Amador County – The Marshall Tucker Band plans to “rock on” at the Jackson Rancheria Casino & Hotel on Oct. 22, bringing over 35 years of classic rock to Jackson.

Jackson Rancheria Marketing Department Content Developer Carol Cook announced the concert recently, saying the Marshall Tucker Band is still led today by founding member and lead singer Doug Gray. She said Marshall Tucker Band “represents a time and place in music that will never be duplicated.” And Gray is quick to credit the band’s current dynamic members with carrying on the timeless essence of the Marshall Tucker Band sound.

Gray said the “buying public never really cared whether we were country or rock and roll. They called us a Southern rock band, but we have always played everything from country, jazz, blues, rock & roll and all things in between.”

Grinning, with twinkling eyes, Gray said: “As we’ve become older, our Southern heritage seems to come out even more. But no matter how old we get, we can still rock your socks off.”

Gray said that people have gotten “married and buried” to classic Marshall Tucker Band songs like “Desert Skies” and “Can’t You See.” Marshall Tucker Band continues to be played on classic rock and country radio, and they have never stopped touring.

Current members include slide guitarist Stuart Swanlund, who joined the band in 1989; the highly respected drummer B.B. Borden, a former member of both Mother’s Finest and The Outlaws; multi instrumentalist Marcus Henderson of Macon, Georgia, who plays flute, saxophone and keyboards in addition to lead and background vocals; Pat Elwood on bass guitar and Rick Willis on lead guitar and vocals, both of Spartanburg, South Carolina, are disciples of the Caldwell Brothers.

The Marshall Tucker Band got its start in Spartanburg when Gray teamed up with Tommy Caldwell and Toy Caldwell, Paul T. Riddle, George McCorkle and Jerry Eubanks, borrowing the name “Marshall Tucker” from a piano tuner whose name was found on a key ring in their old rehearsal space.

They opened shows for the Allman Brothers in 1973, and the following year began headlining their own shows across America, after platinum-plus sales of their debut album. They toured constantly, playing “sheds, stadiums, theaters, fairs, and festivals.”

The 21-and-over show in the Hotel’s Grand Oak Ballroom has General admission for $40, and Dreamcatcher’s Club members can get discounted $20 tickets, at the Casino Box Office, by phone at 800-822-WINN, ext. 8731. Tickets are also sold at JacksonCasino.com.

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