George McCorkle
Southern rock, Guitarist
1947 – 2007
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Who was George McCorkle?
George McCorkle was a founding member and guitarist for the Marshall Tucker Band. He wrote "Fire on the Mountain", the band's first top 40 hit, though had hoped that Charlie Daniels would record the song. He left the band in 1984 and later worked as a songwriter. He released a solo album, American Street, in 1999. McCorkle was diagnosed with cancer in early June 2007 and died soon afterward, in Lebanon, Tennessee.
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- Born
- Oct 11, 1947
Chester - Also known as
- McCorkle, George
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 29, 2007
Lebanon
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on July 23, 2013
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