Running Like the Wind
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Running Like the Wind is The Marshall Tucker Band
's 9th studio album with its title track, "Running Like the Wind," being one the band's most popular songs. It is their first album recorded for Warner Bros.
after the collapse of Capricorn Records
.
except where noted.
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 9th studio album with its title track, "Running Like the Wind," being one the band's most popular songs. It is their first album recorded for Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
after the collapse of Capricorn Records
Capricorn Records
Capricorn Records was an independent record label which was launched by Phil Walden, Alan Walden, and Frank Fenter in 1969 in Macon, Georgia.-First Incarnation:...
.
Track listing
All songs by Toy CaldwellToy 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:...
except where noted.
- "Running Like the Wind"
- "Last of the Singing Cowboys" (McCorkle)
- "Answer to Love"
- "Unto These Hills"
- "Melody Ann" (Tommy Caldwell)
- "My Best Friend" (McCorkle)
- "Pass It On"
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 - 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, lead vocal on "Melody Ann" - 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
Credits
- Horns: Steve Madaio, Gary Grant, David Leull, Gary Herbig, Bill Reichenbach Jr. (horns arranged by Steve Madaio).
- Keyboards: Chuck LeavellChuck LeavellChuck Leavell is an American pianist and keyboardist, who was a member of The Allman Brothers Band throughout the height of their popularity, a founding member of the jazz-rock combo Sea Level, a frequently-employed session musician, and later, the keyboardist for Eric Clapton and The Rolling...
- Recorded: Bayshore Recording Studios, Coconut Grove, Florida
- Engineer: Kurt Kinzel
- Assistant Engineer: David Growther
- Mastered: Bernie Grundman, at A&M
- Cover and Inner Spread Photography: David Alexaner
- Back Cover Photography: Steve Smith
- Cover Concept: The Marshall Tucker Band
External links
- Levine, Stewart. Running Like the Wind. Ramblin' Records 15095-9705, 1979 (some lyrics included).
