S. J. Tucker

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S. J. Tucker
Background information
Birth nameSusan Jane Tucker
Also known asSooj, Skinny White Chick
Born (1980-02-22) February 22, 1980 (age 44)
GenresRock, folk
Occupation(s)Musician, singer-songwriter, performance artist
InstrumentsGuitars, vocals, bass, keyboards, drums
Years active1999–present
LabelsSkinny White Chick
Websitesjtucker.com

S. J. Tucker (born February 22, 1980) is an

fire-spinning
.

Musical style

Based around the "guitar

fusion approach over guitar folk arrangements. Stylistically, Tucker has been compared to Ani DiFranco, Fiona Apple,[3] and Joni Mitchell,[4]
among other singer-songwriters.

Career

Raised in an art-oriented family, Tucker began singing during childhood. Disgusted by "mainstream" employment, she began performing as a singer and guitarist while at college in 1997, formed her first band,

bisexual, also found a home in the Gay and Lesbian community, performing monthly at the Memphis, Tennessee Gay and Lesbian Community Center.[5]

After performing as a featured artist at a string of festivals in 2002, Tucker recorded an EP called Skinny & the Semi-pros with the members of Memphis band Stout. Collecting funds from the sale of that EP and from concert earnings, Tucker next decided to self-produce her first LP. The result, Haphazard, was recorded in the studio over a handful of days and released on March 27, 2004. That album was later cited as one of the "albums no Pagan should be without" in newWitch magazine.[6] From then on, Tucker began touring full-time, living on the road, in hotel rooms, and in space provided by friends, managers and fans.[7]

In 2004, Tucker met fire-spinner Kevin Wiley during an outdoor festival in Colorado. After a minor accident in which Wiley "hit her in the eye with a flaming ball of Kevlar",[8] the two became lovers, partners and fellow performers. Combining their respective skills and talents, the couple formed the Fire & Strings troupe in 2004, and began performing at the Burning Man festival and across the United States in 2005.[9]

Since beginning her career, Tucker has recorded, appeared and performed with numerous writers, musicians, activists and bands. Sharing stages with

neopagan album Blessings at the 2007 Samhain festival in Salem, Massachusetts.[13][14]

Awards

Tucker was nominated for both the Best Performer and Best Writer/Composer Pegasus Awards for 2010. She won the Best Performer award, finishing behind Heather Dale for the Best Writer/Composer award. Tucker won the Pegasus Award for Best Writer/Composer in 2011.

Collaborations

Aside from appearances on albums by

The Orphan's Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice.[16] This, in turn, inspired Tucker's song "Firebird’s Child" on the album Blessings, released that same year. The two artists further collaborated on the album Solace & Sorrow, released in conjunction with In the Cities of Coin and Spice, on the same publication day.[17]

Tucker and Valente toured the East Coast together in 2007 to promote Tucker's albums and The Orphan's Tales.[5]

Another collaboration of sorts appeared by way of "The Wendy Trilogy" –"Wendy on Board," "Red-Handed Jill" and "Green-Eyed Sue/Sue's Jig." A three-part saga inspired by

pirate. Taken from the album Sirens, the Wendy Trilogy assumes that Wendy took Captain Hook up on his offer to turn buccaneer. The saga sees Wendy join the crew, grow strong, fall out with Peter Pan, and finally attack Hook after hearing him plot to marry her off to Bluebeard. In the ensuing fight, Peter drops Hook into the waiting mouth of the crocodile–a coincidental fate, given that the trilogy shares an album with the song "Alligator in the House" (see below). From there, Wendy takes command of the pirate ship, trains an all-girl crew, and becomes a Fairyland celebrity. Eventually she retires, handing the captaincy off to first mate Green-Eyed Sue. An illustration by artist Amy Brown was made for a single release of the Wendy Trilogy – yet to be released as a full EP of pirate songs entitled Pirate Girls, and "Alligator in the House" also appears on the album Tricky Pixie–Live! and Mythcreants, releases from Tucker's West Coast project Tricky Pixie
.

Tricky Pixie

Founded in 2006, Tricky Pixie combines music and songwriting from Tucker,

Heather Alexander. Tinney and Tucker also collaborated on several other songs, including one of Tucker's "signature songs," "Alligator in the House". The band made their debut at Soulfood Books in Redmond, WA. The recording of this first performance would become the Tricky Pixie – Live! album. The band also appeared–with Celia – at the 2007 Faerieworlds festival,[18] but due to the divergent careers of the three band members, as of 2008 Tricky Pixie performs only in the winter and summer months.[19]

Discography

References

  1. ^ "s00j – Profile". LiveJournal. Retrieved October 25, 2008.
  2. ^ Brucato, Phil: "Badass Bardery: S. J. Tucker–Pixie in Overdrive", NewWitch Magazine, #17, 2008
  3. ^ Renick, Kevin: Backstage Pass: Playback, 2005
  4. ^ Ellis, Bill: "Haphazard" review, Commercial Appeal, March 6, 2004
  5. ^ a b "S.J. Tucker: The Girl in the Garden". Q Salt Lake. August 25, 2008. Archived from the original on September 10, 2008. Retrieved August 25, 2008.
  6. ^ 5 Brucato, Phil: "Albums No Pagan Should be Without", NewWitch Magazine #10, 2005
  7. ^ *2 Brucato, Phil: "Badass Bardery: S.J. Tucker–Pixie in Overdrive", NewWitch Magazine, #17, Jan. 2008
  8. ^ Kevin Wiley, LunaCon, March 2007
  9. ^ "Fire & Strings – Burning Up The Road". MySpace.com. Retrieved October 25, 2008.
  10. ^ Kenner, Caroline: "Your Invitation To An Interfaith Religious Rights Rally: July 4, 2006, Washington, DC", Witch’s Voice, 2006
  11. ^ "D. C., Independence Day, mission accomplished". LiveJournal. July 5, 2006. Retrieved October 25, 2008.
  12. ^ SONA (band)#Post-SONA years
  13. ^ Temple of Nine Wells, ATC. "Nine Wells Samhain Poster Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine." 2007. Retrieved on March 3, 2008.
  14. ^ "Bardic Circle Featuring... S J Tucker Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine." The Witches' Voice. Retrieved on March 3, 2008.
  15. ^ Catherynne M. Valente, LunaCon, March 2006
  16. ^ Valente, Catherynne M.: The Orphan's Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice, pps. 415–433, 517
  17. ^ "Solace and Sorrow – Songs and Readings in Celebration of The Orphan's Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice". Amazon.
  18. ^ "Faerieworlds 2008!". Faerieworlds.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2008. Retrieved October 25, 2008.
  19. ^ "Naughty and nice and tasty and spicy". Tricky Pixie. Archived from the original on December 30, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2008.

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