Kids, if you want a group of men to look up to ,look at these men . Several members of this band went to Vietnam and came back and formed the mtb ,Toy Caldwell earned a purple heart and went back to his unit and finished his time out! These are what men are kids. Good job Jamal !
This is one of those songs you just get lost in. If you listen to this while your driving, you will drive right past your exit and not realize until you are four exits later.
Toy lost both his younger brothers within a month of each other to car accidents. He was also a United States Marine Corps Vietnam War combat vet (WIA). That's him singing with incredible soul and thumbpicking that beautiful Gibson Les Paul. Thank you for everything brother. Rest easy.
Wow somebody knows what they're talkin about good to say good to see how much respect brother I thought the world of toy he was an amazing musician amazing had a voice and could play that guitar share could have you heard Virginia
I met the Marshall Tucker Band in 1978. They came into my mother's clothing store in NC. She ended up inviting them to dinner at our house. What a great night and I still have my autographed Carolina Dreams album!
I met them in the 90's in Laughlin, Nevada. Talked with them for a few minutes, and invited them up to my little tourist town for a meal at the restaurant I worked at the next day, but, unfortunately, they were on the road, and on a tight schedule. I was impressed with how friendly and down-to-Earth they were; I believe they would have come up if they had the time.
i've been listening to this song for 47 years and it moves me just as much now as the first time i ever heard it . so powerful . dam it's just soo good. ..
That's a great song there's no doubt about it no doubt about it course I lock all the Marshall Tucker I love Charlie Daniels on 24 hours for the town and my running with the wind and how can you forget Virginia have you heard Virginia and a while maybe you should play
In the early 80’s they stayed at a hotel I cheffed at and they really were digging on the lunch I prepared them.... they asked me to come out of the kitchen and sit with them and when they were done... they laid two first row front center tickets on me for that evenings show. Some real down to earth country boys.
tifreire1 ....lol, you think I remember what they ate, lol... they ordered off the menu...AM cooks already left and the PM hadn’t come in yet so I took care of their order..... timing is everything I guess.
One of the greatest bands ever! As one guy posted here these dudes formed this super group from scratch no computers, no teachers, no ability to instantly access “ how to “ information just pure raw talent! Plus several of them fought in Vietnam. There will never again be groups like the groups from the 60 s and 70s, EVER!!
There are few things in the world, I admire more than someone saying SO much in such simple way! I was buggin my Daddy to play MTB´s "How can I slow down?" every time he had a party with his biker friend´s , he told me I had to wait till it was the right time, but he played it, after calling me up on the mic, so I would´nt miss it! Man....
Such a tragic story about this band they are the catalyst of southern rock this band gave Charlie Daniels $1000.00 so they could afford go on tour and open for them in the early 70’s. You can never go back to your original music after listening to these guys best southern blues rock you will ever hear we’re glad you have come into the light....
I don't think there's a bad Marshall Tucker song ever running with the wind and how about Virginia have you heard Virginia and a while and then maybe you need to try that again
I can never get enough of you breaking down the difference between “Lawd” and “Lord.” I totally get it, but make no mistake about it; you’re educating the masses.
Toy Caldwell(singing lead) wrote the song. The lyrics are noted as being dark, reflecting heartache and "a man running as far away as he can to begin the process of healing himself".
Yeah there is s 20+ minute live version the one on the album is just under 15 minutes that is the short version . Yes Outlaws "Green Grass and High Tides.
This was my dad’s band we saw them a bunch of times together when he was alive and when he passed years ago I couldn’t listen to them anymore but lately I can bring myself to listen again with a smile on my face and remember all the good times! Love this band and so happy I don’t shed tears anymore when listening...
Jamel you nailed the emotion of this song. I fell in love with a girl when I was 18 and almost married her before she called it off. Hurt to the core. 30 yrs later she died in a car wreck and when I got the news I was listening to the radio and heard this song. It put all my feelings in place. I love this song and it will always be special to me.
Jamal I am simply amazed at the songs you choose to review. This is one of the cream of the crop in the Southern Rock genre. Kudos for your open mind, and expression of your feelings.
Man, this makes me wanna fire up some " Tuesdays Gone" " Ballad of Curtis Lowe " " Whippin Post" " Soulshine " " Have u ever seen th rain?" Hell, I could listen 2 Creedence, Skynyrd & Allmans till Judgement Day!🍻🍸
Ballad of Curtis Lowe, the best love song ever written. If you want something similar and obscure, back during Kenny Rogers' rock period he fronted a band called The First Edition. They did a song called Ruben James which was amazing. The two songs they were best known for was Just Dropped In (about trippin', best heard on good headphones because there's a part where the music will sound like its going through your head to go from ear to ear LOL) and the other was Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town, about a guy who came home from Vietnam in a wheelchair. Walter Cronkite played it live on the evening news and caused all kinds of a ruckus. Anyone lesser would have lost their career.
RIP Toy! Thank you for your service! Thank you for all the sing-alongs to one of the greatest sung melodies ever and some fabulous steel guitar moments! MTB was SOOOOooo damn good in concert!
