This Ol' Cowboy - Marshall Tucker Band | The Midnight Special

 


From January 24th, 1975 on The Midnight Special, more of the southern rock tradition, with The Marshall Tucker Band, playing "This Ol' Cowboy".  The Caldwell brothers, Toy Caldwell on guitar and vocals, and Tommy Caldwell on bass, really combined rock, country, rhythm & blues, and jazz, into their own singular sound.  Toy Caldwell on lead guitar and vocals, and special guest, Charlie Daniels, the one and the only, on the fiddle.  Also featured from The Marshall Tucker Band, Jerry Eubanks on flute, lead vocalist Doug Gray, this time on percussion with a tambourine, and Paul Riddle, on drums.  

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