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Bill Tucker

California dream-pop with a Wilbury twist...

About Me

Use my songs in your next project-I'm a songwriter in Southern California and I'd love for you to cover my songs or use a snippet in your next film/TV production. I've got tons of tunes; mainly because I've been writing and recording since the early 70's. Through the years I've accumulated quite a variety of original pop/rock tunes and instrumentals.Let me know what you're looking for. If I haven't got it in my catalog, maybe I could write something specifically for you!Thanks for thinking about it... I'm always open to seeds of creativity.................................................. ............................................................ ............................................................ .........................................I was born in Jacksonville, FL and raised in West Covina, CA. Here's a mix of surf and pop from my O.C. studio; featuring memorable melodies, catchy hooks and jangly guitar.My first band was The Malards (As in duck! Yes, only 1 el, tricky huh?), Then I went on to join The Sound Foundation (a high school sponsored New Christy Minstrels type group), Just Before 60, Wacks and Albion Moonlight. My songwriting partner John Simon and I almost signed with Shelter Records in the late 70's in the Dwight Twilley/Tom Petty era. We were disappointed we didn't make the final cut, but we did continue to perform in Southern California at places like The Cuckoo's Nest and Madame Wong's. One of our songs, "Do You", almost made Phil Seymour's debut album! Oh well...I spent a good part of the 90's moonlighting as an airbrush artist.Then, in 2001 I was selected along with 9 fellow employees at at&t to record a company-wide promotional CD called ERICfest. We met with producer/recording artist Doug Robinson at Capitol Records in Hollywood to record a collection of 10 Beach Boys songs. I sang "Surfer Girl". The release of the CD was followed by a live performance with The Beach Boys at Universal Amphitheater. Very cool...This experience re-energized my musical aspirations so I joined the sound production crew at my church and started helping lead worship singing with the Praise Team. I've since written, recorded and produced 2 CDs...Watch Over Me, a spiritual collection of original songs and Briardale, a mainstream pop/rock project. Both of these are available at CD Baby, Jam Records and iTunes.
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Member Since: 2/16/2006
Band Website: cdbaby.com/cd/btucker2
Band Members: Bill Tucker-vocals, guitars, bass and a bit of harmonica. Jeff Askew-guitars on "That's My Car". Nancy Andeel-vocals on "Hallelujah".
Influences: The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, Groucho Marx, CSNY, Dwight Twilley, Phil Seymour, Cheap Trick, The Eagles, ELO, Tom Petty, The Cars, Bob Dylan, The Moody Blues, Simon and Garfunkel, The Rutles, Jars of Clay, Jan and Dean, ABBA, The Monkees, Badfinger, Buffalo Springfield, The Bee Gees, Casting Crowns, Traveling Wilburys, Bad Company, America, 10cc, Bozo the Clown, Felix the Cat, Gumby, Steve Martin
Sounds Like: The Spongetones, Great Northern, Bobby Sutliff, Bad Religion, George Harrison, The Beach Boys, Harry Nilsson, The Byrds, Jeff Lynne, The Rutles, Tom Petty, Guster, Gordon Lightfoot, Seawolf, Blonde Redhead, Muse, Polyphonic Spree, Lemonheads
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

My Download Buttons are Back!!!

Thanks so much to DC and Dunkie!!! I've been scratching my head for months wondering why I couldn't bring up the download buttons on my page. Well thanks to DC Cardwell and his pal Dunkie it has been ...
Posted by Bill Tucker on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:45:00 PST

Hallelujah at 39...HELP!!!

My song "Hallelujah" has slipped to 39. Can you please give it a play to help me stay on the chart? My friend Nancy Andeel sang the vocals and it really sounds beautiful!!!Thanks so much.BillHalleluja...
Posted by Bill Tucker on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:57:00 PST

Vote for/play "In These Days" at SongVault.fm

http://www.songvault.fm/search.htm?search=in%20these%20days Bill Tucker,Congratulations!Your song "In These Days" has moved up to the next tiered station, Indie Hit Radio on SongVault.fm.Your song is ...
Posted by Bill Tucker on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:10:00 PST

Bill Tucker at the Orange County Fair

Hey All, James, an artist at the Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa, CA did a caricature of me. I thought it w/b fun to post it. Bill
Posted by Bill Tucker on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 05:04:00 PST

Use my songs in your next project-

I'm a songwriter in Southern California and I'd love for you to cover mysongs or use a snippet in your next film/TV production. I've got tons oftunes; mainly because I've been writing and recording si...
Posted by Bill Tucker on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:31:00 PST

New Easter Posting-"Watch Over Me"

Well, with Easter approaching I felt the call to post the title song from my first CD "Watch Over Me". It's been described by my friends as a sort of prayer. I wrote it musically thinking of Paul McCa...
Posted by Bill Tucker on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 08:18:00 PST

"If I Fall" hits #13 at The Spirit Radio

Thanks to everyone for requesting "If I Fall" at The Spirit Radio...tSr!!! It climbed from #31 to #13 this week. It's been on the Top 100 Chart now for 15 weeks. Here's a direct link to the Top 100 Ch...
Posted by Bill Tucker on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:01:00 PST

WSVN Radio Vol. 18 Release Date

The WSVN Radio Hall of Fame release date is April 3, 2007! Here's what the CD cover looks like- http://www.wsvnradio.net/local/volume18/volume18.htm Click on Bill Tucker on the scrabble board!!! Thank...
Posted by Bill Tucker on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:01:00 PST

Bill Tucker available at iTunes

Bill - Just a reminder that you don't need to tell your fans to "go toiTunes and search for me".  You'll have a much better chance ofselling if you give them the links that jump DIRECTLY to your ...
Posted by Bill Tucker on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:08:00 PST

Bill Tucker covers Doug Smith's "Break or Steal"

Hey! If you get a chance, listen to my cover of Doug Smith's song "Break or Steal". A couple of weeks ago he gave me permission to cover it and he posted my version on his site. It's really a nice son...
Posted by Bill Tucker on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 03:52:00 PST