A Southern rock supergroup consisting of Marcus King, Charlie Starr of Blackberry Smoke, authentic Marhsall Tucker Band drummer Paul T. Riddle, bass maestro Oteil Burbridge (Allman Brothers, Tedeschi Vehicles Band, a bunch others), Josh Shilling of Mountain Coronary heart, and the incomparable Billy Contreras on fiddle? Are you kidding me? And all assembled to pay tribute to the legendary Toy Caldwell?
It virtually appears too good to be true for any actual Southern rock fan, however it’s, and it’s known as the Toy Manufacturing unit Venture. When the identify first appeared on the posters for the 2025 Telluride Bluegrass Pageant, of us have been all seeking to the left and proper, Googling feverishly, asking Siri and Chat GPT what it was all about, however with no solutions.
Now it’s been revealed as a ardour challenge of Tom T. Riddle, who co-founded the Marshall Tucker Band with Toy Caldwell in 1972. Riddle fashioned the Toy Manufacturing unit Venture to pay tribute and rejoice Toy and his songs. A model of The Marshall Tucker Band continues to be on the market touring, however it will give attention to Toy Caldwell’s legacy.
The Toy Manufacturing unit Venture might be making an unique efficiency on the Telluride Bluegrass Pageant on June twenty first. Some could be asking, why a bluegrass competition? Telluride Bluegrass has at all times gone past the bounds of bluegrass to characteristic all types of music. However most significantly, it’s a competition that fosters collaboration, and evokes a number of the biggest units of music because of the breathtaking views of the mountains.
However don’t fear in the event you can’t be in Telluride. Telling from the video that got here with the Toy Manufacturing unit Venture reveal, it seems all of those boys have been within the studio collectively as effectively, so hopefully we’ll get some recorded materials, and perhaps some further exhibits down the highway as effectively.
In the meantime, we’ll simply be sitting right here impatiently salivating over this dream assemblage of expertise, and what they may have in retailer for us.
Keep tuned.
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