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Searchin' for a Rainbow is the fourth studio album by The Marshall Tucker Band, released in 1975.

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Searchin' for a Rainbow
Studio album by Marshall Tucker Band
Released	August 1975
Recorded	July 31, 1974; May - June 1975
Genre	Southern rock country rock
Length	36:23
Label	Capricorn
Producer	Paul Hornsby
Marshall Tucker Band chronology
Where We All Belong (1974) Searchin' for a Rainbow (1975) Long Hard Ride (1976)

Track listing

All songs written by Toy Caldwell, except where noted.

Side one

1. "Fire on the Mountain" (George McCorkle) - 3:53
2. "Searchin' for a Rainbow" - 3:48
3. "Walkin' and Talkin'" - 2:25
4. "Virginia" - 4:54

Side two

1. "Bob Away My Blues" - 2:42
2. "Keeps Me from All Wrong" (Tommy Caldwell) - 4:13
3. "Bound and Determined" - 4:20
4. "Can't You See" (recorded live July 31, 1974 at the Performing Arts Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) - 6:25

2004 CD reissue bonus track

"It Takes Time" (recorded live April 1980 Ann Arbor, MI) - 3:43

Personnel

• Doug Gray - lead vocals, percussion
• Toy Caldwell - electric and acoustic guitars, steel guitar, lead vocals on "Can't You See"
• Tommy Caldwell - bass guitar, backing vocals
• George McCorkle - electric and acoustic guitars, banjo
• Jerry Eubanks - alto, baritone and tenor saxophone, flute, backing vocals
• Paul Riddle - drums

Guest musicians:

• Dickey Betts - guitar solo on "Searchin' For A Rainbow"
• Paul Hornsby – piano, organ
• Charlie Daniels – fiddle
• Chuck Leavell – electric piano
• Jerome Joseph – congas
• Al McDonald – mandolin
• Leo LaBranche – trumpet and horn section arrangements

Production:

• Paul Hornsby - producer
• George Marino - mastering engineer

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1975	The Billboard 200 (USA)[1]	15
	Country Albums[2]	21

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1975	"Fire On The Mountain"	Billboard Hot 100	38
1976	"Searchin' For A Rainbow"	Hot Country Singles	82
		Bubbling Under Hot 100	4

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