A Conversation with Chris Hicks of the Marshall Tucker Band

There’s a certain kind of music that comes out of places like Macon, Georgia.

It’s not polished. It’s not chased. It’s lived in.

It’s front porches and back rooms… barns full of cigarette smoke and guitars getting passed around until somebody finds something worth keeping.

And if you came up around here at the right time, you didn’t just hear it—you got pulled into it.

In this conversation, Chris Hicks talks about growing up out in Lozella… learning to play alongside his grandfather… figuring out somewhere along the way that all those chords he already knew could unlock just about every song he’d ever loved.

He gets into the Macon scene when it was still humming—clubs, jam sessions, Capricorn days… the kind of place where you could end up playing with guys like Bobby O’Day one night and learning from people like Eddie Kirkland the next.

It’s stories about the players you’ve heard of—and a lot you probably haven’t… the ones who could’ve been as big as anybody, if things had lined up just a little different.

And underneath all of it is that thread you hear in every great Southern musician… where talent, timing, community, and just enough chaos all collide.

This is a conversation with Chris Hicks.”