<P> The original lineup of the Marshall Tucker Band, formed in 1972, included lead guitarist, vocalist, and primary songwriter Toy Caldwell (1947--1993), lead vocalist Doug Gray (born 1948), keyboard player, saxophone player, and flautist Jerry Eubanks (born 1950), rhythm guitarist George McCorkle (1947--2007), drummer Paul Riddle (born 1953), and bassist Tommy Caldwell (1949--1980). They signed with Capricorn Records and in 1973 released their first LP, The Marshall Tucker Band . </P> <P> After Tommy Caldwell was killed in an automobile accident in 1980, he was replaced by bassist Franklin Wilkie . Most of the original band members had left by the mid-1980s to pursue other projects . The band's current lineup consists of Gray on vocals, keyboard player, saxophonist and flautist Marcus James Henderson, guitarists Chris Hicks and Rick Willis, bassist Tony Black and drummer B.B. Borden . </P> <P> The "Marshall Tucker" in the band's name does not refer to a band member, but rather a Spartanburg - area blind piano tuner . While the band was discussing possible band names one evening in an old warehouse they had rented for rehearsal space, someone noticed that the warehouse's door key had the name "Marshall Tucker" inscribed on it, and suggested they call themselves "The Marshall Tucker Band," not realizing it referred to an actual person . It later came to light that Marshall Tucker, the blind piano tuner, had rented the space before the band, and his name was inscribed on the key . Music historian Joel Whitburn erroneously attributes "Marshall Tucker" to the owner of the band's rehearsal hall in his book, Top Pop Singles, 1955 - 2002 . </P> <P> The original members (and some later members) of the Marshall Tucker Band had been playing in various lineups under different band names around the Spartanburg area since the early 1960s . In 1966, members of several such bands merged to form the Toy Factory, named after guitarist Toy Caldwell . The Toy Factory's constantly shifting lineup included, at times, Caldwell, his younger brother Tommy, Doug Gray, Jerry Eubanks, George McCorkle, and Franklin Wilkie . In the late 1960s, four of the bandmembers served in the U.S. Armed Forces; Toy Caldwell was wounded in Vietnam . </P>

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