Tucker Rountree Explained

Tucker Rountree
Birth Place:Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S
Occupation:Musician, songwriter, artist, videographer
Instrument:Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Drums, Bass
Label:Marshall Tellar Records-London
Associated Acts:Total Slacker

Tucker Rountree (born 1981 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American songwriter,[1] artist[2] and videographer.[3] [4]

Rountree is known mainly through his involvement in Total Slacker. He's been featured and interviewed on VH1,[5] NBC[6] and given cameos on MTV[7] in regards to his works. He's also known by recording various Modern Jazz projects with grammy winning producer for Leonard Cohen, the bassist Roscoe Beck.[8]

An only child who was raised by his father Philip Rountree in Utah who is a songwriter and painter, Tucker attributes much of his creativity from him.[9] Rountree grew up in a Pentecostal, semi-communal group where he lived in many different homes throughout his childhood and is said to have learned music by ear in that environment playing in church.[10] A chance meeting with Grammy award-winning artist Eric Johnson, eventually lead to a mentorship where Rountree learned and played with him on stage for 2 years touring the United States.[11] [12] [13] [14] Moving to New York in 2008, he started Total Slacker with Emily Oppenheimer.[15] Since then, Rolling Stone declared Rountree as: "hype of the underground with praise to the skies.." Describing Rountree's voice as: "hovering vocals...Listless and languid phrasing".[16] The Village Voice said: "Front man Tucker Rountree manages to echo Lou Reed with languid, fuzzed-out jams."[17] With an album released in London and Japan in 2011, Pitchfork Media described Rountree as: "...An adept guitarist...Giving mood-setting one-note solos that act as complete earworms."[18] "

Keyboardist Phil Davis, who played on Paul McCartney's 1971 solo album Ram, is Rountree's maternal uncle.[19] [20] [21] [22] He is first cousins with actress Kylee Cochran.[23]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Klimchak . Amre . Tucker Rountree, THE lanky lead singer and guitarist of Brooklyn trio Total Slacker . Nypress.com . May 19, 2010 . 2012-01-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20120912232841/http://nypress.com/dazed-and-amused/. September 12, 2012.
  2. Web site: Impose Records . Impose Records . March 12, 2010 . 2012-01-14.
  3. Web site: Gazin . Nick . Total Slacker's "Secret VHS Collection" . Vice . 2012-01-14.
  4. Web site: Einstein Music Journal . Einstein Music Journal . September 16, 2011 . 2012-01-14.
  5. Web site: "O Music Awards: WTF Wednesday With Total Slacker" | Interview . https://web.archive.org/web/20140112115903/http://www.vh1.com/video/interview/717568/o-music-awards-wtf-wednesday-with-total-slacker.jhtml . dead . January 12, 2014 . VH1.com . December 8, 2011 . 2012-01-14.
  6. Web site: Eisinger . Dale W. . Total Slacker on Aliens, Smashed Guitars, and Thrashin' . NBC New York . November 9, 2011 . 2012-01-14.
  7. Web site: Weird Vibes – 'Weird Vibes Episode 3: Fathers, Sons & Holy Ghost! ' | Video . MTV Hive . 2012-01-14.
  8. Web site: Jay. Trachtenberg . Austin Music Database . The Austin Chronicle . February 18, 2011 . 2012-01-14.
  9. Web site: Psych: London's guide to alternative Rock and Roll. Gig Guide, Interviews, Style . Psychkicks.com . September 21, 2011 . 2012-01-14.
  10. Web site: Beusman . Mikaila . Chatting With Total Slacker | Bothering . Impose Magazine . October 3, 2011 . 2012-01-14.
  11. Web site: Total Slacker: "Psychic Mesa" . Altered Zones . July 25, 2011 . 2012-01-14.
  12. Web site: Ted Alvarez . Guitar hero Eric Johnson plays in Beaver Creek . VailDaily.com . September 24, 2007 . 2012-01-14.
  13. Web site: Eric Johnson Electric Band plus Tucker Roundtree at House of Blues New Orleans Tickets | Fri, September 01 . Houseofblues.com . July 29, 2006 . 2012-01-14.
  14. Web site: Setlists . Ericjohnson.com . 2012-01-14.
  15. Web site: A Sit Down with Total Slacker " Microphone Memory Emotion . Microphonememoryemotion.wordpress.com . July 23, 2010 . 2012-01-14.
  16. Web site: Total Slacker : pop hallucinogène pour fins de soirées enfumées – Rolling Stone ® . Rollingstone.fr . 2012-01-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120313211900/http://www.rollingstone.fr/Total-Slacker-pop-hallucinogene_1940.html . March 13, 2012 . mdy-all .
  17. Web site: Peck . Jamie . Highlights From The Holiday Weekend: Good Hair, Better Sightlines At Monster Island And Bruar Falls – New York Music – Sound of the City . Blogs.villagevoice.com . July 5, 2011 . 2012-01-14.
  18. Web site: Minsker . Evan . Total Slacker: Thrashin' | Album Reviews . Pitchfork . September 27, 2011 . 2012-01-14.
  19. Web site: philip michael davis bio . Philipmichaeldavis.com . November 27, 1950 . 2012-01-14.
  20. Web site: Musicians on McCartney recordings- Song by song * [Archive] – Page 4 – SH Forums |publisher=Stevehoffman.tv |date= |accessdate=2012-01-14].
  21. Web site: Ram . Albumlinernotes.com . 2012-01-14.
  22. Web site: Ram . Jpgr.co.uk . 2012-01-14.
  23. Web site: Kylee Cochran – eNotes.com Reference . Enotes.com . 2012-01-14.

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