Marshall Tucker Band about more than just Doug Gray

Joe Naiman

Village News Reporter

There never was a musician named Marshall Tucker in the Marshall Tucker Band. Marshall Tucker was a blind piano tuner whose name was on a key the band used to access their original rehearsal area. Lead singer Doug Gray is the only remaining original member of the Marshall Tucker Band, and the band currently also includes guitarists Chris Hicks and Rick Willis, bassist Ryan Ware, drummer B.B. Borden, and keyboard, flute, and saxophone player Marcus Henderson.

Gray is the most prominent musician of the Marshall Tucker Band, whose 50th Anniversary Tour included a...