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Background information | |
Born | 1981 (age 42–43) Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S |
Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, artist, videographer |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Drums, Bass |
Labels | Marshall Tellar Records-London |
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]
Tucker Rountree | |
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Background information | |
Born | 1981 (age 42–43) Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S |
Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, artist, videographer |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Drums, Bass |
Labels | Marshall Tellar Records-London |
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]