfelt far and wide through many respected contemporaries and the\nartists who’ve followed the path forged by thei r collective\nfootsteps and footstomps. “MTB helped originate and person ify what\nwas to become known as Southern rock\, and I was privileged to w atch it\nall come together in the ’70s\, night after night\,” said the \nlegendary late Charlie Daniels. “In fact\, The Charlie Daniels Band\nh as played more dates with The Marshall Tucker Band over the past\nyears th an any other band we’ve ever worked with. Even after all\nthese years — after the tragedies\, the miles\, the personnel changes\,\nand the man y developments in the music business.” Daniels added that\nhe never got tired of seeing his MTB brothers on the road: “Whenever\nDoug Gray walks into my dressing room with that big ol’ smile of his\nand then we hug e ach other and sit and talk for a while\, the evening\nis complete.” “I remember seeing Marshall Tucker and The Outlaws\nplay together in Jackson ville many years ago\, when I was just a\nkid\,” recalls Lynyrd Skynyrd lead singer Johnny Van Zant. “And I\nheard them all over the radio back then too. They were just so cool\nand so unique that I fell in love with t he band\, and I also fell in\nlove with the music. Having them open for us on all those dates was\nlike a dream come true\, and they’re still as g ood as I’ve ever\nseen them. It brought back a lot of memories for me\, because I really\nlooked up to those guys when I was first starting out. ” Ed Roland\,\nthe lead vocalist and chief songwriter for Collective Sou l\, adds\n“The Marshall Tucker Band had a big influence on me and they s till\ndo.” Roland\, who’s lived the majority of his life in and around \nAtlanta\, also proudly points out that his band’s biggest hit\,\n“Sh ine\,” owes a clear debt to the musical structure of “Can’t\nYou See \,” and he’ll often start off by singing the opening line to\nthat son g — “I’m gonna take a freight train” — whenever\nCollective Soul performs “Shine” live. “We don’t want to stray\nfrom what we grew up listening to\,” Roland continues. “I think\nthat’s something imp ortant for people to hear. It’s just who we\nare\, and I don’t think w e should run from it. Hopefully\, people see\nthat southern connection to the bands we love like Marshall Tucker in\nour music.” Doug Gray sees no end to the road that lies ahead for\nThe Marshall Tucker Band\, whose leg acy is being carried forward by the\nman himself and his current bandmates \, drummer B.B. Borden (Mother’s\nFinest\, The Outlaws)\, bassist/vocali st Ryan Ware\,\nkeyboardist/saxophonist/flautist/vocalist Marcus James Hen derson\,\nguitarist/vocalist Chris Hicks\, and guitarist/ vocalist Rick Wi llis.\n“You know\, I think it was Toy Caldwell’s dad who said\,\n‘Th ere’s more to gray hair than old bones\,’ and we still have a\nlot of stories yet to tell\,” Gray concludes. “People ask me all\nthe time wh at I’m gonna do when I turn 80\, and I always say\, ‘The\nsame thing t hat we’re continuing to do now.’ We’re road\nwarriors\, there’s no doubt about that — and I don’t intend to\nslow down.” May the MTB w agon train continue running like the wind\non a long hard ride for many mo re years to come. One thing we\nabsolutely know for sure: If you heard it in a Marshall Tucker Band\nsong\, it certainly can’t be wrong. Venue: Fr eeman Arts Pavilion.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

When you wake up and want to put a smile on your face\, you think of the songs that always manage to reach down and t ouch your soul the moment you hear the first note. The Marshall Tucker Ban d is one such group that continues to have a profound level of impact on s uccessive generations of listeners who&rsquo\;ve been "\;Searchin&rsqu o\; for a Rainbow"\; and found it perfectly represented by this tried- and-true Southern institution over the decades. &ldquo\;I&rsquo\;ve been i n tune with how music can make you feel\, right from when I was first in t he crib\,&rdquo\; explains lead vocalist and bandleader Doug Gray\, who&rs quo\;s been fronting the MTB since the very beginning. &ldquo\;I was born with that. And I realized it early on\, back when I was a little kid and m y mom and dad encouraged me to get up there and sing whatever song came on the jukebox. It got to the point where people were listening to me more t han what was on the jukebox! There&rsquo\;s a certain gift I found I could share\, whether I was in front of five people or 20\,000 people. I was bl essed with that ability and I&rsquo\;m thankful I can share with others.&q uot\; The Marshall Tucker Band came together as a young\, hungry\, and qui te driven six-piece outfit in Spartanburg\, South Carolina in 1972\, havin g duly baptized themselves with the name of a blind piano tuner after they found it inscribed on a key to their original rehearsal space &mdash\; an d they&rsquo\;ve been in tune with tearing it up on live stages both big a nd small all across the globe ever since. Plus\, the band&rsquo\;s mighty music catalog\, consisting of more than 20 studio albums and a score of li ve releases\, has racked up multi-platinum album sales many times over. A typically rich MTB setlist is bubbling over with a healthy dose of hits li ke the heartfelt singalong &ldquo\;Heard It in a Love Song\,&rdquo\; the i nsistent pleading of &ldquo\;Can&rsquo\;t You See&rdquo\; (the signature t une of MTB&rsquo\;s late