Carolina Dreams
Carolina Dreams, released in 1977, was The Marshall Tucker Band's sixth album and an ode to the band's home state, South Carolina, USA. Focusing on Western themes, it spawned their biggest hit to date, "Heard It In a Love Song", which rose to #14 on the Billboard Hot 100, taking the album with it to #22 and #23 on the Country and Pop charts, respectively. They toured early that year to promote the album.[1] A bonus live version of "Silverado" appears on the 2005 reissue which was recorded the year after the death of bassist and founding member, Tommy Caldwell.[2]
Track listing
All songs by written Toy Caldwell except where noted.[3]
- "Fly Like an Eagle" - 3:03
- "Heard It in a Love Song" - 4:55
- "I Should Have Never Started Lovin' You" (Toy Caldwell, Doug Gray, George McCorkle) - 7:10
- "Life in a Song" (Jerry Eubanks, McCorkle) - 3:33
- "Desert Skies" - 6:24
- "Never Trust A Stranger" - 5:28
- "Tell It To The Devil" - 6:45
- "Silverado" (bonus track, live, included on 2005 reissue. Recorded 1981 Winter Garden Theater, Dallas, TX) - 4:28
Personnel
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Guest musicians:
- Paul Hornsby - Piano and organ
- Charlie Daniels - Fiddle and harmony vocal on "Desert Skies". (Charlie Daniels appears courtesy of Epic Records)
- Chuck Leavell - Piano on "Life In A Song"
- Jaimoe - Congas
- Leo LaBranche - Horn section arrangements and trumpet on "Life In A Song" and "I Should Have Never Started Lovin' You"
- Dezso Lakatos - Tenor sax as part of the horn section.
Production
- Producer: Paul Hornsby
- Recording Engineer: Kurt Kinzel, Richard Schoff, David Pinkston
- Art Direction: Diana Kaylan
- Photography: David Alexander
- Handlettering: Bill Franks
References
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- Doug Gray
- Marcus James Henderson
- Rick Willis
- Pat Ellwood
- B.B. Borden
- Jerry Eubanks
- Toy Caldwell
- George McCorkle
- Paul Riddle
- Tommy Caldwell
- Franklin Wilkie
- Stuart Swanlund
- Rusty Milner
- Tim Lawter
- Ronnie Godfrey
- Bobby Ogdin
- Bob Wray
- James Stroud
- Tom Robb
- Ace Allen
- Don Cameron
- Frank Toler
- Mark Pettey
- Ronald Radford
- Paul Thompson
- Garry Guzzardo
- David Muse
- Chris Hicks
- Clay Cook
- Tony Heatherly
| | | Albums |
- The Marshall Tucker Band (1973)
- A New Life (1974)
- Where We All Belong (1974)
- Searchin' for a Rainbow (1975)
- Long Hard Ride (1976)
- Carolina Dreams (1977)
- The Marshall Tucker Band's Greatest Hits (1978)
- Together Forever (1978)
- Running Like the Wind (1979)
- Tenth (1980)
- Dedicated (1981)
- Tuckerized (1982)
- Greatest Hits (1982)
- Just Us (1983)
- Greetings from South Carolina (1983)
- Still Holdin' On (1988)
- Southern Spirit (1990)
- Still Smokin' (1992)
- Walk Outside the Lines (1993)
- The Capricorn Years (1994)
- Country Tucker (1996)
- MT Blues (1997)
- Face Down in the Blues (1998)
- Gospel (1999)
- Stompin' Room Only (2003)
- Beyond the Horizon (2004)
- Live from the Garden State (2004)
- Anthology (2005)
- Carolina Christmas (2005)
- Live on Long Island (2006)
- The Next Adventure (2007)
- Carolina Dreams Tour '77 (2008)
- Love Songs (2009)
- Essential 3.0 (2009)
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