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ElkTwin · 01-23-2023, 06:40 PM

Jan 20. 99 years young. He was a blind piano tuner in South Carolina. The band didn’t know he was a real person when they named the band; they saw his name on a key and thought it sounded cool.

TommyBB · 01-23-2023, 07:12 PM

Saw that. Dude lived a life, that's for certain.

KatDad · 01-24-2023, 12:39 PM

RIP Mr. Tucker. Your namesake band is not only great, it's also the only other band besides Jethro Tull to prominently include a flute as a regular part of its instrumentation.

hermit · 01-24-2023, 01:13 PM

https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/m...band-has-died/

Great story.

jeepdad · 01-24-2023, 01:57 PM

That's cool. Growing up in NC near the South Carolina line we would hit Spartanburg on the weekends. Marshall Tucker was playing in the local haunts in those days. Loved those guys they had such a distinct sound. I remember when Toy's brother, Tommy died after a car accident; the band was never the same after that.

gumby · 01-24-2023, 04:09 PM

Wow, I never knew any of that. Very cool.

01-23-2023, 06:40 PM	#1
ElkTwin Ungulate in Chief Club Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 2,707	RIP Marshall Tucker Jan 20. 99 years young. He was a blind piano tuner in South Carolina. The band didn’t know he was a real person when they named the band; they saw his name on a key and thought it sounded cool.

01-23-2023, 07:12 PM	#2
TommyBB Editor-in-Chief Herf God Join Date: Aug 1998 Location: Metairie, LA Posts: 86,661	Saw that. Dude lived a life, that's for certain. __________________ +In Memory of E.Guevara(Cubano67)W.Orlando(Shadow) A.Morris (Knife) D.Odom (dodom) D.Revermann (dgr) S.Bouchard (sb1396) M.Cole (Matt76) S.Faccenda (TOJE) R.Smith(IBMer) V.Vandermeer (van55)M.Davis(boxdoctor)S.Singer(bassman)K.Doetze l (drillrk1)D.Hart(garme1962)J.Coleman(John C 81)T.Gossett(Dartplayer1)J.Bolt (jb)E.J.Ferralles(CaballoPinto)M.Cataldo(FVFanMC)K Payne(SanchoPanza)F.Seltzer(Mowee)+LB+Connor Olson+Micah Kercheval+Maggie Bonefas+Karen

01-24-2023, 12:39 PM	#3
KatDad Herf God Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Overland Park, Kansas Posts: 30,276	RIP Mr. Tucker. Your namesake band is not only great, it's also the only other band besides Jethro Tull to prominently include a flute as a regular part of its instrumentation. __________________ The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it George Bernard Shaw The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it H. L. Mencken The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants Albert Camus The Land of the Free Because of the Brave

01-24-2023, 01:13 PM	#4
hermit Club Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ascension Parish Posts: 3,857	https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/m...band-has-died/ Great story. __________________ "Civility is an illusion; savagery is the default state of humanity." - Quinlan “Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and the dangerous nonsense they are teaching our children. In an age of artificial intelligence, they are creating artificial stupidity.” Thomas Sowell

01-24-2023, 01:57 PM	#5
jeepdad Club Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Stafford, VA Posts: 2,687	That's cool. Growing up in NC near the South Carolina line we would hit Spartanburg on the weekends. Marshall Tucker was playing in the local haunts in those days. Loved those guys they had such a distinct sound. I remember when Toy's brother, Tommy died after a car accident; the band was never the same after that. Last edited by jeepdad; 01-24-2023 at 01:59 PM.

01-24-2023, 04:09 PM	#6
gumby Contributing Editor MOM November 2012 Emeritus Honorary MOM November 2021 Herf God Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Republic of Texas Posts: 47,297	Wow, I never knew any of that. Very cool. __________________ I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. Thomas Jefferson

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