The Original Marshall Tucker Band Fan Comments

When I began this site I did not quite fathom just how much this band had touched folks. I began receiving wonderful letters and comments. I decided to share a few just to show how very special this band is.

They were incredibly talented and I would rate Toy's guitar playing up there with Clapton and Knopler. He and Tommy definitely had their own style....The world and Rock and Roll lost so very much when they were taken....Lynn Tolleson Goen

This site is awesome! So glad you created this in recognition to the original line up. Tell Abby thanks for all the sacrifices she made for us to enjoy Toy's music. Will visit everyday looking for new stuff!!!! God Bless...

MY NAME IS JOHN BREEDEN. I'M AN OLD A FRIEND OF GEORGE MCCORKLE. HE WAS AN INSPIRATION TO ME AS A FLEDGING BLUES HARP PLAYER, AND GAVE ME MANY POINTERS ON PLAYING AND PERFORMING. HE WAS GENEROUS WITH ALLOWING ME TO SIT IN WITH HIS BAND WHEN BOTH HE AND I KNEW THAT I WASN'T NEARLY GOOD ENOUGH TO DO SO. HE ALSO GAVE MY SON ONE OF HIS GUITARS WHO WASN'T QUITE OLD ENOUGH TO TRULY APPRECIATE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT ACT. GEORGE LEFT CONWAY, SOUTH CAROLINA FOR NASHVILLE AND HAS BEEN THERE EVER SINCE. GEORGE AND THE REST OF THE MTB TRULY DESERVE TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. THEIR MUSIC WAS UNIQUE AND WAS A MAJOR FORCE ALONG WITH THE ALLMAN BROTHERS AND SKYNARD IN CREATING AN ENTIRELY NEW GENRE OF MUSIC CALLED SOUTHERN ROCK.
GIVE MY BEST TO GEORGE AND GOOD LUCK IN YOUR QUEST FOR A LONG OVERDUE RECOGNITION FOR THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND.
JOHN BREEDEN

One of the original jam bands that had both blues and jazz roots. They were unforgettable if you ever experienced them live.....F. Michael Edgar

An outstanding collection of musicians that deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. They set the standard for Southern crossover rock/country music....David Dachis

MTB inspired me in my music life very much.I have always admired them with much respect. They made me realize that your goals can be reached if you reach high enough.One of the highlights in my musical career is when Toy Caldwell played a show with me one night in Spartanburg.This has been forever locked in my memory and so is MTB. Yes, they very well deserve to be inducted into the hall-of-fame."MTB forever."....C.P. Owens

The Marshall Tucker Band represents a region and era that significantly shaped and continues to influence modern rock music.....Tad Taylor

MTB is right up there with the Grateful Dead,Willie Nelson,&the Rolling Stones, Over the past 30+ years, I have danced to, fallen in love to, cried to, laughed to, & lived a fuller life to their music. The MTB is the epitomy of a truly AMERICAN rock & roll band. Thier music IS the heart & soul of this great nation! Let's get them in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame NOW!.....Catherine Jackson

Marshall Tucker, along with bands like Wet Willie, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Allmans, CDB, etc brought back Rock and Roll to it's rightful roots. They made us dance, they made us sing, but more than anything they made us Proud to be American. They sang about real things to us. They made us think, made us cry, and laugh. Marshall Tucker Band is America, they are the South. They are Legends!....... Bruce Wall

As you know The Marshall Tucker Band originated right here in Spartanburg, SC and evolved into one of the premier live rock bands of their time, touring the world and selling out Madison Square Gardens for days at a time. They took the Southern Rock sound established by the Allman Brothers in Macon, GA and blended it with their own sound and for a time were the leaders of the Southern Rock movement, inspiring may other southern bands to Southern Rock fame. But MTB went a step further than being just another rock band, they added various musical influences such as gospel, soul, classical, jazz, traditional country, blues, mountain music, red neck sangin', etc. to the basic rock licks and as a result transformed rock and roll and country music with levels of sophistication far beyond what we'd ever heard before. I suspect "the boys" didn't realized they were leading the way and transforming American music, but they did. Heck, I didn't know what they were up to at the time, I just knew they were local guys that were phenomenally good and put on one hell of a rockin' show way back before Capricorn Records ever heard of them. From the days of the Rants, to The Toy Factory Band and Pax Parachute, to The Marshall Tucker Band they were our bands (along with Uncle Walt's Band) and they were a great bunch of musicians to grow up around. We were so lucky to have this level of music in "our town" and the world of music was and still is lucky they did what they did. I once was in Nashville at a major tribute show and some big wig music guys said, " Man, all these great talents out of Spartanburg, SC, there must be something in the water there." The Marshall Tucker Band was as talented as any Spartanburg has produced......John Featherston