Book Description

Show Biz: The Big Band Way Tommy Tucker and his Orchestra _____________________ A Memoir by his wife Dare This memoir by Dare Tucker describes the unusual experiences she and her husband had during their experience on the road as a major Big Band orchestra. After Dare married Tommy, she joined him and his popular band as they traveled back and forth across the country for many one-night or one-week stands. They stared out with cars to transport the many musicians, their instruments, the vocalists; the group eventually got so large they had to hire buses to make their way to the next gig. It's interesting to read Dare's observation of the scene. She describes in detail the variety of adjustments that bands had to make as they performed at theaters and adapted their activities so they could be successful at record making. Tommy's big hit, "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" was so well received it became a Gold record. Their daughter Trudy who published this notes: "What remains so curious to me is that the very same tricks they did on stage, during recordings, and on TV we continue to see every day as we watch talk shops on TV. "