The Marshall Tucker Band: A New Life
Gene Sculatti, Fusion, June 1974
I used to have a band like this one once. Yeah. Five guys trying to work into that storm 'n' lull Grateful Dead groove. Organ, guitars, and I even scribbled lyrics emulating Robert Hunter.
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