Paul Riddle,
George McCorkle,
Paul Hornsby,
Doug Gray,
Jerry Eubanks,
Tommy Caldwell
Born: November 13, 1947, Spartanburg, SC
Died: February 25, 1993, Spartanburg, SC
Active: '90s
Genres: Rock
Instrument: Guitar (Steel), Vocals, Guitar
Representative Albums: "Can't You See," "Toy Caldwell," "Son of the South"
Biography
Toy Caldwell was best known as the lead guitarist and main songwriter in the Marshall Tucker Band. A unique personality as well as a formidable musician, he was a peer of both Dickey BettsandCharlie Daniels, and his best work crossed effortlessly between country, blues, and rock & roll. A few years after the breakup of the Marshall Tucker Band in the late '80s, he re-emerged as leader of the Toy Caldwell Band, which played small-scale shows of the kind that the Marshall Tucker Band couldn't do. He also recorded one solo album before his death in early 1993. Although most of his fame inevitably rests with the Marshall Tucker Band, Caldwell left behind a small but glorious body of solo material. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide