Marshall Tucker Band - 1979-01-19 - Albuquerque, NM (SBD)

Marshall Tucker Band
1979-01-19
Albuquerque, NM
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Fly Like An Eagle
02. Long Hard Ride
03. Heard It In A Love Song
04. Dream Lover
05. Blue Ridge Mountain Skies
06. Hillbilly Band
07. Can't You See
08. I'll Be Lovin' You
09. Fire On The Mountain
10. Ramblin' On My Mind
11. 24 Hours At A Time
12. This Ol' Cowboy (Doug vocals)
13. Desert Skies
14. Searchin' For A Rainbow

Marshall Tucker Band - 1979-01-19 - Albuquerque, NM (SBD)

1970s - #2: The late 1970s and early 1980s were a difficult time for Southern Rock. The genre began to fall out of favor with the rise of punk and new wave music. Lynyrd Skynyrd fell victim to a tragic plane crash in 1977, which killed band members Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines. The Allman Brothers dissolved, reformed and then dissolved again. Capricorn Records, which was the home to the Allmans and a host of other southern rock artists, including the Marshall Tucker Band,, collapsed in 1979 due to financial issues. The MTB would suffer its own tragedy just 4 months into the decade of the 80s, when bassist Tommy Caldwell died in an auto accident. Lead guitarist Toy Caldwell would leave the band 4 years later. Southern Rock, which has risen to prominence in the middle of the 1970s, would never again be the same. When the Marshall Tucker Band took the stage on January 19, 1979, 38 years ago today, however, they probably could not have imagined the difficult times to come. Or maybe they had an inkling, as their last song of the night was Searching For Rainbow, implying looking for better times in the future.  Download this soundboard recording and decide for yourself.