Toy Caldwell will always be loved and missed more than he would of ever expected.. his legacy will always be a part of our lives and his music will always live in our hearts and souls

@jimhamlin6475

2 жыл бұрын

You sure got that right,there will nobody close to resemble that sound he could make...miss him big time!!!

Toy should be honored with a statue in downtown Spartanburg as the greatest thumber in Southern Rock history. MTB for the RnR Hall of Fame!!!👍🏻✌🏼💯

Nobody . . . And I Mean Nobody . . . had a thing on Toy Caldwell and The Marshall Tucker Band! This is Southern Rock at it's finest.

Toy was my uncle.He was always great to me growing up.Thanks for posting this.Eric Goode

@mablesyrup1571

5 жыл бұрын

I am so sorry he passed at such a young age. He was bursting with God given talent. I love his music and respect him for his service to our country. May he rest in peace. Playing his guitar in the afterlife to his satisfaction! If I am good, my paradise will be listening to your uncle, for ever and ever ad infinitum!

@supa308

5 жыл бұрын

Toy was everybody's uncle!!!!!!! Thank you for sharing him with us....I'm 51 and still going strong.....Marshall Tucker was the first concert I ever saw and by far the best. 81' Garden State Arts Center...I didn't even know what I was witnessing.

@dtmjax5612

4 жыл бұрын

eric goode One of my favorite guitar players of all time. So underrated.

@Strimbles

3 жыл бұрын

Toy was INCREDIBLE!!!!

@randybrothers5358

3 жыл бұрын

Doug and brothers we're simply the best! Their sound and energy unmatched!

When the chemistry is right, there's no denying it. This is the band in their prime and at their best.

@phillipperry4569

8 ай бұрын

I agree

Toy and George and all the rest are South Carolina's gift to music and the world! Thank you from a North Carolinian, who lived around the corner from the MTB bus driver, who sometimes had that bus in our neighborhood, I saw it lots back in the 70s. They're not "Southern Rock", they're really a bit different than anything, jazzy, rockin' and not confined to a genre. These guys, Skynyrd, The Outlaws and others were the real deal and they were just as important as the Zeps, Who, Stones etc. It's ok to have more than one favorite and that's a win-win for all music lovers!

@edbergen7073

Жыл бұрын

Southern/rockin/country/ blues is how hes described in my eyes

@MSC-Songwriter

Ай бұрын

I love this..That's my uncle Buddy Carpenter...he's still kickin' at 83 over in E TN...I talk to him often....I try to get Toy stories out of him...there are many..lol.....he became their road manager after Tommy was Killed.

@MSC-Songwriter

Ай бұрын

I love this..That's my uncle Buddy Carpenter...he's still kickin' at 83 over in E TN...I talk to him often....I try to get Toy stories out of him...there are many..lol.....he became their road manager after Tommy was Killed.

This is the best Marshall Tucker jam on KZread and one of the best I've ever seen and heard. Too bad there are not more gems like this available here. Toy's picking is as sweet and deeply felt as it gets; the rhythm is wonderful; the way Tommy grooves on and maybe motivates Toy is fascinating. Every player, superb. The unit, phenomenal. How lucky those of us are who got to see them in the 70s.

One most interesting Songs, Marshall Tucker Band shows their proof how they Can Make Some Wonderful Southern Rock Music, some of the Best Music and I just love listening to this Song over and over again those Blue Ridge Mountain Skies!!

My wife and I saw them at the Eliot Hall of Music at Purdue in the fall of '78. Toy, Tommy and George. 3rd row seats. Hell of a memory.

Nothing was better in live music during that era than Toy, Tommy and George getting in that semi-circle and jamming their asses off. Great musicians all. Good guys too ... several were 'Nam Vets. Awesome memories.

One of the tightest bands there ever was. So glad I got to see this original lineup live.

rare footage...thank you...Toy, always smokin'!!!!!!!

The golden thumb of badass.

love them tucker boys hell yeah and more of these old clips.please

Where in the hell is the rest of this concert?!!!! They need to find it, remix, and re-issue!

