Len Tuckey

{{Short description|Scottish musician, songwriter, composer and record producer}}

{{BLP sources|date=May 2020}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Use British|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Len Tuckey

| image =

| caption =

| image_size =

| birth_name = Richard Leonard Tuckey

| alias = "Strucky"

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|12|15}}

| birth_place = Aberdeen, Scotland

| instrument = Guitar

| genre = {{hlist|Glam rock|hard rock|folk rock|country rock|new wave}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Songwriter|musician|record producer}}

| years_active = 1960s–present

| label =

| website =

}}

Richard Leonard 'Len' Tuckey is a Scottish musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Tuckey was the guitarist for The Chasers and The Riot Squad before joining the Nashville Teens,{{Cite web |title=The Attack (2) |website=Discogs.com |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/358584-The-Attack-2 |access-date=12 May 2020}}

and came to prominence in the early 1970s as the lead guitarist for Suzi Quatro. He is credited as the co-writer of many of Quatro's songs, including hits such as "Mama's Boy".

Musical career

In the 1960s Tuckey was a member of the bands The Chasers and The Riot Squad. In 1968 he joined the Nashville Teens, and in 1972 he became a member of Suzi Quatro's backing band and came to worldwide prominence. After leaving Quatro's band he formed blues-rock band "Legend" with Bill Legend of T. Rex and for a while managed a version of Slade featuring original members Dave Hill and Don Powell.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

Personal life

In 1976, Tuckey married Suzi Quatro. They had two children together (Laura in 1982 and Richard Leonard in 1984) and divorced in 1992.{{cite book |last=Quatro |first=Suzi |year=2008 |title=Unzipped |orig-year=First published 2007 |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |location=London |pages=334–335 |isbn=978-0-340-93751-8}}

References