Searchin' for a Rainbow
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Searchin' for a Rainbow is the 4th studio album by The Marshall Tucker Band
. It was released in 1975.
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...
. It was released in 1975.
Side One
- "Fire on the Mountain" (George McCorkle) - 3:53
- "Searchin' for a Rainbow" - 3:48
- "Walkin' and Talkin'" - 2:25
- "Virginia" - 4:54
Side Two
- "Bob Away My Blues" - 2:42
- "Keeps Me from All Wrong" (Tommy Caldwell) - 4:13
- "Bound and Determined" - 4:20
- "Can't You SeeCan'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...
" (Live) - 6:25
Personnel
- Toy CaldwellToy CaldwellToy 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:...
- Electric and acoustic guitars, steel guitar and lead vocal on "Can't You See" - Tommy CaldwellTommy 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 guitar and background vocals - George McCorkleGeorge McCorkleGeorge 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...
- Electric and acoustic guitars, banjo - Jerry Eubanks - Flute, alto, baratone and tenor saxophone, background vocals
- Doug GrayDoug GrayDoug 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 and percussion - Paul Riddle - drums
- Dickey BettsDickey BettsForrest Richard "Dickey" Betts is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. He was inducted with the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and also won with the band a best rock performance Grammy Award for his...
- Guitar solo on "Fire On The Mountain"
Album Reissue (2004)
- "It Takes Time" (Live) - 3:43 (Recorded April 1980 in Ann Arbor, MI)