ONE OF THE BEST BANDS= COMPLETE

One of, if not, their best song - especially the live versions like this one.

Gotta love Marshall Tucker, music for the soul.

Great track by a great band first heard in 73 great southern rock

Sensational. Its just not the same anymore

Came across MTB by chance two years ago, looking for some music to console me on the death of my brother. I found their song “If I Could See You One More Time”, and I’m hooked ever since. I’m from the UK, and had never heard of them, so it’s great to see this recorded by the BBC. Such tremendous talent. I wish I could have seen them in the 70s, although I’d only have been very young!

This is one of my all time favorites in case anyone is interested

What a strong voice he had. Loud and proud

oh.my. god. the second round of listening to this blows my mind

This is awesome! I had no idea MTB was so big across the pond.

@kurtatnold9945

6 жыл бұрын

C. Holland there is no counting how many times vie Sean MTV I heard the lead singer passed and they kind of fell off. they did get there name from there football coach now they were in Wisconsin not to long ago were I saw them was at summerfest some years they would have 3 gigs there and was at every one with 20 good friends, and they were not playing the main stage it was always the old style stage summerfest is the largest music festival in the world over the 11 day run there are 1500 pulse bands playing from its hummbel beginnings to a fantastic place to be at the end of June till July I think it runs June 26 to July 11th check it out rock on

Toy at his very best! Fastest thumb ever!

I always wandered why Gibson never made a Les Paul model. Guitar after Toy Calwell . What he did as a song writer and those awesome leads with his thumb. Incredible !

Damn that cowboy can jam, Toy was one of the best and one of my all time favorites. I had a chance to see them in '78 when I was 13 with my big sister and her husband but something accrued that stopped us from going though. I think it was that my brother-in-law started drinking before we left the house and he became an instant asshole like most people do that have issues. So because of that jerk we did not go to the concert, I missed one of the most talented live performances in history. Unfortunately I did not get the chance to see Toy perform before he passed, and that's really to bad.

@paullevine1813

Жыл бұрын

Lost a old friend from my days in elementary school & I'm 66 now to Alcoholism , best of friends always & he began drinking when we were in our teens & it just spiraled out of control . Yes they as drunks are Fu- ked up when drunk & never think about what they do to others . It's always a bad thing & sadly it always seems to end at the cemetery & if they are lucky it's only them getting buried but way to many times they take another's life with them that had been in the wrong place at the wrong time & it's a sad & terrible thing . Sorry he made you miss such a great band & as all alcoholics they can't process what they are doing to themselves let alone everyone else . I was lucky to have grow up in the 60s & early 70s so i had many great times seeing the band in full swing & you're damn right Toy was one cowboy that could swing & pick like the Devil only much better than him . We miss them all including friends lost . I'm an ex Kart racer so i agree with your icon name , nothing like the smell of Race Fuel burning in the morning !!!

just the best~period~done~

Thank you for this amazing vid!

tOY IS THE KING,NUFF SAD

Toy understood the tone of the strings. He knew the sound the sting would make when he placed his fingers on them. Its the length of the string where he placed his fingers that told him the melody he was to play. He knew that to play music he must allow music to teach him what music is. Because music in itself wanted Caldwell to tell people what it truly is, in its purity, unadulterated by anyone's opinion. HE HEARD THE MUSIC THAT HIS HEART WANTED TO TELL ALL THOSE WHO WERE WILLING TO HERE.

Amazing

👍👍awesome music

@bobbygomez367

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget about Pure Prairie League Marshall Tucker Band Ozark Mountain Daredevils those were rockabilly badass bands!

Toy at his very Best.. Fastest thumb ever!! 🎼🎸🎶🎵🤎

No picks allowed at the Caldwell house growing up. Toy and Tommy played with their thumbs, just like their Daddy did.

Toy is an amazing player. All downstrokes with the side of his thumb. I believe what sounds like upstrokes are actually hammer-ons. Ol' Thunder Thumb!

Killer Toy!!! My buddy currently owns that specific Les Paul that he's playing!! MTB at their best!!!!

