Long Hard Ride was 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...

's 5th studio album. It was released in 1976 and produced by Paul Hornsby

Paul Hornsby

Paul Hornsby is a musician and record producer who has produced gold and platinum records for artists including the Charlie Daniels Band, the Marshall Tucker Band, and Wet Willie....

. Guest performers included Charlie Daniels

Charlie Daniels

Charles Edward "Charlie" Daniels is an American musician known for his contributions to country and southern rock music. He is known primarily for his number one country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and multiple other songs he has performed and written. Daniels has been active as a singer...

, John McEuen and Jerome Joseph. The title track was made into a short form film that was played as a sort of movie trailer. It depicts the members of the band as a gang of cowboys.
The album's cover features Frank C. McCarthy's painting "The Last Crossing".

Tracks

1. "Long Hard Ride" (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:...
   
   ) - 3:48
2. "Property Line" (Toy Caldwell) - 2:57
3. "Am I The Kind of Man" (Toy Caldwell) - 4:21
4. "Walkin' The Streets Alone" (Toy Caldwell) - 5:05
5. "Windy City Blues" (Jerry Eubanks, Doug Gray, George McCorkle) - 4:53
6. "Holding on to You" (George McCorkle) - 3:48
7. "You Say You Love Me" (Toy Caldwell) - 3:57
8. "You Don't Live Forever" (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...
   
   ) - 3:55

Bonus:

1. "If I Could See You One More Time" [Live, April 18 1980 - Nassau Colliseum NY]

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:...
  
   - Electric and acoustic guitars, steel guitar and lead vocal on "Property Line"
• 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 guitar and background 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...
  
   - Electric and acoustic guitars, banjo
• Jerry Eubanks - Flute, alto, baratone and tenor saxophone, background 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 and percussion
• Paul Riddle - drums