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Katie Stuckey
Katie Stuckey is an Americana singer/song writer from Austin, Texas. Katie began her musical career singing in a children’s choir at the age of 9. Katie grew up in a musical family, often singing with her brother who would tape record the sessions. Katie spent her time playing the recordings over and over again, affording her an opportunity to examine her performances. She eventually used this method to learn harmonies. Katie attended Episcopal High School, an elite private school in Houston, and went on to attend college at a music conservatory in Ohio. Upon graduation, Katie spent time struggling as a song writer in New York and Los Angeles. Tired with the overly commercial east and west coast scene, Katie moved back to Texas in order to be directly influenced by the vast physical surroundings of the southwest. Upon arrival, she recruited her all-male band comprised of local upper-class private school cohorts, Paul Beebe (drums), Craig Feazel (guitar / pedal steel) and Mark Riddell (bass). All three multi-instrumentalists are former members of the local Houston band “Drifter”, which later morphed in to the still active, avant-garde project, The Small Sounds. The band became known as "The Swagger", and quickly cleaned house in the local Houston Press's 2007 music awards, securing wins for best female vocalist and best folk/acoustic act. In 2008, Katie showcased at the South by Southwest music festival, giving a brilliant musical performance while renaming her band “The Fitness”.