@iconoclastic12007

2 жыл бұрын

Wait…..are you saying he owns Toy’s tobacco burst?

@bm8231

2 жыл бұрын

@@iconoclastic12007 I actually have it....same one he plays here and on most of the videos on you tube

@bm8231

2 жыл бұрын

Gonna make a video soon and post here on You Tube showcasing it.

@iconoclastic12007

2 жыл бұрын

@@bm8231 I will be thrilled to see it. That is one special Gibson!

@davidteller7681

2 жыл бұрын

@@bm8231 too cool! Is it a '58?

This was my unforgettable experience at the New Haven Coliseum on July 14, 1979: A friend and I, who'd earlier in the day gone to the SunFest at Yale Bowl to see The Beach Boys, walked into the Coliseum in the late afternoon through the backstage/loading dock entrance and hid separately until ticket-holders started coming in. We had at least two hours to kill. At one point, I took a stroll. A Hell's Angels "security" goon saw me, got pissed off, and escorted me out. I was walking in front of that scary guy. At one point, just before we reached the exit, he hauled off and slugged me in the back of the head. It was vile and really hurt. I went straight to the Sheraton Park Plaza Hotel where the bands stayed and asked at the front desk for Marshall Tucker's manager. I was given a room number and told I could go up to see him. His name was Joe McConnell. I told him my story. He was so empathetic and angry. He told me "I'll take care of you. Let's go back there. I want you to show me the guy who attacked you." We went back shortly before Orleans ("Dance with Me" and "Still the One") came on stage to open. I found the gang member and pointed at him. He saw me do it. The manager then found the head thug of the Hell's Angels and demanded that the goon be kicked out of the venue. That was done. Then the manager gave me a great floor-seat ticket and a backstage pass. One of the worst things that ever happened to me turned out to the most moving experiences I've ever had in achieving justice.

Yes more old MTB on you tube,Toy,Tommy and George.

Thanks for posting Drewman . I see that you have other MTB videos , I aim to go watch a few right now .

When the strings are an exact replication of your feelings to the life you want to share with others, YOU WILL BE AN INSPIATION TO OTHERS

How about the riff at 1:26.... played w his thumb only. Toy was definitely one of the best!!

@truckerkevthepaidtourist

7 жыл бұрын

B M The thumb of steel..Still amazing Shit Ivstill have some days cannot Travis pick worth a shit and gotta have regular pic but that was the magic thumb

The Magic Thumd,Toys best asset-

that thumb thou

I don't care what anyone says TOY IS THE BEST LEAD EVER Calling him the magic thumb only underestimates his talent

Marshall Tucker 🤣🙏❤🇺🇲💙😮

@Dave33x

23 күн бұрын

JAR 🌍 #1

Thundering thumb brothers...

Marshall tucker band at its prime toys picking doug singing and the rest of the band right on tucker boys cooking out of Carolina doesn't any better than that

Music poured out of Toy from 1973 to 83 at least on a never to be equaled level.the melodies and lyrics will never be matched.I walked all over Spartanburg in 2001 and asked about Toy and MTB everywhere I went.Sadly no one seem to care or know,that's a travesty.

Toy sang lead on original recording surprised he didn't here.

YEA BOY!!!

I like ththeir song can't yousee

marks favorite song

Southern Gentlemen Hell Raisers

Where is the rest of this show???

Yeah... Later on , maybe because they played a lot, the songs were well faster than the recorded version. I don't know.

Vintage...

After a loong and I might say a wery deligting journey on the net,this is one off Toys better MTB performans,Toys playing was best off all guitarist ever ,had only one oponnent,The greate Jan Akkerman,but Toy wins is on a mass off hits.

@devlin0208

6 жыл бұрын

lars viklund well put!

They say toy was a coke head. Back in the day everyone was. If he was doing coke he wouldn’t have gained so muck weight.

Go toy

Too fast

Them Beagle dogs never get too old by God,they just run a bit slower.

@robertferguson533

9 ай бұрын

I love old Beagles and Walker Hounds. They’re the best