Live on Long Island 04-18-80 is a 2-CD set recorded by The Marshall Tucker Band

The Marshall Tucker Band

The Marshall Tucker Band is an American Southern rock band originally from Spartanburg, South Carolina. The band's blend of rock, rhythm and blues, jazz, country, and gospel helped establish the Southern rock genre in the early 1970s...

 at Nassau Coliseum just 10 days before the death of bassist and founding member Tommy Caldwell. This is the first CD to feature a complete concert recording from the original band. The band was touring in support of their album Tenth

Tenth

Tenth can mean:* 10th, an ordinal number; as in the item in an order ten places from the beginning, following the ninth and preceding the eleventh.* 1/10, a fraction, one part of a unit divided equally into ten parts...

 at the time of this recording and features the songs "It Takes Time" and "Cattle Drive" from that release as well as classics such as "Heard it in a Love Song", "Searchin' for a Rainbow" and "Can't You See".

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "Running Like The Wind" (Toy Caldwell)
2. "Last Of The Singing Cowboys" (George McCorkle)
3. "It Takes Time" (Toy Caldwell)
4. "Cattle Drive" (Tommy Caldwell/Toy Caldwell)
5. "See You One More Time" (Toy Caldwell)
6. "Sing My Blues" (Tommy Caldwell/Toy Caldwell)
7. "Take The Highway" (Toy Caldwell)
8. "Heard It in a Love Song
   Heard It in a Love Song
   "Heard It in a Love Song" is a song by The Marshall Tucker Band, written by Toy Caldwell off their 1977 album Carolina Dreams.It was the highest charting single by The Marshall Tucker Band, reaching #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March 1977....
   
   " (Toy Caldwell)
9. "Ramblin'" (Toy Caldwell)

Disc 2

1. "Fire On The Mountain" (George McCorkle)
2. "In My Own Way" (Toy Caldwell)
3. "Desert Skies" (Toy Caldwell)
4. "24 Hours At A Time" (Toy Caldwell)
5. "Can't You See
   Can't You See (The Marshall Tucker Band song)
   "Can't You See" is a song written by Toy Caldwell of The Marshall Tucker Band. The song was originally recorded by the band on their 1973 debut album, The Marshall Tucker Band. It was released as a single in 1977 and peaked at number 75 on the Billboard Hot 100...
   
   " (Toy Caldwell)
6. "Searchin For A Rainbow" (Toy Caldwell)
7. "This Ol' Cowboy" (Toy Caldwell)

Personnel

• Toy Caldwell
  Toy Caldwell
  Toy Talmadge Caldwell Jr. was the lead guitar player and a founding member of the 1970s Southern Rock group The Marshall Tucker Band. He was a member of the band from 1973 to 1983.-Early life:...
  
   - guitar, steel guitar, vocals
• Tommy Caldwell
  Tommy Caldwell (musician)
  Thomas Michael "Tommy" Caldwell was the bassist and original frontman for The Marshall Tucker Band between 1973 and 1980. He was from Spartanburg, South Carolina. He died from injuries suffered in a Jeep crash on April 28, 1980, at the age of 30...
  
   - bass, vocals
• Doug Gray
  Doug Gray
  Doug Gray is an American singer best known as the lead vocalist of The Marshall Tucker Band. He sang lead on most of the bands songs but did not sing lead on their biggest hit "Can't You See." In addition to singing he also sometimes plays tambourine and in the band's early days he played...
  
   - lead vocals
• George McCorkle
  George McCorkle
  George McCorkle was a founding member and guitarist for the Marshall Tucker Band. He wrote "Fire on the Mountain", the band's first top 40 hit, though had hoped that Charlie Daniels would record the song. He left the band in 1984 and later worked as a songwriter. He released a solo album, American...
  
   - guitar
• Paul Riddle - drums
• Jerry Eubanks - flute, saxophone, vocals

Production

• Producer: Doug Gray
• Recording Engineer: Buddy Strong at Southeastern Sound Studios
• Art Direction: Sandy Tanaka
• Mastered by Keith Blake at Pacific Mastering