The Marshall Tucker Band 1972. (L to R) Toy Caldwell, George McCorkle, Jerry Eubanks, Doug Gray, Paul Riddle, Tommy Caldwell.
The Gene Krupa Story, and after I saw that movie I was done. I just wanted to play the drums. So then as time marched on a little bit, I was only ten years old I started taking drum lessons from my drum teacher that’s still in Spartanburg named David Haddox. I still call him my drum teacher. (Editor’s Note: Haddox is one of the finest drummers in South Carolina or anywhere. I had the honor of playing in a band with him for many years. An awe-inspiring player. – MBS) I took from David, and not only did he expose me to, you know, the technical as- pects of drumming, but he exposed me more importantly to so many great jazz players like Dave Brubeck, John Coltrane and Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and Buddy Rich’s big band and, you know, all this great music that I was listening to when I was ten years old. And for some reason, it moved me. I didn't understand it technically but it
stirred my soul all up and I just got it. I just really enjoyed that music, and so in turn that made me want to study more, and so my
whole goal was to go to Berklee all of my jun- ior high and high school years. I just wanted to go to Berklee School of Music, because at that time way back then you could have two private lessons a week with Allen Dawson, who was the great jazz drummer that played with Dave Brubeck. So that was my goal, to go to Berklee and study, and I was just going to make a living playing music and be a great musician. I had no idea that George McCorkle would hear about me and ask me over to practice at his parents’ home. And when I was sixteen he asked me to join his band. I didn't know anything about playing that kind of music, it was kind of heavy stuff. But we started playing together. Then Tommy Caldwell got out of the
Marine Corps. His brother’s band, the Toy Factory, was still playing, and they kind of made a spot for Tommy to play in the Toy Factory, playing guitar. Tommy was a bass player, so that was really out of character for Tommy and he wasn't happy. So he came to George and said, “You know I want to start
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