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07-03-2007, 08:46 PM
George McCorkle, founding member of The Marshall Tucker Band passes away.
Sat Jun 30, 11:23 PM
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - George McCorkle, a founding member of the Marshall Tucker Band who wrote the Southern rock favorite "Fire on the Mountain," died Friday at age 60.
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McCorkle died at a hospital in Lebanon, Tenn., about 60 kilometres east of Nashville. He had recently been diagnosed with cancer. A funeral home in Spartanburg, S.C., confirmed McCorkle's death.
McCorkle wrote "Fire on the Mountain" in hopes it would be included on longtime friend Charlie Daniels' album of the same title. When Daniels ended up not using it, the Marshall Tucker Band put it on the "Searching For A Rainbow" album in 1975.
"Fire on the Mountain" became the Tucker Band's first Top 40 hit single and remains one of the most popular songs in Southern rock.
McCorkle, who quit the band in 1984, moved to Tennessee in the 1990s and began working full-time as a songwriter.
He co-wrote "Cowboy Blues," which was recorded by Gary Allan for his "Smoke Rings in the Dark" album. Other McCorkle songs had recently been recorded by John Corbett and Beverley Mitchell.
He also played with The Renegades of Southern Rock, a band made up of original members of Wet Willie, The Outlaws and other groups.
Sat Jun 30, 11:23 PM
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - George McCorkle, a founding member of the Marshall Tucker Band who wrote the Southern rock favorite "Fire on the Mountain," died Friday at age 60.
ADVERTISEMENT
McCorkle died at a hospital in Lebanon, Tenn., about 60 kilometres east of Nashville. He had recently been diagnosed with cancer. A funeral home in Spartanburg, S.C., confirmed McCorkle's death.
McCorkle wrote "Fire on the Mountain" in hopes it would be included on longtime friend Charlie Daniels' album of the same title. When Daniels ended up not using it, the Marshall Tucker Band put it on the "Searching For A Rainbow" album in 1975.
"Fire on the Mountain" became the Tucker Band's first Top 40 hit single and remains one of the most popular songs in Southern rock.
McCorkle, who quit the band in 1984, moved to Tennessee in the 1990s and began working full-time as a songwriter.
He co-wrote "Cowboy Blues," which was recorded by Gary Allan for his "Smoke Rings in the Dark" album. Other McCorkle songs had recently been recorded by John Corbett and Beverley Mitchell.
He also played with The Renegades of Southern Rock, a band made up of original members of Wet Willie, The Outlaws and other groups.