Tucker rocks SPAC
by Jeff Wilkin, The Post-Star, June 19, 1979
The cowboys were out in force in Saratoga Saturday night.
Approximately 17,000 people, many sporting Western-style headgear, turned out to hear the country-bluegrass sounds of the Marshall Tucker Band.
And Tucker, whose musical roots are based in Spartanburg, S.C., gave its fans the hard-driving music it’s well known for.
The band opened a 14-song set with “A Hillbilly Song” and topped that number with “Take the Highway” and “Heard it in a Love Song.” Tucker also blasted “Ramblin’,” “Fire on the Mountain, “Running Like the Wind,” “Last of the Singing Cowboys,” and “Falling in Love with My Best Friend,” before ending the regular concert with “24 Hours at a Time.”
The cowboys brought the Southern Carolina good ole boys back for three encores, “Can’t You See,” “Searching for a Rainbow,” and “This Ole Cowboy.”
Lead singer Doug Gray, lead guitarist Toy Caldwell, and rhythm guitarist Tom Caldwell all turned in typical fine Tucker performances, and were complemented nicely by guitarist George McCorkle and Jerry Eubanks, who took saxophone and flute chores.
The tunes were all well received, and loud enough to spare. As one Tucker sound technician observed after the concert, “We like to crank it up.”
Country rockers Pure Prairie League opened for Tucker, and primed the crowd with a well-balanced program that included hits “‘Amie,” “Pickin’ to Beat the Devil,” “Kansas City Southern” and “Two Lane Highway.”
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