George Mccorkle Passes Away
On 07-01-2007
at 5:05 pm
Southern Rock has always been closely related to Country Music. Many of the country music artists that exist today would not have the popularity that they have experienced if it weren’t for bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special, and the Byrds. On Friday, June 29th, we lost one of the founding members of the Marshall Tucker Band. George Mccorkle, the rhythm guitarist for MTB, lost a month long battle with cancer. Lead singer Doug Gray is now the only surviving member. If you are not familiar with their music, you can hear their influence through other artists. Waylon Jennings covered their hit, “Can’t You See” and took it to number four on the country charts. Mark Chestnutt did a worthy remake of the song “Heard It In a Love Song”, which is probably the most memorable song to come out of the Marshall Tucker Band catalog. You can definitely tell that Travis Tritt was inspired by the Marshall Tucker Band. Let’s hope that another band or artist can take their place and just as influential.
