Bman's Blues Report

TEENY TUCKER WILL BE ATTENDING THE 35th BLUES MUSIC AWARDS IN MEMPHIS Teeny Tucker is FuN, FreSH, and FASCINATING! Columbus, Ohio’s Teeny Tucker nominated for Best Traditional Female Blues Artist 35 th Blues Music Awards to be held in Memphis, TN in May (Columbus, OH)- The Blues Foundation has nominated Columbus Ohio Blues singer, Teeny Tucker, for the 2014 Best Traditional Female Blues Artist Award (Koko Taylor Award). The Blues Music Awards are universally recognized as the highest accolade presented to Blues musicians.   Teeny is the daughter of Tommy Tucker, who penned, and recorded the 1964 classic hit “Hi Heel Sneakers”. Teeny is a gifted songwriter who has twice been top five in the International Song Writing Competition. Teeny’s music can be heard playing in heavy rotation on many major blues stations in the US and abroad. She has released five CDs, three of which were recorded in the past six years under her current l...

Although Teeny was born into Blues royalty, (Daughter of Tommy Tucker) one need only to hear Teeny to know that she has cultivated and developed her “gifts” into her very own uniquely compelling “world-class” package. As a child, this Dayton Ohio native began singing in the church choir. This experience, like so many other “soulful” success stories, undoubtedly began to chart the course of Teeny’s music career. The paths which would lead to her abilities to musically interpret with soulful, bluesy, and uniquely stylistic renderings were set. A 1994 performance at the Apollo Theatre won over the notoriously cruel and scrutinizing audience which earned Teeny a standing ovation. Encouraged by the Apollo experience, Teeny started her professional singing career in November 1996 when she caught the attention of a German Blues promoter and manager who had promoted European tours for her Father. Since then, her musical journey has seen Teeny performing at many of the major Blues Festivals in ...