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10. März 2020 · The band briefly considered calling it a day but eventually hired Franklin Wilkie, a former member of MTB precursors The Toy Factory, as a replacement. “Tommy would’ve wanted us to carry on,” Gray believes. “What can I say? The Marshall Tucker Band has lasted longer than any of my marriages.”
- Dave Ling
After Tommy Caldwell was killed in a car accident in 1980, he was replaced by bassist Franklin Wilkie. Most of the original band members had left by the mid-1980s. [2] The band's current line-up consists of Gray on vocals; keyboard player, saxophonist and flautist Marcus James Henderson; guitarists Chris Hicks and Rick Willis ...
- 1972–present
- Spartanburg, South Carolina, U.S.
- Doug Gray, Marcus James Henderson, Chris Hicks, Rick Willis, Tony Black, B.B. Borden
12. Mai 2016 · Caldwell died on April 28, 1980, after lingering in critical condition at Spartanburg General Hospital for almost a week. Franklin Wilkie, a former bassist in Toy Caldwell’s pre-Marshall Tucker group, took over for Tommy – but the band never regained its commercial momentum.
19. Sept. 2007 · 0:04. 1:24. Franklin Wilkie, former bass guitarist for The Marshall Tucker Band, is out of jail on bond following his arrest Monday on allegations he sexually assaulted a 23-year-old woman...
Franklin Wilkie. Franklin Wilkie joined The Marshall Tucker Band as a bassist in the mid-1980s, following the departure of original members. Wilkie’s tenure with the band lasted until the early 2000s, during which he contributed to several albums and tours, helping to sustain the band’s presence in the Southern rock scene. Stuart Swanlund
- Janey Roberts
Dedicated is the eleventh studio album by the Marshall Tucker Band. [3] It was "dedicated" to their former bassist and founding member, Tommy Caldwell, who was killed from injuries sustained in a car crash the previous year, and the other Caldwell brother, Timmy, who died under similar circumstances, and to all lost loved ones. [4]
The obvious choice for a replacement came in the form of Franklin Wilkie, a one-time member of The Toy Factory, and a life-long friend of the band. “We knew we would go on,” says Doug. “And Franklin Wilkie was the natural choice.
