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Tucker also played drums on and produced the album The Lives of Charles Douglas by indie rocker and novelist Charles Douglas (also known as Alex McAulay) in 1999. She played bass drum, wrote songs, and sang with the New York/ Memphis punk rock – delta blues fusion group the Kropotkins with Lorette Velvette and Dave Soldier , whom she met in ...
Playin' Possum is the 1981 debut solo album by Moe Tucker, who was the drummer in the Velvet Underground. [2] [3] The album includes a number of renditions of classic rock and roll songs, (such as the 1955 standard "Louie Louie", Bo Diddley's title song from his 1958 self-titled album and the Little Richard hit "Slippin' and Slidin'"), as well as renditions of more modern rock songs (including ...
The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1964. It originally comprised singer and guitarist Lou Reed, Welsh multi-instrumentalist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison and drummer Angus MacLise. In 1965, MacLise was replaced by Moe Tucker, who played on most of the band's
[1] Trouser Press wrote that "Tucker’s loose and unpredictable Life in Exile offers a little of everything, all performed and recorded with ramshackle casualness." [ 9 ] The Chicago Reader called the album "a tour de force recording that wedded noisy indie guitar textures to songs of blue-collar rage, fueled by [Tucker's] years as a divorced ...
Tucker had his sticks printed with the Sweet logo and his autograph. [6] Tucker understood that a great performance consisted of great playing technique and presentation in equal doses. [4] Tucker said of his band Sweet, "At gigs, Andy would mince onstage swinging a handbag and call himself Andre.
MoeJadKateBarry is a 1987 EP by Moe Tucker.The title refers to Tucker and the members of her backing band. It's composed of a mixture of re-recordings of recently released outtakes from The Velvet Underground's mid years (1967-1968), covers of songs from the 1950s-1960s, (notably a 1967 song featuring writing from Velvet Underground members John Cale and Lou Reed), and a singular new composition.
It is one of few songs with lead vocals by drummer Maureen Tucker, as Lou Reed stated the song was "so innocent and pure" that he could not possibly sing it himself. Tucker's vocals are accompanied by acoustic and bass guitar. The style of the lyrics and the music is somewhat reminiscent of Tin Pan Alley songs of the 1930s. [2]
The song also features the ostrich guitar tuning by Reed, by which all of the guitar strings were tuned to D. [6] [4] Drummer Maureen Tucker plays tambourine and bass drum while guitarist Sterling Morrison plays bass, an instrument that he professed to hate, despite his proficiency as a bassist. [7] [8] Nico provides lead vocals. The song was ...