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Music Monday: The Marshall Tucker Band – “Can’t You See”

RichC | February 22, 2021

The Marshall Tucker Band was one of my favorite groups in the 1970s and I mentioned them before. I was a big fan of modern country music as it inched towards what we know as southern rock. It really made inroads into popular music in the 1970s and had staying power unlike the trendy stuff […]

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Music Monday: Top charting single by The Marshall Tucker Band

RichC | April 2, 2018

This Music Monday post has been in the "to be included folder" for a while now. This week since I’ve been pre-occupied with taxes, packing and some organization, I pulled it out to both listen to it again and post. Back when I was in college, my taste in music ranged from what was popular […]

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