Tanya Tucker's father, Beau Tucker, dies on Thanksgiving
wazzzy
Beau Tucker, father of Country singer and reality TV star Tanya Tucker,
died yesterday, according to the Williamson County Sheriff's Office.
Emergency medical crews were called to Beau Tucker's home on Cox
Road, where they discovered he was not breathing. Corporal Chuck Norman
said Beau Tucker was transported by ambulance to a hospital, where he
was pronounced dead.
Beau Tucker was instrumental in his daughter's success as a singer,
according to biographies, including this one posted on Tanya Tucker's
official Web site:
"Tanya's father, Beau Tucker, worked any job he could find to keep
the family going. He was at various times a pilot, a prospector, and a
heavy equipment operator. The Tuckers were living in Wilcox, Arizona
when Tanya started singing at talent contests and appearing on the
stage with visiting celebrities like Mel Tillis and Ernest Tubb. Then,
while Beau was working on a pipeline in St. George, Utah, Tanya landed
a part in Robert Redford's film, "Jeremiah Johnson." It didn't turn
out to be a show business break, but it helped convince Beau Tucker
that stardom was possible, even if you had no industry contacts.
"The family later moved to Las Vegas to be closer to an entertainment
center. It was there that patrons of the local Vets club started
calling Tanya "Little Miss Cheatin' Heart" because of her
years-ahead-of-her-time vocal delivery. The Tuckers traveled to
Nashville only to be met by closed doors and "come back when she's
older" comments."
Tanya was thirteen when a Las Vegas songwriter introduced her to
legendary record producer Billy Sherrill. He soon signed her to
Columbia Records and recorded the first big hit song: "Delta Dawn."
Tanya followed that with "Love's the Answer" and "Jamestown
Ferry," then came out of the chute with another megahit: "What's
Your Mama's Name?" She was fifteen years old, with a Country Music
Association and Grammy nomination, a Greatest Hits package in the
works, and her face on the cover of the Rolling Stone. "
tr...@iwvisp.com
wazzzy wrote:
>
> Beau Tucker, father of Country singer and reality TV star Tanya Tucker,
> died yesterday, according to the Williamson County Sheriff's Office.
> Emergency medical crews were called to Beau Tucker's home on Cox
> Road, where they discovered he was not breathing. Corporal Chuck Norman
> said Beau Tucker was transported by ambulance to a hospital, where he
> was pronounced dead.
>
> Beau Tucker was instrumental in his daughter's success as a singer,
Wasn't it revealed early in Tanya's career that Beau was a member of
the KKK?
Ray Arthur