Marshall Tucker Band followed the New Riders that afternoon, and the energy shift was immediate. These guys are entertainers. The crowd that had been swaying for NRPS was suddenly on its feet, moving, singing, arms in the air. The late afternoon light was pouring in under the tent and the whole waterfront was alive.
I was shooting the crowd more than the band because that's where the story was. The faces, the dancing, the way people respond when a band reaches out and grabs them. Marshall Tucker knew how to do that.
- Chuck Jones
The Marshall Tucker Band came out of Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1972, blending Southern rock, country, jazz, and blues into something nobody else was doing. By 2007 they were 35 years into it and still filling festival stages across the country.
All 19 images were shot on the Leica M8. The light was shifting to late afternoon golden hour as the set progressed, giving the crowd shots that warm, saturated quality that the M8's CCD sensor handles so well. Same ISO 160 and f/16 as the NRPS set, but the shutter speeds dropped as the sun moved lower.