マーシャル・タッカー・バンドThe Marshall Tucker Bandは、サウスカロライナ州スパータンバーグで1972年に結成されたサザン・ロックバンド。
ロックを基本に、カントリー、ブルース、R＆B、ジャズなどアメリカンミュージックのすべての要素を取り込んだサウンドである。
オリジナルメンバーは、リードギターでほとんどの曲の作詞作曲をしたトイ・コールドウェルToyCaldwell、ベースで弟のトミー・コールドウェルTommy Caldwell、リズムギターで曲も書いたジョージ・マッコークルGeorge McCorkle、フルート・サックスでこのバンドの味付けをしたジェリー・ユーバンクスJerry Eubanks、ドラムでジャズ畑のポール・リドルPaulRiddle、ボーカルのダグ・グレイDoug Gray。
ゆったりしたカントリーフレイバーあふれる大陸的な曲もあれば、タイトなリズムにあふれるハードなギターソロもある、ジャムセッションみたいな曲もあるという幅広いサウンドだ。ダグ・グレイの深みのある伸びやかな歌声はほかのバンドにはない印象を与えている。ユーバンクスのフルート・サックスもいい味付けになっている。
1978年のLP「Together Forever 」のB面。
「Dream Lover」 (作詞・作曲Jerry Eubanks, George McCorkle)
「Everybody Needs Somebody」 (作詞・作曲Doug Gray, Jerry Eubanks, GeorgeMcCorkle)
「Change is Gonna Come」 (作詞・作曲Tommy Caldwell)
「Asking Too Much of You」（作詞・作曲Toy Caldwell）
「Asking Too Much of You」のアコースティク・ギターは、ふだんベースを担当しているトミー・コールドウェル。
DREAM LOVER
Was a time when friends of mine said Love was just a game
Find a girl and give her a whirl, then Move on, all the same
But I was never happy Always searching for this one
The dream to be my lover And the dream she'd give me a son
I've searched this whole world over 'Bout a hundred times or more
Always looking for a girl I could love Forever more
Dream lady, sexy Sadie, oh, I've dreamed All my life of you
Dream lover, there's no other, oh girl
You could make all my dreams come true
Dream lover, oh, where are you? If I could find you I'd love you true
Dream lover you're in my mind
Oh, lord, why does love have to be so unkind?
But I found a girl with loving One to share my hopes and dreams
A friend to stand beside me And the lover of my dreams
EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY
Listening for a faint sound Gazing out the window I see
Winds blowing clouds Wish they were taking me
A lonesome song on the radio Reminds me of where I'd like to be
Everybody needs somebody To help them make itthrough life
Arms to hold, words to soothe Someone to say that it's all right
Too many miles of road, I really can't complain
These lonely hotel rooms are driving meinsane
My life's a hard life, wouldn't have it anyother way
Someday darling, I'll be coming home to stay
Everybody needs somebody To help them make it through life
Arms to hold, words to soothe Someone to say that it's all right
Songs of the highway, one night stands
It can take it's toll on any kind of man
Lord, I miss you and I ain't afraid to say
Someday darling, I'll be coming home to stay
CHANGE IS GONNA COME
There was a time I dreamed about money Was a day I feared growing old
Many times have come When I'm thinking 'bout you, honey
And if you leave me girl I got nowhere to go
Cause I know, yes, I know A change is gonna come someday
Do you remember a long, long time ago You would follow me
All the time And everywhere I go?
Now I find myself a pot of gold Living on another name
And what I got to know Is it still the same?
Cause I know, yes, I know A change is gonna come someday
ASKING TOO MUCH OF YOU
If Iask you to tell me about the man You been seen with most everyday
If Iask you to tell me Why you're never athome
When I call you in the middle of the day
And when I ask you to tell me only the truth
That ain't asking too much of you
If I ask you to tell me Why you got someoneto keep the kids
That Saturday I was gone And If I ask you to tell me
Why that same Saturday night It seems you forgot to come home
All I'd like to know is if you still care AndI don't think the question
I'm asking is by no means unfair If I ask you to tell me about the man
You been seen with most everyday