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Artist
Leslie Tucker
12+ albums
about
Leslie Tucker is one of those rare talents that seems destined to turn the music community on its ear. As a songwriter, she has started out where most end up if they're lucky. Her writing is beautifully crafted but never contrived. As a singer, her pure and unadorned vocals have been compared in warmth to Kate Wolf and in strength to Linda Ronstadt. Veterans of the business have been quick to praise her eminently likable style. Tim O'Brien has said: "I would pay to hear Leslie sing from the index of a computer manual." Leslie was born the fourth of five children to a musical family with deep roots in Virginia. Her father was an Air Force colonel who took his family with him to posts as diverse as Turkey and England. Leslie explains that music was a constant source of entertainment for the family. "Grandma was a concert pianist and Dad played the trumpet. We used to sing as a family and I learned to harmonize with my sisters. In out travels, we were exposed to all kinds of music, from the prayer songs of the minarets in Turkey to the rousing beer halls of Germany." At age 11, heavily influenced by the folk and popular music of the late '60's, Leslie started playing guitar and singing in local bands. As a teenager, she spent a lot of time hanging around the club scene in Baltimore and Washington with her older brother Al who was just beginning his career as a sound man. She also continued to travel and spent time in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Leslie attended college a
