Bessie Tucker has been played on NTS shows including Country Hayride, with Fort Worth And Denver first played on 4 June 2017.

Bessie Tucker was an American classic female, country, and Texas blues, singer and songwriter. Her best-known songs are "Penitentiary" and "Fryin' Pan Skillet Blues". Little is known of her life outside the music industry. Her known recording history comprised just twenty-four tracks, seven of which were alternate takes.