Carolina Dreams

Infobox Album |
Name = Carolina Dreams
Type = studio
Artist = The Marshall Tucker Band


Released = 1977
Recorded =
Genre = Southern rock
Length = 30:54 (2005 reissue 35:22)
Label = Capricorn
Producer = George Marion
Reviews =
Last album = Long Hard Ride (1976)
This album = Carolina Dreams (1977)
Next album = Together Forever (1978)

"Carolina Dreams", released in 1977, was The Marshall Tucker Band's sixth album and an ode to the band's home state, South Carolina, USA. Focusing on Western themes, it spawned their biggest hit to date, Heard It In a Love Song (song), which rose to #14 on the Billboard Hot 100, taking the album with it to #22 and #23 on the Country and Pop charts, respectively. A bonus live version of "Silverado" appears on the 2005 reissue.

Track listing

#"Fly Like an Eagle" - 3:03
#"Heard it in a Love Song" - 4:55
#"I Should Have Never Started Lovin' You" - 7:10
#"Life in a Song" - 3:33
#"Desert Skies" - 6:24
#"Never Trust A Stranger" - 5:28
#"Tell It To The Devil" - 6:45
#"Silverado" (bonus track, live, included on 2005 reissue. Recorded 1981 Winter Garden Theater, Dallas, TX) - 4:28

Personnel

*Toy Caldwell - lead, acoustic and steel guitars
*Tommy Caldwell - bass, tambourine and harmony vocals
*Doug Gray - lead and harmony vocals
*George McCorkle - electric, twelve string and acoustic guitars
*Jerry Eubanks - saxes, flute and harmony vocals
*Paul Riddle - drums
*Jerry Eubanks - flute, saxophone, vocalsGuest musicians:
*Paul Hornsby - Piano and organ
*Charlie Daniels - Fiddle and harmony vocal on "Desert Skies". (Charlie Daniels appears courtesy of Epic Records)
*Chuck Leavell - Piano on "Life In A Song"
*Jaimoe - Congas
*Leo LaBranche - Horn section arrangements and trumpet on "Life In A Song" and "I SHould Have Never Started Lovin' You"
*Dezso Lakatos - Tenor sax as part of the horn section.

Production

*Producer: George Marino
*Recording Engineer: Kurt Kinzel
*Art Direction: Diana Kaylan
*Photography: David Alexander
*Handlettering: Bill Franks