I disagree....you have to dig for it but it HAS to out there... too many of us passed our love onto our kids! keep digging and you’ll find some and it’s well worth it!✌🏻
Step out of mainstream. There is still plenty good new stuff out there. I grew up with music like this and still love it......but you'll do yourself short by not looking around for recent great music
I have been listening to southern rock all my life and have heard this song a hundred times, but you always manage to make me feel like I'm hearing these songs for the first time...through your ears.
The hairs on my neck stand up when I hear this music! 1976 Jacksonville Florida, I was 16 and went to see MTB, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Brothers, and more great southern rock bands at the Tangerine bowl. It was one of the best times of my life! Great pic Jamal. ❤️
I don't even like Southern Rock that much, but this song is an exception. It hits you right in the gut, especially if you've ever been in a shitty relationship.
Bingo, has zilch to do with Southern rock. We Southerners have produced some of the greatest music ever made, and that stand for white and black folks alike. If you cant dig Wilson Picket or Lynyrd Skynyrd, you simply don't like music, ergo, youre opinion means dick. Jamal, as a Reds fan, F the Giants. But my man, thank you for posting these clips. Really appreciate you're open mindedness towards white music. As a white musician I've always felt like the appreciation was a one way street. And it really shouldn't have anything to do with race. Good music is good music, and I dont care where youre from, what you look like or what its about. If it aint got that funk, it aint worth junk. Keep doing it man.
It's blues,not rock. Northern record producers had their heads up their asses in the 50's and 60's and didn't think white boys could play the blues,so they tagged it "southern rock".
I've been requesting this video all over UA-cam and now a year later I see a reaction. One of my favorite songs. Toy Caldwell, the lead singer, was a brave man. Went to Vietnam, the meat grinder, and came back with a Purple Heart. Then, he went back to finish his tour of duty. he's a hero. RIP Toy Caldwell.
There's some heartache in those words. Songs like this one helped me and many other people through those dark hours or pain. Thank you for Marshall Tucker Band.
Now, you're talkin' about close to my neck of the woods. I live in Greenville, SC and Marshall Tucker were raised in Spartanburg AKA "Sparkle City". This video is historical because most of this band is deceased now. The Caldwell family mostly made this band up, particularly "Toy" Caldwell, who was head brother in this ensemble. A lot of albums and not enough credit - underrated band.
I grew up listening to all these great 60's and 70's songs that Jamel reacts to. They never featured or showed these videos on MTV and I'm actually seeing these bands for the first time in 50 years of hearing these songs on the radio. I have to say that I just took it for granted that there would just always be great music. Now that I think back, 30-40 years this hasn't been the case.
51 years on and this song impacts me just the same. This is a celebration of Love and loss and part of the Human experience. These guys captured that moment in time perfectly
Talk about bringing back memories, it was 1979 or 80, me and some buddies were out cruising on motorcycles in Northern NY, when we drove past this camp ground that had a sign, Marshal Tucker Band live 5 dollars, and they gave you a mug for beer , what a party and random as it gets.
Let me be the first to say, I love this band!! I think you might find many more songs that are as good as this one on their list of songs. I can think of two off the top of my head - Fire on the Mountain and Heard it in a Love Song.
Anyone who has been there...feels this song on a whole different level...that pain is real....and no matter how much time goes...when you hear this song...you are grabbing the whiskey and crying- true story
My mom and dad went to Spartanburg High with some of them, I'm from Spartanburg SC. One of my coworkers plays drums in a band with George McCorkle's son. George was a founding member and guitarist for MT band.
Everytime I play this song, I mean everytime. On guitar or listening it make me cry each time. We played it at my boys funeral and that is engrained.. Peace be with everyone. 👊one love!!
Southern rock at its best. Every man can relate to this song as we have all been there at one time or another. Listened to this on the radio in college along with Skynyrd, The Outlaws, and Blackfoot. It was a great time to be in college in the south. I just love that you react to these great songs Jamel. You are awesome Sir.
Not exactly first pick for the instrument in a rock band...Ian in Jethro Tull also played a mean, as he referred to it, "Heavy Metal Flute"! Uhh, many youngsters may have taken a lot of remarks about playing a flute in the early school days, that's OK, if playing the flute keeps you from busting a** on 9-5 job (I went to sing in the choral group dur9ng "service week" in navy basic training, due to my 4 years of choral classes through high school...while others were in a steamy kitchen scrubbing pots or peeling potatoes)!
I have only heard studio versions of this song and that never fails to move me to tears over my woman issues in my 50+ years. This live version is sending shivers down my spine, the singing is the very definition of "soulful and heartfelt". This poor guy HAS the Blues...
I live 8 miles from where they started. My home town boys were bad men !! So talented and I am still a big fan, God gave them super talent , Southern Rock is what it was and is and always will be!!!!
Heard it in a Love Song - Fire on the mountain are two more good songs by them. If you want more of this style, try Amie by Pure Prairie League. Amazing Rythm Aces - Third rate romance and The end is not in sight (Cowboy song) And since I mentioned Cowboys how about The Cowboy Song by Thin Lizzie.
