Al Tuck
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Al Tuck (born December 23, 1966), is a Canadian songwriter and folksinger. He was born in Summerside, P.E.I., the son of editorial cartoonist and Anglican cleric Canon Robert Tuck. Al Tuck attended the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia, before appearing in Halifax coffeehouses and college pubs, either as a solo performer or with his first couple of bands, namely The Columbia Recording Artists and The Bluegrass Lawnmower.
Eventually his formation of trio Al Tuck and No Action (with various musicians such as Tracy Stevens, Devon Henderson, Angus Parks, and Brock Caldwell) coincided with the newfound attention afforded the burgeoning Halifax independent music scene in the early 1990s. This led Tuck to a recording deal with murderecords, the boutique music label managed by Halifax pop act Sloan, a nomination for an East Coast Music Award, and an appearance at Lollapalooza.
Tuck is married to singer Catherine MacLellan, daughter of legendary P.E.I. songwriter Gene MacLellan. They have one daughter, Isabel.
[edit] Discography
- Arhoolie (1994) -- murderecords
- Brave Last Days (1994) - murderecords
- The New High Road of Song (2001) -- Brobdingnagian
- Live at the Rebecca Cohn (2002) -- independent
- My Blues Away (2005) -- independent
