From the beachcomber
http://npaper-wehaa.com/beachcomber/#2015/08/?article=2578588
I first met Marcus in the Winter of 2011 when I watched Tennessee Firearms play a Sunday afternoon gig at Great Southern in Seaside. He was tearing up the banjo. Jared Reynolds was on fiddle, Neal Sebree on standup bass and Brian Wise on guitar. The band had just formed when Marcus moved down to the beach from Birmingham. They were all wearing suits, which made them stand out around here, and they were all playing their asses off.
Marcus’ wife Whitney was there with baby son Hartford. It was good to see a new music family bringing more talent to our town.
Marcus could make great music on just about any instrument with strings. Not only could he burn up a banjo, he was equally impressive on acoustic or electric guitar and mandolin as well as being a fine songwriter. He was one of the finest musicians I’ve ever had the pleasure to share a stage with.
Marcus’ love of music was only surpassed by his love for Whitney and his fine son Hartford. While he may not have been the most effusive in many things, his love for his son was unreserved, and he was the kindest of fathers to Hartford. If Marcus was onstage, odds are little Hartford was at his side strumming along on his toy guitar to begin with, and more recently on a full-sized instrument which dwarfed him to comic effect.
The site of them together on stage never failed to bring a smile to anyone fortunate enough to witness it. Marcus beamed whenever he looked at his son. While the loss of Marcus is a huge one to those of us who knew and worked with him, it is to Hartford that our deepest sympathies go.
A benefit will be held Aug. 28 at the Williams Backyard Boogie in Santa Rosa Beach. Live music will be featured, as well as a silent auction.
A website has been set up for contributions to help with medical expenses and Hartford’s education— www.gofundme.com/zqibsk.
- Franko “Washboard” Jackson and Billy Garrett
Marcus Buckner was the Doc Holliday of wire and wood.
When I take the stage, never will another plug that hole like my lost brother. Although I know a better place he must go, I’ll always be missing my favorite banjo.
I will miss him extensively. He was my very good friend and brother in song.
He was a committed father and worshiped his wife.
He loved fish, Phish and fishing. Hartford, Whitney and water. He was a man of many talents who should have been recognized in his time here for how truly gifted he was.
Goodbye, my friend. I’ll see you in the sky, Lord, in the sky.
- Jeremiah “Red Rocket” Campbell
http://npaper-wehaa.com/beachcomber/#2015/08/?article=2578588
I first met Marcus in the Winter of 2011 when I watched Tennessee Firearms play a Sunday afternoon gig at Great Southern in Seaside. He was tearing up the banjo. Jared Reynolds was on fiddle, Neal Sebree on standup bass and Brian Wise on guitar. The band had just formed when Marcus moved down to the beach from Birmingham. They were all wearing suits, which made them stand out around here, and they were all playing their asses off.
Marcus’ wife Whitney was there with baby son Hartford. It was good to see a new music family bringing more talent to our town.
Marcus could make great music on just about any instrument with strings. Not only could he burn up a banjo, he was equally impressive on acoustic or electric guitar and mandolin as well as being a fine songwriter. He was one of the finest musicians I’ve ever had the pleasure to share a stage with.
Marcus’ love of music was only surpassed by his love for Whitney and his fine son Hartford. While he may not have been the most effusive in many things, his love for his son was unreserved, and he was the kindest of fathers to Hartford. If Marcus was onstage, odds are little Hartford was at his side strumming along on his toy guitar to begin with, and more recently on a full-sized instrument which dwarfed him to comic effect.
The site of them together on stage never failed to bring a smile to anyone fortunate enough to witness it. Marcus beamed whenever he looked at his son. While the loss of Marcus is a huge one to those of us who knew and worked with him, it is to Hartford that our deepest sympathies go.
A benefit will be held Aug. 28 at the Williams Backyard Boogie in Santa Rosa Beach. Live music will be featured, as well as a silent auction.
A website has been set up for contributions to help with medical expenses and Hartford’s education— www.gofundme.com/zqibsk.
- Franko “Washboard” Jackson and Billy Garrett
Marcus Buckner was the Doc Holliday of wire and wood.
When I take the stage, never will another plug that hole like my lost brother. Although I know a better place he must go, I’ll always be missing my favorite banjo.
I will miss him extensively. He was my very good friend and brother in song.
He was a committed father and worshiped his wife.
He loved fish, Phish and fishing. Hartford, Whitney and water. He was a man of many talents who should have been recognized in his time here for how truly gifted he was.
Goodbye, my friend. I’ll see you in the sky, Lord, in the sky.
- Jeremiah “Red Rocket” Campbell