So happy you said Amie. I started listening to that again and it’s my favourite song right now. It has that country-rock tone like The marshall tucker band, gram Parsons, the band, etc feel to it.
@@JDillaRobot Amie is an awesome song. We're going to have to get Jamel to do some Gram Parsons (Wild Horses would be a good one) and some from The Band.
@@JDillaRobot That's why I say it Gram Fucking Parsons!, LOL. Him and Townes Van Zandt are two of the greatest song writers ever and taken from us too soon.
Pure Prairie League, who's lead singer was country legend Vince Gill, when he was in his long-hair hippie stage. They were great, and Amie is a friggin awesome song.
I went to my dad's house in 2004 and told him to get showered and dressed. He said "what for"? I pulled out two Molly Hatchet tickets and put them in his face and said. " It's father and son night". We had a friggin blast!!!!
In concert, back in the day, this would turn into an almost religious experience as it lasted longer and longer as players from the other band couldn't wait to get out there and play with them! By the end you'd have 40 to 50 musicians and singers on the stage!
I remember seeing this performance on TV (on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, around 1973 ). "The Allman Brothers Band" and "Wet Willie" were also featured on the broadcast. I was around 15 and I recorded the audio using a LARGE yet "portable" Silvertone reel to reel tape machine (my uncle bought at Sears ... in the early 1960s).
Paul Rodgers first band was Free... it was the precursor to Bad Company. Recording from 1969-1972.... Like Sierra Mam said there are so many great songs from them.
THIS...this right here is why we are the greatest nation of all time! WE are people enjoying life, love and music ...of ALL kinds. Thank you Jamel for what YOU do.
Long hard ride is something special in this world. I saw them do this live when the album first came out,and was even invited back stage to party with them after the concert,but the woman I was with was married,and I had to get her back home before a certain time,and I had my priorities,if you know what I mean.
Jamel... PLEASE do some Rare Earth!! Hey, Big Brother, Ma or I'm losing you (The Temptations cover). If you like Grand Funk and this band, you'll ❤️ Rare Earth!!!!!!!
Jamel, I had the honor of seeing these musical giants back in the 1970's. They sounded so good. NOTE Toy the guitar player does not use a pick, just his thumb. Enjoy......
My mom was born in 1925. This was her favorite band. Loved it. I’d come home from school and the vinyl would be spinning and the volume turned up. Dad worked on the boat so, we got to jam. lol
The Marshall Tucker Band are from my area of Upstate SC. I grew up listening to them and southern rock in general. I feel blessed to have grown up with this timeless music! Great reaction as always Jamel!!!
Marshall Tucker was considered one of the holy trinity of southern rock along with Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers.
MTB gets the label "Southern Rock" but if you listen to "This Ol' Cowboy" off "Where We All Belong" you can hear the jazz influence.
What about Little Feat, Wet Willie, Jethro Tull, Elvin Bishop? Have to edit this. I misspoke about Jethro Tull. I got confused about the flute.
Yep, these guys were really huge back in the day.
@@Head-ck4hu Jethro Tull is a British band.
@@Head-ck4hu Wet Willie, hell yeah. Elvin Bishop, for sure. Little Feat are from California, but easily could be from Louisiana.
Jethro Tull?!?
Kids, if you want a group of men to look up to ,look at these men . Several members of this band went to Vietnam and came back and formed the mtb ,Toy Caldwell earned a purple heart and went back to his unit and finished his time out! These are what men are kids. Good job Jamal !
I just learned something great. Thank for for sharing this.
Semper Fi !
Thanks for sharing
Respect 💯%
Cobcorn wow. Did not know that.
This was a live recording in 1973! No autotune, no dubbing, no remastering or any technical assistance...just pure heart and talent. ❤
Back when Choir was taught in school and everyone sang around a campfire even if you were bad!!
This is one of those songs you just get lost in. If you listen to this while your driving, you will drive right past your exit and not realize until you are four exits later.
So true!
Wanna good driving MTB song try the live "24 Hours At A Time". 13 minutes of good stuff. Even Charlie Daniels doing some fiddlin'
4 exits? oh hell no, more exits than 4 if you're listening to the extended version
... or 'til the car run outta road =====]
Done it!
How many men have felt this song deep down their soul. A Classic. Thx.
🙋🏼♂️
AB_SO-LUTE-LY
Yes indeed
Amen
my x that I was married to for 23 years this song hits the nail on the head especially the line find me a hole in a mountain crawl inside and die
One of the most underrated southern rock bands of all time. The Caldwell brothers were insanely talented.
MT was soooooooooooooooooooooooooo wonderful!
I wish Southern Rock still existed. 😢 😢 😢
Truer words were never spoken. Loved Marshal Tucker.
Amen brother. When Toy passed it hurt me an a million fans. Best thumb picker I ever had seen.
In the seventies they were in the top 100 daily. Very popular.