co-founding lead guitarist and then-principal son gwriter Toy Caldwell)\, the testifying &ldquo\;Fire on the Mountain\,&rdqu o\; the wanderlust gallop of &ldquo\;Long Hard Ride\,&rdquo\; and the expl osive testimony of &ldquo\;Ramblin\,&rsquo\;&rdquo\; to name but a few. In deed\, the secret ingredient to the ongoing success of The Marshall Tucker Band&rsquo\;s influence can be seen and felt far and wide throughout many mainstream digital outlets (Netflix\, Amazon\, etc.). In essence\, it&rsq uo\;s this inimitable down-home sonic style that helped make the MTB the f irst truly progressive Southern band to grace this nation&rsquo\;s airwave s &mdash\; the proof of which can be found within the grooves and ever-shi fting gears of &ldquo\;Take the Highway\,&rdquo\; the first song on their self-titled April 1973 debut album on Capricorn Records\, The Marshall Tuc ker Band. &ldquo\;We had the commonality of having all grown up together i n Spartanburg\,&rdquo\; explains Gray about his original MTB bandmates\, g uitar wizard Toy Caldwell and his brother\, bassist Tommy Caldwell\, along side rhythm guitarist George McCorkle\, drummer Paul T. Riddle\, and flaut ist/saxophonist Jerry Eubanks. &ldquo\;The framework for Marshall Tucker&r squo\;s music is more like a spaceship than a house\,&rdquo\; Gray continu es\, &ldquo\;because you can look out of a lot of windows and see a variet y of things that show where we&rsquo\;ve been and what we&rsquo\;ve done\, and how we&rsquo\;ve travelled through time to bring those experiences ou t in all of our songs.&rdquo\; The Marshall Tucker Band&rsquo\;s influence can be felt far and wide through many respected contemporaries and the ar tists who&rsquo\;ve followed the path forged by their collective footsteps and footstomps. &ldquo\;MTB helped originate and personify what was to be come known as Southern rock\, and I was privileged to watch it all come to gether in the &rsquo\;70s\, night after night\,&rdquo\; said the legendary late Charlie Daniels. &ldquo\;In fact\, The Charlie Daniels Band has play ed more dates with The Marshall Tucker Band over the past years than any o ther band we&rsquo\;ve ever worked with. Even after all these years &mdash \; after the tragedies\, the miles\, the personnel changes\, and the many developments in the music business.&rdquo\; Daniels added that he never go t tired of seeing his MTB brothers on the road: &ldquo\;Whenever Doug Gray walks into my dressing room with that big ol&rsquo\; smile of his and the n we hug each other and sit and talk for a while\, the evening is complete .&rdquo\; &ldquo\;I remember seeing Marshall Tucker and The Outlaws play t ogether in Jacksonville many years ago\, when I was just a kid\,&rdquo\; r ecalls Lynyrd Skynyrd lead singer Johnny Van Zant. &ldquo\;And I heard the m all over the radio back then too. They were just so cool and so unique t hat I fell in love with the band\, and I also fell in love with the music. Having them open for us on all those dates was like a dream come true\, a nd they&rsquo\;re still as good as I&rsquo\;ve ever seen them. It brought back a lot of memories for me\, because I really looked up to those guys w hen I was first starting out.&rdquo\; Ed Roland\, the lead vocalist and ch ief songwriter for Collective Soul\, adds &ldquo\;The Marshall Tucker Band had a big influence on me and they still do.&rdquo\; Roland\, who&rsquo\; s lived the majority of his life in and around Atlanta\, also proudly poin ts out that his band&rsquo\;s biggest hit\, &ldquo\;Shine\,&rdquo\; owes a clear debt to the musical structure of &ldquo\;Can&rsquo\;t You See\,&rdq uo\; and he&rsquo\;ll often start off by singing the opening line to that song &mdash\; &ldquo\;I&rsquo\;m gonna take a freight train&rdquo\; &mdash \; whenever Collective Soul performs &ldquo\;Shine&rdquo\; live. &ldquo\;W e don&rsquo\;t want to stray from what we grew up listening to\,&rdquo\; R oland continues. &ldquo\;I think that&rsquo\;s something important for peo ple to hear. It&rsquo\;s just who we are\, and I don&rsquo\;t think we sho uld run from it. Hopefully\, people see that southern connection to the ba nds we love like Marshall Tucker in our music.&rdquo\; Doug Gray sees no e nd to the road that lies ahead for The Marshall Tucker Band\, whose legacy is being carried forward by the man himself and his current bandmates\, d rummer B.B. Borden (Mother&rsquo\;s Finest\, The Outlaws)\, bassist/vocali st Ryan Ware\, keyboardist/saxophonist/flautist/vocalist Marcus James Hend erson\, guitarist/vocalist Chris Hicks\, and guitarist/ vocalist Rick Will is. &ldquo\;You know\, I think it was Toy Caldwell&rsquo\;s dad who said\, &lsquo\;There&rsquo\;s more to gray hair than old bones\,&rsquo\; and we still have a lot of stories yet to tell\,&rdquo\; Gray concludes. &ldquo\; People ask me all the time what I&rsquo\;m gonna do when I turn 80\, and I always say\, &lsquo\;The same thing that we&rsquo\;re continuing to do no w.&rsquo\; We&rsquo\;re road warriors\, there&rsquo\;s no doubt about that &mdash\; and I don&rsquo\;t intend to slow down.&rdquo\; May the MTB wago n train continue running like the wind on a long hard ride for many more y ears to come. One thing we absolutely know for sure: If you heard it in a Marshall Tucker Band song\, it certainly can&rsquo\;t be wrong. Venue: Fre eman Arts Pavilion.

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