Marshall Tucker Band

"I don't think that God wants me to quit."

Many more who knew Rossington well for 20, 30 or even 50 years took to social media to recognize the guitarist and songwriter's influence.

Though he was never a member of the group, the Marshall Tucker Band would have looked a whole lot different if they'd never run into this man.

Run, boys, run!

The Marshall Tucker Band will relive one of their most memorable performances as a live album. 'Live From Englishtown,' a recording of their 1977 Englishtown, N.J., concert that drew more than 150,000 fans, will be released in October on the band's own Ramblin' Records.

The Marshall Tucker Band is as old as the CMA Music Festival. Both were born in 1972, and both have have experienced changes in recent years. Fans at this year's Kick-Off Concert at the Chevrolet Riverfront Stage will find out that both have the same infectious energy today that they did 40 years ago. Maybe even more.

Since Blackberry Smoke was announced as one of the acts performing at the Taste of Country Festival June 13-15 at Hunter Mountain and I plugged them in to a fairly steady rotation, the response from Big Kat listeners who had not previously heard them has been fantastic...

With all the talking we do on air about the Taste of Country Music Festival June 13-15 at Hunter Mountain, it got me to thinking about how fortunate we have been in Chenango County over the last couple of decades in being able to see great country performers right here in our own proverbial "back yard...