Before synthesizers could do flutes people actually played them
That's what Peter Gabriel said! LOL
They had synths in the 70s
Zoey Paige
They existed, but the heyday of synthesizers was the 80s.
Dalonghair Yeah. Some of that sounded horrible. Not all but when it was wasn’t done well, it’s pretty obnoxious
John Haman Synthesizers were around big time in the early seventies, it was more part of the band’s style.
Toy lost both his younger brothers within a month of each other to car accidents. He was also a United States Marine Corps Vietnam War combat vet (WIA). That's him singing with incredible soul and thumbpicking that beautiful Gibson Les Paul. Thank you for everything brother. Rest easy.
The thundering thumb.
As southern boy, born in the 80s I grew up this music. The southern rock genre is full of tragedy, unfortunately.
Wow somebody knows what they're talkin about good to say good to see how much respect brother I thought the world of toy he was an amazing musician amazing had a voice and could play that guitar share could have you heard Virginia
i was devastated...just devastated. we lost so many around the same time. Rest in Peace, Boys.
@@allendixon1044 Virginia is a beautiful song. Just a fantastic band for sure.
I met the Marshall Tucker Band in 1978. They came into my mother's clothing store in NC. She ended up inviting them to dinner at our house. What a great night and I still have my autographed Carolina Dreams album!
WOOOW Fantastic stuff right there Now thats a caring band right there You must have been on cloud 70, lol
Roxanne Moser, are you by chance from Union or Mecklenburg County? We have to be related.
I met them in the 90's in Laughlin, Nevada. Talked with them for a few minutes, and invited them up to my little tourist town for a meal at the restaurant I worked at the next day, but, unfortunately, they were on the road, and on a tight schedule. I was impressed with how friendly and down-to-Earth they were; I believe they would have come up if they had the time.
That is awesome
i've been listening to this song for 47 years and it moves me just as much now as the first time i ever heard it . so powerful . dam it's just soo good.
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I concur Hillary!
Same! 👍🏻
True that!
You got that right !!! You sho got that right.... lol
First date with my wife... MTB and Pure Prairie League. No clue who the were, they are in my top ten bands
You haven’t loved for real until this song means something to you.
A small solace but it does cut deep
❤️ yes.
Word!
So true
And if this song means something personal to you...you might just know how to hate for real, too.
We had THE BEST music EVER in the '70's By FAR!!
You got it Sharon!
Truth
We surely did! Once the Vietnam war was over the 70's were a ton of fun
Yes ma'am
We sure did and the fact that we can listen to it again is awesome to say the least
Greatest band to come out of South Carolina. Greatest song they ever did. And in my humble opinion one of the greatest songs ever made.
Hoot! RFND!
That's a great song there's no doubt about it no doubt about it course I lock all the Marshall Tucker I love Charlie Daniels on 24 hours for the town and my running with the wind and how can you forget Virginia have you heard Virginia and a while maybe you should play
Agreed. My favorite band
MY favorite song by the Marshall Tucker Band
I am over 60 and this brings back a lot of memories. Thanks for letting me watch you enjoy it for the first time.
In the early 80’s they stayed at a hotel I cheffed at and they really were digging on the lunch I prepared them.... they asked me to come out of the kitchen and sit with them and when they were done... they laid two first row front center tickets on me for that evenings show. Some real down to earth country boys.
Wow! That is just amazing. Thanks for sharing with us.
Well what was on the menu? Don't leave us hanging lol!
What did you serve them? 😃😃
tifreire1 ....lol, you think I remember what they ate, lol... they ordered off the menu...AM cooks already left and the PM hadn’t come in yet so I took care of their order..... timing is everything I guess.
palmsquad see my reply above this one
The Cladwells didn’t use picks, used their thumbs. Pure talent
Probably because Toy was also a solid bassist.
Lindsey Buckingham had the same style, probably picked up from these guys! If you have never seen the film “Muscle Shoals” check it out!
@@13chigrl excellent documentary flick
@@anthonygiordano8237 it absolutely is!
One of the greatest bands ever! As one guy posted here these dudes formed this super group from scratch no computers, no teachers, no ability to instantly access “ how to “ information just pure raw talent!
Plus several of them fought in Vietnam. There will never again be groups like the groups from the 60 s and 70s, EVER!!
Good music has no expiration date. ❤️
“Can’t You See” is one of my top five songs. The lyrics are simple, good, and speak to anyone who’s been heartbroken.
There are few things in the world, I admire more than someone saying SO much in such simple way! I was buggin my Daddy to play MTB´s "How can I slow down?" every time he had a party with his biker friend´s , he told me I had to wait till it was the right time, but he played it, after calling me up on the mic, so I would´nt miss it! Man....
A lot of military men can relate to this song.
Def a great song. Just curious - what are your other top 4 songs?
@@christineringuette8764 Astral Weeks, Into The Mystic, 25 or 6:4, & the Theme From The Good The Bad and The Ugly.
@@matttheknife8293 great choices!! Love Into the Mystic.
