Tucker Rountree (born 1981 in

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) is an American

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and

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. Rountree is known mainly through his involvement in

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. He's been featured and interviewed on

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and given cameos on

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in regards to his works. He's also known by recording various Modern Jazz projects with grammy winning producer for

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, the bassist

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. An only child who was raised by his father Philip Rountree in

who is a songwriter and painter, Tucker attributes much of his creativity from him. Rountree grew up in a

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, semi-communal group where he lived in many different homes throughout his childhood and is said to have learned music by ear in that environment playing in church. A chance meeting with Grammy award-winning artist

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, eventually lead to a mentorship where Rountree learned and played with him on stage for 2 years touring the United States. Moving to New York in 2008, he started

with Emily Oppenheimer. Since then, ''Rolling Stone'' declared Rountree as: "hype of the underground with praise to the skies.." Describing Rountree's voice as: "hovering vocals...Listless and languid phrasing". ''

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'' said: "Front man Tucker Rountree manages to echo

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with languid, fuzzed-out jams." With an album released in London and Japan in 2011,

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described Rountree as: "...An adept guitarist...Giving mood-setting one-note solos that act as complete earworms." " Keyboardist Phil Davis, who played on

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's 1971 solo album ''

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'', is Rountree's maternal uncle. He is first cousins with actress

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