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Mar 10, 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
Sep 19, 2007 · 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 while she was...
They signed with Capricorn Records and released their first album in 1973, The Marshall Tucker Band . 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 1984. [2]
May 12, 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.
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.
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
May 16, 2022 · Bassist Franklin Wilkie joined the Marshall Tucker Band after the death of Tommy Caldwell in 1980. At right on the keyboard is Rickey Godfrey, who was playing with the band in the early 1980s....