Such a tragic story about this band they are the catalyst of southern rock this band gave Charlie Daniels $1000.00 so they could afford go on tour and open for them in the early 70’s. You can never go back to your original music after listening to these guys best southern blues rock you will ever hear we’re glad you have come into the light....
Don't forget the original Allman Brothers Band.
Saw Charlie, MTB, Allman Bros. 1973? So grateful!
Saw them together in '78 in Memphis and around 2010 in San Diego both great concerts they sounded as good 32 years later. RIP C.D.
Lynyrd Skynyrd's Tuesdays Gone is another deep heartache song that's on par with Can't You See.
Oh yes, tip 'o the hat to Lynard Skynard, Tuesday's Gone With the Wind... and every other song they ever did! 😊💜🎶
Skynnyrd never did a bad song. Some great ones and than some really great ones.
Not so much...
@@matthewennen8659 this is about MARSHALL TUCKER !!!!!!!!!!
@@LameWolff This is about MARSHALL TUCKER!!!
" Heard It In A Love Song" "Fire on the Mountain" "24 hours at a time" Some of Marshall Tucker's best. classic 70s.
Fire on the mountain, lightening in the air, gold in them hills and it 's waiting fir me there...classic. Great song.
I don't think there's a bad Marshall Tucker song ever running with the wind and how about Virginia have you heard Virginia and a while and then maybe you need to try that again
Virginia and Searching for a rainbow also.
Tell it to the Devil and Bob away my Blues.
All great songs for sure. Don't forget "Take the Highway", "A New Life", and the gorgeous "Carolina Sunset".
I can never get enough of you breaking down the difference between “Lawd” and “Lord.” I totally get it, but make no mistake about it; you’re educating the masses.
Yea this is true how our country Slag is Swag
Toy Caldwell(singing lead) wrote the song. The lyrics are noted as being dark, reflecting heartache and "a man running as far away as he can to begin the process of healing himself".
i read that as well
@Brix Broox i was commenting to dr. my eyes comment I read what he read somewhere
What male has not been there? This song spoke to me in the 70's and it still does today. It is just awesome.
Exactly what I need to do! ! This woman has broke me beyond repair i think. I really thought you loved me!
One of the best southern rock bands. Give "Heard it in a Love Song" a listen to. Another good one by Marshall Tucker
6 months before this Toy was in the rice fields of Vietnam !
ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER WRITTEN
dam right
Edward Harrington agreed. One of my top 10 ever.
@@donnanaccarato2966 sure is, I love it.
Only a woman can do certain things to you!! another man can beat your ass in a fight, the boss can fire your ass, but only a woman can “can’t you see”
Find you some Green Grass and High Tides.
Outlaws. Saw them in 1977. Great song.
Yeah there is s 20+ minute live version the one on the album is just under 15 minutes that is the short version . Yes Outlaws "Green Grass and High Tides.
ua-cam.com/video/hIaS_vYIQ_A/v-deo.html here is the 23+ minute version of "Green Grass and High Tide" by "The Outlaws"
Been saying it for months, see above
@@brentlee1043 The studio version is just under 10 minutes
This was my dad’s band we saw them a bunch of times together when he was alive and when he passed years ago I couldn’t listen to them anymore but lately I can bring myself to listen again with a smile on my face and remember all the good times! Love this band and so happy I don’t shed tears anymore when listening...
Its just like when Terry Kath, lead guitarist from CHICAGO, died, the music changed & it wasn't the same.
You go ahead and shed those tears, your dad will live forever in your heart! Sweet memories
love and mad respect...
I'm so sorry for your loss but my heart is happy you can now listen and heal. Much love
@@vickielopez2523 Yes please!
Give Steve Miller Band a listen .... Joker and many more you won’t regret!!!!!!!!!
Take The Money and Run, Keep on Rocking Me Baby, Jet Airliner, long list.
Soooooo many good ones!
@@davidhunt3689 Serenade needs to be around the top of that list.
@@mattiefee Yes all he needs to do is type in Steve Miller Band and it's a list of hits.
Wild Mountain Honey / In The Winter Time / Livin' In The USA. Some of Steve Miller's masterpieces.
Jamel you nailed the emotion of this song. I fell in love with a girl when I was 18 and almost married her before she called it off. Hurt to the core. 30 yrs later she died in a car wreck and when I got the news I was listening to the radio and heard this song. It put all my feelings in place. I love this song and it will always be special to me.
The first cut is the deepest. Truer words.
Jamal I am simply amazed at the songs you choose to review. This is one of the cream of the crop in the Southern Rock genre. Kudos for your open mind, and expression of your feelings.
Billy Thorpe "Children of the Sun"
Molly Hatchet "Flirtin' with Disaster"
Billy Thorpe "Children of the Sun" great tune!
Definantly agree with molly hatchet
Yes! Billy Thorpe - In my Room is great too! Pretty much unknown by most.
Wow. Great!
Kshe Classics?
You impressed by this "Fire On the Mountain " will make your soul come alive !
Finest Southern rock band to ever grace a stage....
Just want to let you know, Jamal, you give me a lot of joy and love with these videos. Thank you.
