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- Lorne
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Marshall Tucker, Namesake of Iconic Southern Rock Band, Has Died
Marshall Tucker never played a lick of music in the Marshall Tucker Band. In fact, he wasn’t known for performing at all. He was in the music business though. For almost 50 years, Marshall Tucker was one of South Carolina’s most trusted piano tuners. He tuned pianos for some of the most famous piano players ever, including Lawrence Welk and Liberace. But through a twist of fate, his name became known worldwide, and synonymous with Southern Rock.
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Re: Marshall Tucker, Namesake of Iconic Southern Rock Band, Has Died
Lawrence Welk was a famous piano player?
- memphis boy
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Re: Marshall Tucker, Namesake of Iconic Southern Rock Band, Has Died
What a cool story! I never knew this.
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Re: Marshall Tucker, Namesake of Iconic Southern Rock Band, Has Died
Roman wrote:
Lawrence Welk was a famous piano player?
We say that "a mistake crept in".
But on the other hand - the accordion also has keys...
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Re: Marshall Tucker, Namesake of Iconic Southern Rock Band, Has Died
I did a quick search, and found what I had already guessed that the explanation would be -- and from none other than Marshall Tucker himself. He's quoted in the following article as saying "I tuned pianos for Ferrante & Teicher, Liberace, Lawrence Welk…I’ve tuned 1000’s of pianos…" (emphasis mine).
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