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Rusty Milner | Milner, Rusty. Rusty Milner was born and raised in Spartanburg, South Carolina. At age 9, after several years of piano lessons, his Uncle introduced him to the Ukulele. Soon, he would receive his first acoustic guitar, followed by an electric, which became a passion that developed in to a talent that continues today.
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The "Marshall Tucker" in the band's name does not refer to a band member, rather to a blind piano tuner from Columbia, South Carolina. 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, an...
Early history
The original members (and some later members) of the Marshall Tucker Band had been playing in various line-ups 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 line-up included, at times, Caldwell, his younger brother Tommy, Doug Gray, Jerry Eubanks, George McCorkle, and Franklin Wilkie. In the late 1960s, four of the ban...
1970s
The Marshall Tucker Band's self-titled debut, produced by Paul Hornsby, was released in 1973, and certified gold in 1975. All of the tracks were written by Toy Caldwell, including "Can't You See" which was released in 1973 and re-released in 1977. After the album's release, the band began touring, playing upwards of 300 shows per year throughout the decade. Southern rock fiddler Charlie Daniels later recalled that the Marshall Tucker Band "came onstage and just blew it out from start to finis...
1980s
On April 22, 1980, following the completion of the band's tenth album Tenth, bassist and co-founder Tommy Caldwell suffered massive head trauma in a car wreck and died six days later. Former Toy Factory bassist Franklin Wilkie replaced Caldwell for their next album, Dedicated, but the band was never able to recapture its commercial success of the 1970s. On 1982's Tuckerized, only two songs were written by band members; "Sea, Dreams & Fairy Tales" by Toy Caldwell and "Sweet Elaine" by George M...
Tommy Caldwell described the Marshall Tucker Band's music as progressive country, explaining that the band played country music structures and riffs combined with jazz improvisation upon which more complex structures were built from the country music foundation. In 1977, Billboard identified the Marshall Tucker Band as major performers of the genre...
The Marshall Tucker Band at AllMusic- 1972–present
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Rusty Milner. Rusty Milner served as a guitarist for The Marshall Tucker Band during the late 1980s and early 1990s. His tenure included contributions to the band’s recordings and live performances, maintaining its signature Southern rock sound during a period of change. Tim Lawter
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