Amen!
Me too! I have never seen Jamal but I love to see his response to the songs I've loved for years.
Indeed!
Man, this makes me wanna fire up some " Tuesdays Gone" " Ballad of Curtis Lowe " " Whippin Post" " Soulshine " " Have u ever seen th rain?" Hell, I could listen 2 Creedence, Skynyrd & Allmans till Judgement Day!🍻🍸
Ballad of Curtis Lowe is definitely a banger that most people have never heard. So good.
I love the list because it is the same as my favorite list,but everytime I crank it up I end up losing several days. Just lost in da blues,
That's mostly what I listen to...and have for well over 40 years.
Ballad of Curtis Lowe, the best love song ever written.
If you want something similar and obscure, back during Kenny Rogers' rock period he fronted a band called The First Edition. They did a song called Ruben James which was amazing. The two songs they were best known for was Just Dropped In (about trippin', best heard on good headphones because there's a part where the music will sound like its going through your head to go from ear to ear LOL) and the other was Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town, about a guy who came home from Vietnam in a wheelchair. Walter Cronkite played it live on the evening news and caused all kinds of a ruckus. Anyone lesser would have lost their career.
Makes me wanna blast a fat doobie. 😎
RIP Toy! Thank you for your service! Thank you for all the sing-alongs to one of the greatest sung melodies ever and some fabulous steel guitar moments! MTB was SOOOOooo damn good in concert!
Boy, todays top music really sucks compared to what we had back then.
I disagree....you have to dig for it but it HAS to out there... too many of us passed our love onto our kids! keep digging and you’ll find some and it’s well worth it!✌🏻
Okay, I must have missed something, Today's top WHAT?
Amen
Soooooo true.
Step out of mainstream. There is still plenty good new stuff out there. I grew up with music like this and still love it......but you'll do yourself short by not looking around for recent great music
I have been listening to southern rock all my life and have heard this song a hundred times, but you always manage to make me feel like I'm hearing these songs for the first time...through your ears.
The hairs on my neck stand up when I hear this music! 1976 Jacksonville Florida, I was 16 and went to see MTB, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Brothers, and more great southern rock bands at the Tangerine bowl. It was one of the best times of my life! Great pic Jamal. ❤️
What a great line up. My three favorite bands. That is the concert of my dreams!
I was there so many good memories
I saw all of them in Jacksonville, at a club named the Comic Book Club
I envy you
I don't even like Southern Rock that much, but this song is an exception. It hits you right in the gut, especially if you've ever been in a shitty relationship.
If you don't like southern rock then you do not like music.
Bingo, has zilch to do with Southern rock. We Southerners have produced some of the greatest music ever made, and that stand for white and black folks alike. If you cant dig Wilson Picket or Lynyrd Skynyrd, you simply don't like music, ergo, youre opinion means dick. Jamal, as a Reds fan, F the Giants. But my man, thank you for posting these clips. Really appreciate you're open mindedness towards white music. As a white musician I've always felt like the appreciation was a one way street. And it really shouldn't have anything to do with race. Good music is good music, and I dont care where youre from, what you look like or what its about. If it aint got that funk, it aint worth junk. Keep doing it man.
@@charliebrowning6655 I couldn't like this comment more, wish I could give it 10 likes..👏🏽👏🏽
@@charliebrowning6655 someone doesn't understand that others have different tastes in music
It's blues,not rock. Northern record producers had their heads up their asses in the 50's and 60's and didn't think white boys could play the blues,so they tagged it "southern rock".
That same girl must have tied Greg Allman to the whipping post.
There is an endless number of those girls in the south. Don't ask me how I know this.
😂😂😂good one!
Or he may have been the man down there......
Probably my ex 😃
Excellent instinct. I bow to the master.
I've been requesting this video all over UA-cam and now a year later I see a reaction. One of my favorite songs. Toy Caldwell, the lead singer, was a brave man. Went to Vietnam, the meat grinder, and came back with a Purple Heart. Then, he went back to finish his tour of duty. he's a hero. RIP Toy Caldwell.
No autotune just plain'o great soulful music, a great band, I was 13 when this came out! 😊
Couldn't click on this fast enough. This is an all time favorite of mine.
Me too David
There's some heartache in those words. Songs like this one helped me and many other people through those dark hours or pain. Thank you for Marshall Tucker Band.
Sincere and honest heartbreak.
The singer is the late great Toy Caldwell. Gone entirely too soon
Now, you're talkin' about close to my neck of the woods. I live in Greenville, SC and Marshall Tucker were raised in Spartanburg AKA "Sparkle City". This video is historical because most of this band is deceased now. The Caldwell family mostly made this band up, particularly "Toy" Caldwell, who was head brother in this ensemble. A lot of albums and not enough credit - underrated band.
Rock Jillian, here. My mom's from Greenville.
Marshall Tucker Band is my roots. My 7th great grandfather settled in Spartanburg County, in 1772.
Here in Hickory Tavern S.C. love me some MTB … I'm a child of the 70's … best music ever ...
