Tuckerized

The Marshall Tucker Band: Doug Gray (vocals): Toy Caldwell (acoustic, electric, slide & pedal steel guitars); George McCorkle (acoustic & electric guitars); Jerry Eubanks (flute, alto & baritone saxophones, background vocals); Franklin Wilkie (bass, background vocals); Paul T. Riddle (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Ronnie Godfrey (keyboards); Yolanda McCullough, Sarah Dash, Krystal Davis (background vocals).
Recorded at Creative Arts Studio, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Personnel: Toy Caldwell (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, steel guitar); Doug Gray (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Jerry Eubanks (vocals, flute, saxophone, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, keyboards, background vocals); Ronnie Godfrey (vocals, keyboards); Yolanda McCullough, Krystal Davis, Sarah Dash (vocals, background vocals); Ullanda McCullough (vocals); George McCorkle (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Franklin Wilkie (horns, background vocals); Paul Riddle (drums, percussion).
Audio Remasterer: Keith Blake.
Audio Remixer: John Arrias.
Liner Note Author: Barry Alfonson.
Recording information: Creative Arts Studio, Spartanbu.
Photographers: Arnold Rosenberg; Benno Friedman.
Arrangers: Gary Klein; The Marshall Tucker Band.
Shortly after Dedicated was released, the Marshall Tucker Band hunkered down and refined their sound yet again, undoubtedly influenced by drummer Paul Riddle and keyboardist Franklin Wilkie's side project, the jazz fusion group the Throbbers. Designed (surprisingly) with commercial radio in mind, Tuckerized is a polished and slick ten-song session that relies largely on songwriting efforts from outside of the group. As a result, the record has an out-of-step feeling, especially when compared to the totality of the group's hard-driving output, and nowhere is this more evident than on the Randy Newman-penned "Mr. President." And while other moments are enjoyable ("Sweet Elaine" and "If You Think You're Hurtin' Me [Girl You're Crazy]"), this is an album that only die-hard fans of the group will enjoy. ~ Rob Theakston