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50% 25% 0%By Zach PrelutskyPublished: Jan. 24, 2023 at 11:14 PM EST|Updated:
Jan. 25, 2023
at 1:12 PM EST
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The namesake of a legendary southern rock
band from the
Upstate is being remembered.
Marshall Tucker died at the age of 99.
“He was just an incredible guy, very humble, very godly. Very studious person,
he believed
in continuing to learn something new every day,” said Calvary Baptist Church
Pastor Jeff
Scott.
A well-known piano tuner in the Upstate and Midlands, Tucker’s name is known
worldwide.
“The original band, I could never see it being called anything else,” said Paul
Riddle.
Riddle is an original member of The Marshall Tucker Band, which formed in
Spartanburg in the
early 1970s.
FOX Carolina's Zach Prelutsky sat down with a founding member of The Marshall
Tucker Band
after the band's namesake died at 99.
It was when the band first began practicing that they found the inspiration for
their name.
“We didn’t have a name, and Tommy (Caldwell) found this little tag that had
Marshall Tucker
written on it, and he said we’re The Marshall Tucker Band, and everyone said,
well, sounds
good to me, and so that was the name of the band,” explained Riddle with a
laugh.
The building the band practiced in used to belong to Tucker, and when they
asked if they
could use his name Tucker said yes.
“Give him some recognition that he certainly well deserves because everything I
ever heard
about him was just a great guy,” said Riddle.
A graduate of the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind, Tucker
worked tirelessly
on legislation for blind citizens in South Carolina in his life.
Director of Fine Arts at SCSDB, Dr. Josh Padgett, says Tucker is an inspiration
to his
current students.
“When we have students listening to, or wearing Marshall Tucker Band t-shirts
and we explain
the connection to the namesake, the direct connection they have that Marshall
Tucker
attended the same school they did, you know they’re really amazed,” said
Padgett.
Marshall Tucker’s name will continue to live on, and those who know him say we
can carry on
his legacy too.
“Understanding other people. Caring about other people, listening to them,”
said Scott.
Tucker leaves behind a loving wife and two daughters, along with several other
family
members and friends.
Steve