Representing Travelers Rest here.
@@TRprepper my birthplace
I live between Spartanburg & Greenville....in Duncan.
I grew up listening to all these great 60's and 70's songs that Jamel reacts to. They never featured or showed these videos on MTV and I'm actually seeing these bands for the first time in 50 years of hearing these songs on the radio. I have to say that I just took it for granted that there would just always be great music. Now that I think back, 30-40 years this hasn't been the case.
And omg that RELENTLESS bass...
What a masterpiece!!
They were soooo young!!
Dayum.
💖
MTB had a BAD MOFO Bass!!!!
Oh. You gotta do some Molly Hatchet now.
Maybe some .38 Special too. 😆
Flirting With Disaster!!! 👍🏻✌🏻💯
51 years on and this song impacts me just the same. This is a celebration of Love and loss and part of the Human experience. These guys captured that moment in time perfectly
Talk about bringing back memories, it was 1979 or 80, me and some buddies were out cruising on motorcycles in Northern NY, when we drove past this camp ground that had a sign, Marshal Tucker Band live 5 dollars, and they gave you a mug for beer , what a party and random as it gets.
That must have been epic. My kinda concert back in the day.
Let me be the first to say, I love this band!! I think you might find many more songs that are as good as this one on their list of songs. I can think of two off the top of my head - Fire on the Mountain and Heard it in a Love Song.
I love seeing people enjoy good music. Especially music that I've loved for most of my 39 years
This song has always made me cry. I feel every part of it.
Damn, thats some crazy straight up blues right there.
Jamal appreciates Good music. He is very interesting and open minded. Thanks jamal I enjoy your show.
Anyone who has been there...feels this song on a whole different level...that pain is real....and no matter how much time goes...when you hear this song...you are grabbing the whiskey and crying- true story
My mom and dad went to Spartanburg High with some of them, I'm from Spartanburg SC. One of my coworkers plays drums in a band with George McCorkle's son. George was a founding member and guitarist for MT band.
Hey mikey!!
Love upstate SC, wonderful country!
You can hear that South Carolina when Toy says “gonna take a me a southbound”
Love this guy. Love how he reviews music from my generation and he seems to truly enjoy. Thank you!
He certainly gets into the music. Love watching him and his moves.
Toy Caldwell, RIP my brother, ....absolutely the "fastest thumb in the west"
Glad you've gotten to MTB. One of my favorite southern rock groups.
Toy Caldwell - the fastest thumb in the south. ; )
RIP Toy
Toy was the man! Shame more people don't recognize his greatness
Everytime I play this song, I mean everytime. On guitar or listening it make me cry each time. We played it at my boys funeral and that is engrained.. Peace be with everyone. 👊one love!!
you got me BIG, happy Winter 2022
SOUTHERN FRIED ROCK was what a lot of us called this genre.
Its hard for me to imagine that voice come out of that babyface. Amazing
Respect 🇺🇸 to this Veterans of Vietnam....
Southern rock at its best. Every man can relate to this song as we have all been there at one time or another. Listened to this on the radio in college along with Skynyrd, The Outlaws, and Blackfoot. It was a great time to be in college in the south. I just love that you react to these great songs Jamel. You are awesome Sir.
"He plays a mean flute" is something you don't hear everyday!
Unless you're a Jethro Tull fan! lol
@@BoingBB I was gonna say "Unless you are Ian Anderson (Not the Pitcher for the Atlanta Braves) but you beat me to it.
@Tom Thumb In what way is the colour of his skin relevant? Ian Anderson is also white.
@Tom Thumb I'm old enough that I don't have to resort to insults when I don't have a sensible answer to a question.
Not exactly first pick for the instrument in a rock band...Ian in Jethro Tull also played a mean, as he referred to it, "Heavy Metal Flute"! Uhh, many youngsters may have taken a lot of remarks about playing a flute in the early school days, that's OK, if playing the flute keeps you from busting a** on 9-5 job (I went to sing in the choral group dur9ng "service week" in navy basic training, due to my 4 years of choral classes through high school...while others were in a steamy kitchen scrubbing pots or peeling potatoes)!
I’m 62 now and was one of the fortunate ones to grow up with this greatness! Thanks my man for this! 👍.
If you've ever loved anyone, the words "can't you see?" Wakes up the pain that's too deep. It's an understanding of the indescribable.
We all been there. Any decent person has felt it.
Absolute
@@clodge5196 Amen, take care of yourself.
Another man can beat your ass in a fight, the boss can fire you! But only a woman can do this
@@CAVERUNLAKE AMEN !! spot on
God Bless Toy, missing you big time. The train will never run out of track!
what a pure Masterpiece... Amazing ..Raw, Talent...
This song still gives me goosebumps such a classic and soulful song. Thanks for bringing it back ❤
I have only heard studio versions of this song and that never fails to move me to tears over my woman issues in my 50+ years. This live version is sending shivers down my spine, the singing is the very definition of "soulful and heartfelt". This poor guy HAS the Blues...
