He wrote "Fire on the Mountain", the band's first top 40 hit, though had hoped that Charlie Daniels would record the song.
Initially he had taught himself to play his older brother's guitar as a young teenager, mimicking the blues stylings of B.B.
Soon after Marshall Tucker Band released "The Next Adventure" which featured three George McCorkle songs: "The Guitar Playing Man", "Jesus Never Had a Motorcycle" and "I Love You That Way", all classic additions to the MTB songbook.
George was compiling songs for his next solo album which was to be titled "G=MC2" along with being part of the "Brothers of the Southland" project with Bo Bice, Dan Toler, Steve Gorman, Reese Wynans, and others.
Prior to entering the studio for either of these projects, George was rushed to the hospital in Lebanon, Tennessee where he died of cancer, surrounded by friends and family.