Where We All Belong
| Where We All Belong | ||||
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| Studio album /live album by | ||||
| Released | November 1974 | |||
| Recorded | Live at Uhlein Hall, Performing Arts Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin July 31, 1974 Capricorn Studios, Macon, Georgia, 1974 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 74:09 | |||
| Label | Capricorn Records | |||
| Producer | Paul Hornsby | |||
| The Marshall Tucker Band chronology | ||||
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Where We All Belong is the third album by the Marshall Tucker Band. Released in 1974, the double album consists of a studio album and a live album; the former focuses on progressive country songs, while the latter focuses on jazz rock and Southern rock jamming. Musician Charlie Daniels guests on two songs, one from each album.[1]
Composition[edit]
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Where We All Belong is a double album, consisting of a studio album and a live album.[1] The staff writers of Classic Rock had differing opinions on where the style of the studio disc placed, with one writer opinining that, despite the band's status as a Southern rock group, the studio recordings were not Southern rock at all, but somewhat jazzy, commercial rock music, comparable to the band Chicago.[1] Another staff writer within the same piece said that the studio recordings were progressive country.[1] The live recording fits the categorization of Southern rock more definitively, as well as falling into the genre of jazz rock.[1]
Reception[edit]
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote for AllMusic, "Although it runs a little long, Where We All Belong captures the sound of The Marshall Tucker Band coming into its own".[2] The staff of Classic Rock magazine gave the album a score of 6.88 out of 10 from 59 votes, with one writer opinining that the album was at its strongest in its rock and blues-oriented material, and at its weakest in its country songs.[1]
Track listing[edit]
All songs written by Toy Caldwell, except where noted.
Side one[edit]
- "This Ol' Cowboy" - 6:42
- "Low Down Ways" - 3:00
- "In My Own Way" - 7:17
Side two[edit]
- "How Can I Slow Down" - 3:19
- "Where a Country Boy Belongs" - 4:32
- "Now She's Gone" (Toy and Tommy Caldwell) - 4:20
- "Try One More Time" - 4:46
Side three[edit]
- "Ramblin'" - 6:13
- "24 Hours at a Time" - 13:57
Side four[edit]
- "Everyday (I Have the Blues)" (Peter Chatman) - 11:48
- "Take the Highway" - 7:26
- CD reissue bonus track
"See You Later, I'm Gone" (Live at Winterland Auditorium in San Francisco, CA, September 1973) - 3:13
Personnel[edit]
- Doug Gray – lead vocals, percussion
- Toy Caldwell – electric and acoustic guitars, steel guitar, lead vocals on "This Ol' Cowboy" and "Everyday (I Have the Blues)"
- Tommy Caldwell – bass guitar, backing vocals
- George McCorkle – electric and acoustic guitars, banjo
- Jerry Eubanks – flute, alto, baritone and tenor saxophone, backing vocals
- Paul Riddle – drums
Additional musicians[edit]
- Charlie Daniels – fiddle on “24 Hours At a Time” and "This Ol' Cowboy"
- Elvin Bishop – slide guitar on "Where a Country Boy Belongs"
- Johnny Vernazza – slide guitar on "Where a Country Boy Belongs"
- Billy Sanders – harmonica, rhythm guitar
- Paul Hornsby – piano, organ, clavinet
- Earl Ford – trombone
- Jerry Joseph – conga
- Steve Madaio – trumpet
- Sam McPhearson – harp
- Andy Stein – fiddle
