Long Hard Ride
Property Line
Am I The Kind Of Man
Walkin' The Streets Alone
Windy City Blues
Holding On To You
You Say You Love Me
You Don't Live Forever
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| by Don Stevens In 1976 the Marshall Tucker Band released Long Hard Ride, their fifth release on Capricorn Records. Produced by Paul Hornsby, the album earned gold status and reached #32 on the Billboard charts. With guest appearances by Charlie Daniels and John McEuen, the album opens with the classic Marshall Tucker instrumental journey, "Long Hard Ride," which received a Grammy nomination for country instumental of the year. It was also one of the industry's first music videos, and featured the band members in period costume, performing their own stunts. As in their previous releases, Long Hard Ride features the dynamic guitar work and song writing of Toy Caldwell. But this album also displays the song writing talents of George McCorkle, Doug Gray, and Jerry Eubanks, who team up to produce "Windy City Blues". With both acoustic and electric guitars, and a fiddle appearance from Charlie, "Property Line" is a tribute to the great outdoors and the lure of love and homelife. On the third track, "Am I The Kind Of Man," Hornsby's piano, McEuen's mandolin, and Gray's heartfelt vocals provide a brilliant touch, showcasing The Marshall Tucker Band's unique ability to balance the power of southern rock in a reflective ballad.
"Walkin' The Streets Alone" features Jerry Eubanks' saxaphone and a bluesy lead guitar run from Toy in a down-on-your-luck leavin' song. It's a bittersweet tale of misfortune and love lost with Eubanks at his soulful saxin' best. On the next track, only a southbound train to Carolina could chase away the "Windy City Blues," a heartsick tale of missing a lover so far away from home.
"Holdin' On To You" is a masterful blend of the band's talent and features piano, flute, steel, and electric guitar. Written by George, "Holdin' On To You," describes the inner feelings of a man and his struggle to hold on to love. Jerry's flute floats over the pedal steel as Doug Gray provides a classic, soul-inspired lead vocal.
Toy's "You Say You Love Me," is a guitar and saxaphone tune about an unsure love relationship. The final song is Tommy Caldwell's "You Don't Live Forever," a featured track on 1997's Marshall Tucker Blues.
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