Searchin' for a Rainbow

{{Infobox album

| name = Searchin' for a Rainbow

| type = Album

| artist = Marshall Tucker Band

| cover = 1975SearchinForARainbow_20101001.jpg

| alt =

| released = August 1975

| recorded = July 31, 1974; May - June 1975

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = *Southern rock

country rock

| length = 32:44

| label = Capricorn

| producer = Paul Hornsby

| prev_title = Where We All Belong

| prev_year = 1974

| next_title = Long Hard Ride

| next_year = 1976

}}

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

{{Album reviews

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/album/searchin-for-a-rainbow-r12464 link]

}}

Track listing

All songs written by Toy Caldwell, except where noted.

=Side one=

"Fire on the Mountain" (George McCorkle) - 3:57
"Searchin' for a Rainbow" - 3:48
"Walkin' and Talkin'" - 2:25
"Virginia" - 4:54

=Side two=

"Bob Away My Blues" - 2:42
"Keeps Me from All Wrong" (Tommy Caldwell) - 4:13
"Bound and Determined" - 4:20
"Can't You See" (recorded live July 11, 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

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!align="left"|Year

!align="left"|Chart

!align="left"|Position

align="left" rowspan="2"|1975

|align="left"|The Billboard 200 (USA){{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/searchin-for-a-rainbow-mw0000196452/awards| title = Searchin' For A Rainbow Awards | accessdate = 2013-09-08 | work = Allmusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation}}

|align="left"|15

align="left"|Country Albums{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/searchin-for-a-rainbow-mw0000196452/awards | title = Searchin' For A Rainbow Awards| accessdate = 2013-09-08 | work = Allmusic | publisher =Rovi Corporation}}

|align="left"|21

Singles

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Year !Single !Chart !Position
rowspan="1"\|1975 \|rowspan="1"\|"Fire On The Mountain" \|Billboard Hot 100 \| style="text-align:center;"\|38
rowspan="2"\|1976 \|rowspan="2"\|"Searchin' For A Rainbow" \|Hot Country Singles \| style="text-align:center;"\|82
Bubbling Under Hot 100 \| style="text-align:center;"\|4

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Year

!Single

!Chart

!Position

rowspan="1"|1975

|rowspan="1"|"Fire On The Mountain"

|Billboard Hot 100

| style="text-align:center;"|38

rowspan="2"|1976

|rowspan="2"|"Searchin' For A Rainbow"

|Hot Country Singles