Tucker Rountree

Tucker Rountree
Background information
Born	Utah, United States
Occupations	Musician, Songwriter, Artist
Instruments	Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Drums, Bass
Labels	Marshall Tellar Records-London
Notable instruments
Fender Stratocaster

Tucker Rountree 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][24]

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