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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Marshall Tucker Band is going to be with romney's campaign
It's hilarious because they had a song called "Mr President" that came down on Reagan in 1982.
I hope they use it now and history catches up. Romney looks foolish for having them there in the first place, seeing supporters cheering to a song that originally bashed St. Reagan would be an inspiring irony.
Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)Only one is an original member and Toy Caldwell,
George McCorkle, and Tommy Caldwell are all dead
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)Maybe the new members are too dumb to know who it was originally directed at. I find it extremely entertaining that they have a ghost band vs. Bruce Springsteen. lol
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)I was watching the livestream when that happened at a Michele Bachmann campaign event two years ago, and I just about fell off my chair! The lyrics fit Romney to a T--and not in a good way.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)Aren't those guys all dead now?
glacierbay
(2,477 posts)Doug Gray, Toy and Tommy Caldwell are both dead, Toy allegedly died of cardiac arrest due to cocaine use and Tommy was killed in a vehicle accident.
Here's a live version of Can't You See with the original band members.
catfish57
(14 posts)Saw them in 1978. Awful concert, and had to endure the entire ordeal to hear their one hit wonder... "Can't You See". I'll never get that $4 back
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,164 posts)Spirochete
(5,264 posts)Has been for nearly 20 years, I think.
I think Doug Gray is still with MTB?
fasttense
(17,301 posts)I never would have thought Clint Eastwood would make himself look so ridiculous and stupid for Rmoney. It totally surprised me.
Then I saw Meatloaf drooling all over Rmoney the other day. I was seriously surprised.
I thought both men were smarter than what they appeared to be. Too bad these once interesting characters turned out to be nothing more than easily manipulated fools.
KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)...No surprise he came out for his fellow million/billionaire buddy. I think he showed up at the convention since he felt "burned" appearing in the Chrysler superbowl ad that many felt was a pro-Obama ad. He had to show his true colors.
Meatloaf is on Trump's payroll...the man who brought him out of the obscurity he truly belongs in. Smart means nothing when you're self-centered and arrogant...a trait both have.
Cheers...
RFKHumphreyObama
(15,164 posts)There's just something to his style which convinced me that he was probably on the conservative side...can't place my finger on it but it was definitely a feeling I had
RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)LTR
(13,227 posts)a la izquierda
(11,791 posts)I'm guessing they're country artists?
Barack_America
(28,876 posts)And I'm fairly knowledgeable about music in general. This name doesn't ring a bell.
Off to wikipedia. Ah, so it seems they are a washed up Southern Rock band (not one of my fortes), with a single original member left and a highest-peaking single at 14 back in 1977. I no longer feel bad for not knowing who they were.
Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)But the guys responsible for it are all dead.
glacierbay
(2,477 posts)of 24 Hours At A Time.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)an old friend! Thanks for posting it.
a la izquierda
(11,791 posts)My dad is really into southern rock, for some odd reason. He's from the freakin' Bronx.
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)a la izquierda
(11,791 posts)But thanks!
Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)from country and pop songs that justify being a rambler and unfaithful lover, but ultimately all he can do to justify his behavior is say "heard it in a love song, can't be wrong." But of course it can be wrong, which the song itself proves. It's pretty meta for a country rock song. This goes over most people's heads, I guess.
Toy Caldwell, who wrote the song, is long dead. I don't know what his politics were but he was a two-tour Vietnam vet and the band, as the OP points out, did do Randy Newman's "Mr. President (Take Pity on the Working Man)" on a 1982 album, which was written to criticize Richard Nixon and would have been read as criticism of Ronald Reagan then. Clearly the only remaining original member, Doug Gray, the vocalist, is now a bone-headed Rethug.
Barack_America
(28,876 posts)I'll stick with that version.
Iggo
(47,546 posts)Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)But as I pointed out earlier, they're all pretty much dead. It's that band in name and vocalist only. Toy Caldwell, who died in 1993 tragically at 45 was the main songwriter.
RFKHumphreyObama
(15,164 posts)Never heard of them
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)The music was terrible and they are just making appearances based on nostalgia.
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)30 years ago. As far as I know, nothing's changed.
dawg
(10,622 posts)Now Romney will have South Carolina in the bag.
Botany
(70,483 posts)compare the venues:
Nationwide Arena Obama
Landmark Aviation Romney
Enrique
(27,461 posts)DisabledDem
(85 posts)Every Republican working in the arts/entertainment industry tend to always be washed up performers who want to cash in on politics and help the Republicans. The Republican candidate thinks he's being "hip" and in touch with people when in reality it's the Democratic party that has the artists of yesteryears, today, and tomorrow.
heppcatt
(212 posts)Ghost of Tom Joad
(1,354 posts)anyway calling this the battle of the bands: Springsteen vs Marshall Tucker. How delusional.
renate
(13,776 posts)Springsteen wins.
Thanks.
onethatcares
(16,165 posts)what makes them think they have any relevance at this point?
DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)All is lost!
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)glacierbay
(2,477 posts)Green Grass and High Tides
And just for shits and giggles, some Molley Hatchet, Flirting With Disaster.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)Erose999
(5,624 posts)TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)My brother had that album--they're pretty obscure, I think. Edit to add: they did have a pretty big hit with "So Into You", as I review their YouTube catalog. I didn't know that was them!
