Tuck was a crack shot, expert turkey hunter and he never lost a horse race, except that one time the saddle cinch slipped and got him a cracked scapula. The band had a Birmingham following, as well. He was lead singer and mandolin player for the house band, the Brushy Creek Boys. Some around here (older than forty-something) might remember the semi-famous semi-annual Brushy Creek Bluegrass Festival on the Smith Lake shore near Arley’s part of the Bankhead National Forest. Picking and grinning galore.īecause not least in Tuck’s inclusive skill set lay a musician’s core. He and Patti planted flowering shrubs and set out bird feeders and they re-settled the old Tucker homestead. He planted amber waves of grain that attracted enough deer and wild turkey and such to call the place a park. On a knoll overlooking myriad trees and brush and a creek, he built a ranch and a farmhouse, an expanded copy of the hand hewn cedar log waaayy old settler family cabin. On the last 67 ancestral acres of prime pastureland, he built the stately place he dreamed of. He protected the environment for the Southern Company for 25 years, a lot of them spent in Pensacola, and came back home to Eldridge. His life was full of fun, fortitude and service. Semi-conscious, he sort of smiled once in there somewhere and then kicked out of the traces, so to speak. His last best one was to wait, stubbornly (he could be stubborn), until his grown and lovely daughters (one pregnant again) joined his Bride at his hospice bedside. Last Thursday, at his pastoral dream home in Eldridge, he breathed slower. Comes down to it, I’m ready to walk the walk.” So he went gently into that good night. I’m not going to string it out until I’m bones. His exact words to the MD Anderson doc: “I’ve got to dance with this thing, so put the record on and drop the needle.”īut finally he tired of it, tired of the chemo and radiation, and said, “If I get a miracle, fine. He fought it like hell for more than a year. Rare as himself, with searching fingers virulent as hell. He headed for the skies, so to speak, a week ago to the day. He must have known the words to at least a million tunes. He hugged folks, especially his wife and children and grandkids, and he smiled a mandolin smile. Musician, equestrian, woodsman, sportsman. He was a known commodity, hither and yon. James Ashmore Tucker of the Tuckers of Eldridge. Bluegrass lovers in the deep south will recall Tuck from his time with the Brushy Creek Boys in and around Birmingham. It appeared in the Daily Mountain Eagle in Jasper, AL on June 16. You can most often find him at his home club working out new material in Portland, Maine but Tuck travels the countryside from New England to Los Angeles making people laugh their butts off.This lovely remembrance of Tuck Tucker from northern Alabama, who passed away on June 9, is a contribution from his brother, Skip. Combine his verbal wit and physical comedy and you have a recipe for falling off your chair funny. Tuck Tucker is by far one of the funniest Comics to come out of New England in the last decade. The Gold Room is a member of The Dome family of entertainment venues. The Gold Room & Turf's are available for Private Parties, Weddings, Dances and Much More. The COMEDY CONNECTION of portland continues the tradition of providing top quality entertainment every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.Įnjoy The Gold Room Comedy experience at a private table, tablecloth and candles to share the laughs with family and friends. Growing popularity and success prompted expansion in September of 1993 to its current home on the waterfront at 16 Custom House Wharf, just up the dock from the world famous PORTHOLE RESTAURANT. The COMEDY CONNECTION of portland got its start in a back banquet room in the heart of the old port on Fore street. George is a genius at working a crowd and off-the-cuff, side-splitting commentary. In Maine Comedy Festival the Comedian George Hamm is arguably Maine’s funniest Comic and has been hammering audiences with his hilarious jokes for nearly 20 years. Gary Crocker has performed throughout New England and brought his Downeast humor to such diverse places as San Francisco, Dallas, Orlando, Chicago and Spearfish, South Dakota. Gary is best known as a delightful master of ceremonies for special events, from Presidential visits in Maine, to Boy Scout Jamborees. Gary Crocker leads Maine Humorists in laughter and lessons for the fun public or inspiring corporate events.
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