I live 8 miles from where they started. My home town boys were bad men !! So talented and I am still a big fan, God gave them super talent , Southern Rock is what it was and is and always will be!!!!
Toy was a hell of a guitarist that thumb of his was gold.
You was the man, you can tell a slight change in lyrics and riffs after he was gone in my opinion
Heard it in a Love Song - Fire on the mountain are two more good songs by them. If you want more of this style, try Amie by Pure Prairie League. Amazing Rythm Aces - Third rate romance and The end is not in sight (Cowboy song) And since I mentioned Cowboys how about The Cowboy Song by Thin Lizzie.
So happy you said Amie. I started listening to that again and it’s my favourite song right now. It has that country-rock tone like The marshall tucker band, gram Parsons, the band, etc feel to it.
@@JDillaRobot Amie is an awesome song. We're going to have to get Jamel to do some Gram Parsons (Wild Horses would be a good one) and some from The Band.
Tejas Rob Agreed! And are you familiar with Gram Parsons “Brass Buttons”? That’s of my favourites too😁
@@JDillaRobot That's why I say it Gram Fucking Parsons!, LOL. Him and Townes Van Zandt are two of the greatest song writers ever and taken from us too soon.
Pure Prairie League, who's lead singer was country legend Vince Gill, when he was in his long-hair hippie stage. They were great, and Amie is a friggin awesome song.
Marshall Tucker Band.. Wow just Wow is all I can say! Love these guys!!!
Flirtin with disaster- molly hatchett
I went to my dad's house in 2004 and told him to get showered and dressed. He said "what for"?
I pulled out two Molly Hatchet tickets and put them in his face and said. " It's father and son night".
We had a friggin blast!!!!
MH Fall of the peacemakers, or Gator Country
Tom Lehr Danny Joe Brown!
@@cylentkills fall of the peacemakers is a great tune
No one even mentions Dreams I'll Never See Again?🤔🤯😎😎
Can I get a HELL YEAH!!!
Most of them served in Vietnam and I think Toy was actually wounded
That's the late, great Toy Caldwell on vocals. There's NEVER been any band member since that can compare to him!!!
In concert, back in the day, this would turn into an almost religious experience as it lasted longer and longer as players from the other band couldn't wait to get out there and play with them! By the end you'd have 40 to 50 musicians and singers on the stage!
Add to the concert a little weed, a little booze and lots of friendly environment, then you'd go home with the holy ghost riding shotgun.
I remember seeing this performance on TV (on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, around 1973 ). "The Allman Brothers Band" and "Wet Willie" were also featured on the broadcast. I was around 15 and I recorded the audio using a LARGE yet "portable" Silvertone reel to reel tape machine (my uncle bought at Sears ... in the early 1960s).
When life feels like it’s getting to be too much we have music like this to give us an escape. Been listening for over forty years never fails me.
One of the best songs of all time IMO.
Steal waiting for more Bad Company brother Jamel... "Feel Like making love" "Burning Sky" "Ready for Love" "Can't get enough" "Seagull"
Paul Rodgers first band was Free... it was the precursor to Bad Company. Recording from 1969-1972.... Like Sierra Mam said there are so many great songs from them.
@@Tr1hawaii Yes Sir ! "all right now"
Running with the pack
"Movin' On"
What, no Shooting Star?
THIS...this right here is why we are the greatest nation of all time! WE are people enjoying life, love and music ...of ALL kinds. Thank you Jamel for what YOU do.
Check out " fire on the mountain" by Marshall tucker.
Long hard ride is something special in this world. I saw them do this live when the album first came out,and was even invited back stage to party with them after the concert,but the woman I was with was married,and I had to get her back home before a certain time,and I had my priorities,if you know what I mean.
Yes, PLEASE DO FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN. Who’s with us?
My fav by them!
Definitely "Fire on the Mountain". My friend's band used to cover this. RIP Neal.
My favorite of their songs, Although i will say that this live version of this song makes me appreciate it more.
One of the most beautiful songs ever written about trains, heartbreak and absolution.
One of my all time favorites. You believe what he is singing!
What memories this brings back. Thank you Jamel
Jamel... PLEASE do some Rare Earth!! Hey, Big Brother, Ma or I'm losing you (The Temptations cover). If you like Grand Funk and this band, you'll ❤️ Rare Earth!!!!!!!
Marshall Tucker Band..my favorite of all of them!
Jamel,
I had the honor of seeing these musical giants back in the 1970's. They sounded so good. NOTE Toy the guitar player does not use a pick, just his thumb. Enjoy......
“Looks like she did it to all of them.” I love this guy.
That had me laughing.
You n me both
I guess it's What you do to my friend you do to me.
Yup! What a joy he is...
My mom was born in 1925. This was her favorite band. Loved it. I’d come home from school and the vinyl would be spinning and the volume turned up. Dad worked on the boat so, we got to jam. lol
The Marshall Tucker Band are from my area of Upstate SC. I grew up listening to them and southern rock in general. I feel blessed to have grown up with this timeless music! Great reaction as always Jamel!!!
Sparkle City’s finest!