This past weekend, under a canopy of stars in the depths of the San Juan Mountains in Colorado, Marcus King stepped up to the microphone and tore into a rendition of the Marshall Tucker Band’s “Can’t You See” at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. “I’m gonna take a freight train, down …
Read More »
Paul T. Riddle knows that he’s prone to shed a tear or two when the right moment strikes. He’s the first to admit he gets choked up during soft-hearted TV advertisements or when “Silent Night” comes across grocery store speakers during the holiday season. So, on a Monday morning when …
Read More »
Marcus King wrapped up his two-day Family Reunion festival in his native South Carolina this weekend by paying tribute to one of the all-time great Southern rock groups: the Marshall Tucker Band. Backed by original Marshall Tucker drummer Paul T. Riddle, King and an array of special guests delivered renditions …
Read More »
Fans of Marcus King might get a bit of a surprise when they throw on his new record. The South Carolina native built his success on his double-barrel growl of a voice and roiling, capacious guitar crunch, which placed him squarely in the Southern jam-band tradition. King’s last LP, 2022’s …
Read More »
Look, we’re not just tooting our own horn here when we say that Peso Pluma’s headlining set at the second night of Rolling Stone’s Future of Music showcase at the Moody Theater was the buzziest show in town on Wednesday. Fans started queueing up hours before the música mexicana megastar …
Read More »
For all his rip-snorting guitar solos and his tag as a jam-band guy, Marcus King has never been a stranger to R&B. Occasionally employing horn sections and deep-pocket grooves, he’s dipped into that side of his South Carolina upbringing before — but not quite to the degree heard on his …
Read More »
Zac Brown Band covered “The Weight” in honor of Robbie Robertson, who died this August, during his stop in Saratoga Springs Performing Arts Center in New York on Sunday night. Robertson, the Band‘s lead guitarist, wrote the hit song for the group’s debut studio album Music from Big Pink in …
Read More »
M arcus King leans back and takes a swig from a can of Coors Light as he talks about having premonitions of his own doom. The singer-guitarist turned 25 last year, and went through a period of profound heartbreak and self-destructive behavior. He kept hearing one English rock band’s songs …
Read More »
Marcus King says he was haunted by the Seventies rock band Free when he was writing his new song “Hard Working Man.” King ain’t lying. The high-octane track explodes with an FM radio chorus, a chunky guitar riff, and enough cowbell to satisfy Christopher Walken. Recorded earlier this year with …
Read More »