# Take the Highway guitar solo

> Toy Caldwell's guitar solo on Take the Highway by The Marshall Tucker Band (1973) starts at about 2:40. From the album The Marshall Tucker Band.

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The Marshall Tucker Band, 1973, from *The Marshall Tucker Band*. Solo by *Toy Caldwell*.

A driving, jazz-inflected groove where Caldwell's fluid thumb-picked runs weave around flute and sax.

Take the Highway by The Marshall Tucker Band is #4 in our ranking of the best The Marshall Tucker Band guitar solos. The solo is played by Toy Caldwell and the song was released in 1973.

## In our lists

- [The Best The Marshall Tucker Band Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-marshall-tucker-band-guitar-solos/) — #4

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Take the Highway?

Toy Caldwell played the solo on The Marshall Tucker Band's Take the Highway (1973).

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