Earlier in the blog, Curt bid
farewell to the iconic Lou Reed. His fellow Velvet Underground member, Mo
Tucker, was an equally epochal 60's figure. Often mistaken in the early days
for a male because of her short locks, Maureen was known to substitute her drum set with metal garbage cans for live performances. Tucker
would fade into family life, working for a Georgia Wal-Mart distribution
center, before being summoned back for the 1992-3 VU Europe reunion tour. Back
in its glory days, the band would occasionally give her a chance to test her
pipes. Shifting gears from her usual garage sound, Mo adopts a 20’s timbre in
the lo-fi “Close
the Door”
(as visually interpreted by Edie Sedgwick).
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