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)I like that song.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)I think they're only marginally southern-rock, though.
glacierbay
(2,477 posts)He's a committed Liberal and a southern rocker, he would be good for Pres. Obama.
Pack up the Plantation is my fav. album by him.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)in an Italian restaurant. I don't really consider him southern rock (although there's obviously some influence there), but one of my all-time favorites. His music has held up tremendously through the decades, I don't get tired of it even with endless classic-rock radio play.
glacierbay
(2,477 posts)is that he has a Confederate flag in most of his concerts. Other than that, he is very liberal.
Never get tired of listening to him.
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)Tom Petty was delighted to hear his rock anthem "I Won't Back Down" played at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, saying the moment gave him "chills."
http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=755856
he does use the confederate flag as a backdrop. Here he is with the flag behind him.
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)n\t
glacierbay
(2,477 posts)When my wife and I saw him in St. Louis, he had the flag as a backdrop, I don't know if he still uses it.
I hope not, it's kinda weird, he's a committed Liberal but he has/had a racist symbol as a backdrop.
Maybe it's because he's from FL where racism was rampant when he was growing up and for some strange reason, he uses it.
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)I had an annoying conversation about that, but I was convincing. "Why would anyone want to use a symbol that has been attached to neo-nazis for anything let alone, pride?"
glacierbay
(2,477 posts)I really liked their song Hold on Loosely.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)death knell. Progressive rock and southern rock died roughly the same year--1979. I still love both genres. Nobody's bothering to mention the Allman Brothers, because they're in a league by themselves, of course!
glacierbay
(2,477 posts)Allman Brothers Live before Duane Allman was killed in that motorcycle accident.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)The original and best, to quote the cornflakes box.
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)Erose999
(5,624 posts)Pretty sure they're not voting for the Bishop.
Horse with no Name
(33,956 posts)they ceased so no worries there! LOL
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)but an excellent singer and a good guitarist nonetheless.
Horse with no Name
(33,956 posts)I have honestly never seen him assert politics anywhere.
But I do love his stuff.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)assume that puts him in religious-right territory. I saw him play at the Plant City Strawberry Festival in Florida a while back--he was very good.
glacierbay
(2,477 posts)Saw him years ago in St. Louis, really enjoyed the show.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)three country guitarists he respects (being a guitar player himself): Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, and Vince Gill. It's a shame they don't often put out music that showcases their talents, any of them.
glacierbay
(2,477 posts)perform a concert together. That would be one hell of a show.
DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)Anyone know if Grand Funk Railroad is supporting a candidate?
tanyev
(42,541 posts)progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)hatrack
(59,583 posts)The Marshall Tucker Band? Seriously?
spanone
(135,815 posts)jillan
(39,451 posts)I did hear they came out with a new song.
But it is Rich that sings at goper rallies.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)At this point, I'm sure money and exposure is more important than politics for these guys--their best days were about 10 years ago, along with Gretchen Wilson.
DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)Can't remember if it was "Big" or "Rich" because I didn't care, but if he was friends with my right wing tool of a brother in law he had to be a right wing tool himself.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)spanone
(135,815 posts)saw it with my own eyes....
DCBob
(24,689 posts)yeehaw!
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)"Can't You See"--classics.
jillan
(39,451 posts)TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)the original band anyway (same as with Lynyrd Skynyrd)--it shouldn't ruin the good stuff they did 40 years ago.
glacierbay
(2,477 posts)the live version of 24 Hours at a Time kicks ass.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)and say I never liked them because some surviving member in his 60's or 70's wants to get exposure and gigs this way.
glacierbay
(2,477 posts)is nowhere near what the original band was, w/o Toy, it's just not the same.
sweetapogee
(1,168 posts)Fire on the Mountain
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)glacierbay
(2,477 posts)and it's waitin' for me there.
I've always loved southern rock and country rock.
One of my favorite southern rock female singers is Bonnie Raitt, I can listen to Thing Called Love every day and not get tired of it.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)Love that slide!
glacierbay
(2,477 posts)of southern rock and blues. She is a very talented singer/guitarist.
mac56
(17,566 posts)If there was enough time left I'm sure he'd locate The Bay City Rollers.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)nolabear
(41,959 posts)win_in_06
(1,764 posts)Quantess
(27,630 posts)can't you see
what this election
has been doin' to me.
GoneOffShore
(17,339 posts)Roy Ellefson
(279 posts)They were a good band in the '70s...in some ways a poor man's Allman Brothers. Some fine albums...A New Life, Where We All Belong, Marshall Tucker Band, Searchin' For a Rainbow, and Long Hard Ride were very good. After the Caldwell brothers died (especially Toy Caldwell) they began to suck...Doug Gray must be a wingnut.
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)yellowcanine
(35,698 posts)How appropriate.
Melinda
(5,465 posts)Difference between us... Democrats have a fire in our bellies and we are voting with it tomorrow!!
GOTV!!!
ellie
(6,929 posts)Like his very own soundtrack?