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Following the bankruptcy of Capricorn, the Marshall Tucker Band moved to Warner Bros. Records in 1979 for their ninth album, Running Like the Wind (the band's eighth release was a compilation album entitled Greatest Hits), and they retained Levine as the album's producer. In August 1979, the band played at Knebworth Festival in England.
Tommy Tucker (born Robert Higginbotham; March 5, 1933 – January 22, 1982) [1] was an American blues singer-songwriter and pianist. He is best known for the 1964 hit song, "Hi-Heel Sneakers", that went to No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and peaked at No. 23 in the UK Singles Chart.
Tanya Denise Tucker (born October 10, 1958) [2] is an American country music singer and songwriter who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13.During her career Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature into adulthood without losing her audience; she had a streak of top-10 and top-40 hits. [3]
The Marshall Tucker Band. Doug Gray - lead vocals, percussion; Toy Caldwell - lead guitar, steel guitar, lead vocals on "Can't You See", "Hillbilly Band," and "Ab's Song" Tommy Caldwell - bass guitar, background vocals, drums on "See You Later, I’m Gone" George McCorkle - rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion; Paul Riddle - drums
Running Like the Wind is The Marshall Tucker Band's ninth studio album (including the band's 1978 compilation, Greatest Hits) with its title track, "Running Like the Wind," being one of the band's most popular songs. The more jazzy "Last of the Singing Cowboys" was the single from the album, reaching #42 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
"Hi-Heel Sneakers" (often also spelled "High Heel Sneakers") is a blues song written and recorded by Tommy Tucker in 1963. Blues writer Mary Katherine Aldin describes it as an uptempo twelve-bar blues, with "a spare, lilting musical framework", and a strong vocal. [2] The song's rhythmic approach has also been compared to that of Jimmy Reed. [3]
"Can't You See" is a song written by Toy Caldwell of The Marshall Tucker Band. The song was originally recorded by the band on their 1973 debut album, The Marshall Tucker Band, and released as the album's first single. Record World called it "a strong rhythm item that continually builds and builds."
Blues musicians are musical artists who are primarily recognized as writing, performing, and recording blues music. [1] They come from different eras and include styles such as ragtime - vaudeville , Delta and country blues , and urban styles from Chicago and the West Coast . [ 2 ]