How Molly Tuttle is breaking the bluegrass barrier

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5 жыл бұрын

Molly Tuttle is a groundbreaking musician who's redefining what it means to play bluegrass music in 2019. She's the first woman to ever win Guitar Player of the Year from the International Bluegrass Association and her new album, When You're Ready, has woken up the world to her range as a musician.
Molly sits down to talk with Tom about her career and pushing the bluegrass barrier.
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@kerryevans1562 4 жыл бұрын

Molly Tuttle In a league of her own been a huge fan of herself and Aj Lee.. This interview filled in the gaps and that she has remained focused. ... She is a DEADLY guitarist Singer-songwriter extraordinaire We love her HERE Greetings from Dublin Ireland brother and sisters

@9UaYXxB 4 жыл бұрын

This woman is a brick. I love her qualities , they really radiate in performance but she sure carries herself with huge grace in conversation. Tom's interview is a real pleasure to experience here.

@donald-parker 4 жыл бұрын

So, aside from having the voice of an angel, a world class guitar player, great writer, and being adorable, what does she have going for her?

@lkgreenwell 3 жыл бұрын

Donald Parker She’s nice looking

@patlatorres7000 Жыл бұрын

She's cute as a bug!

@gastonflatulenza1276 6 ай бұрын

I love Molly's progressive music and I am behind her for life. I love Nickel Creek, and Alison Brown, the Kruger Bros, and Bela. I've seen Bela over 30 times live and I am also with him no matter what he puts out. I just keep listening until I understand it. Molly is a great force for bluegrass and acoustic music and we are so lucky she is on the scene.

@GreyhoundHank86 3 жыл бұрын

I love Molly, and I try to share with my growing 2 year daughter some guitar skills so maybe she will play guitar and will be such a kind and bright person. Greetings from Russia.

@andrewbeattieRAB 3 жыл бұрын

This chick is completely outta control. 😊 She is a breath of fresh air for bluegrass music. So talented. So genuine. No doubt she draws non-Bluegrass listeners like nobody else.

@tomw485 Жыл бұрын

My wife loves her. And prior to hearing Molly her only exposure to bluegrass was dueling banjos.

@donnysarian 11 ай бұрын

She turned this Metal guitar player into a Bluegrass fanatic!

@pauljenkins2501 5 жыл бұрын

Firstly, thank you for a long and thoughtful interview, taking the time to examine issues, and not just grabbing a sound bite and then moving on. Molly seems to be a beautiful soul, as well as a beautiful person and a superb musician.

@nicorayo195 4 жыл бұрын

I've appreciated Molly Tuttle for her talent, but now I also admire her for her honesty. You're a beautiful person Molly however you present yourself.

@garyhighley9022 4 жыл бұрын

You cant help but like Molly..she truly seems like a decent human being in addition to being an awesome musician.

@donnysarian 11 ай бұрын

No doubt!

@douglapp5211 5 жыл бұрын

I love hearing and listening to Molly and I love this interview because she talks about how she started and discusses song writing which I love to hear about. I'm sure I'll come back to listen to this again. Molly is the best! I can tell she is such a good person also.

@swampydouglasobannon8804 4 жыл бұрын

I'VE JUST FOUND MOLLY AND I LOVE HER VOICE AS WELL AND REALLY LOVED HEARING HER PLAY WITH BILLY STRINGS.

@royeh893 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. Been loving seeing & hearing Molly & the family for quite some time.

@joeleigh-corrigan7762 4 жыл бұрын

What’s not to love about Molly? So talented and so natural.

@Surfgypsy52 4 жыл бұрын

Had the privilege of meeting Molly in Melbourne recently....amazing person and brilliant musician!!

@richardtoland2624 5 жыл бұрын

Saw molly and band at their nyc date in the spring of this year and loved it. As did everyone else!

@alegreone 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome interview and kudos to the interviewer for his skills as well. I’m now a new Molly Tuttle fan. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😁🎼

@CaptainMorganism 4 жыл бұрын

I'm late to the party on seeing this interview but have watched Molly Tuttle's videos and performances for a long time. She is a straight up guitar jedi! I can hardly wait for a show that comes close to me so I can hear her in person.

@tee1up785 4 жыл бұрын

Just learning about her and I love her! KZfaq got a recommendation spot on.

@billberry557 4 жыл бұрын

Extremely enjoyable and informative Interview. I knew nothing about Molly Tuttle until today having stumbled across here on KZfaq very very enjoyable and courageous person.

@syalutsa 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Tom, just became aware of her. Really like her simple honesty. As a songwriter, flat picker and singer she is amazing. Nice to hear her stories. Thanks!

@robertcampbell1280 4 жыл бұрын

When PG&E shut off our power during the Sonoma County fires, I actually got to read some real books. I happened to pick a couple of books that really pulled some things together from my past. A lot of things started coming together, so, yes, the lights came on when the power went out.

@johnlumwhal155 2 жыл бұрын

A great interview! She has such a natural way of explaining her first experiences of finding the guitar and realizing that was the instrument she loved and how with her Father giving her pointers it all came together. Also, how we all have struggles and through understanding can help each other. The explanation of how to play the clawhammer style on guitar was done very well and really made it something that could be done if you were interested in learning that style.

@chewymoviereviews4970 5 жыл бұрын

I love Molly Tuttle definitely my favorite guitarist.

@WreckOfLamb 5 жыл бұрын

What a thoughtful interview. Thanks to both parties!

@rebguitar1 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant interview of an amazing women. Well done from the uk

@thebandman11 4 жыл бұрын

Molly you are such a genius with humility which is an amazing combination - Baz

@kathleensmith950 3 жыл бұрын

Molly Tuttle is an awesome musician and person loved her playing and interview a genuine great human being!

@markkruger2833 2 жыл бұрын

Over the past few years I've become a huge Molly Tuttle fan. She is an amazingly gifted young lady. Keep doin what you do.

@stevesstrings5243 5 жыл бұрын

Molly is a huge inspiration. Hearing her share her struggles with alopicia is a great way to advocate for others with the same condition.

@brentwalker8596 5 жыл бұрын

Just discovered Molly and can't get enough. This interview is top notch. Kudos to Molly and the interviewer.

@kathyroddy 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this informative interview. I'm a big fan of Molly's, and it's great to hear some background.

@Mandolin1944 5 жыл бұрын

She has had videos on KZfaq from since she was 8 years old. Why is everyone so shocked?

@irissmusic3 4 жыл бұрын

Katherine Roddy me too

@playhooky 4 жыл бұрын

@@Mandolin1944 Wow - that's impressive info. But geez, chill. Some of us have just discovered her, thanks to youtube recommendation.

@Ira108 4 жыл бұрын

She's a great musician, but also comes off as a very fine person.

@olanclark1664 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. She has an ability to represent royalty as if it were not her own. Like so many greats, yourself, she is us.

@olanclark1664 3 жыл бұрын

And, if you think about a river's journey, it just may be that you will pass it along. Wish I could've heard it.~

@LukeMtech55 5 жыл бұрын

She’s an amazing artist.

@pressedearth9492 4 жыл бұрын

Molly is one fantastic human.

@neildesperandum6114 4 жыл бұрын

So much respect and admiration for this beautiful and talented woman.

@David_P132 4 жыл бұрын

Nice username Neil.

@TarotMoon 5 жыл бұрын

We saw molly in Philly and Jim Thorpe PA. a must see. My husband had her image painted on a Martin Guitar. That's a fan .

@steveb9325 5 жыл бұрын

On a Martin?

@TheBeatle49 5 жыл бұрын

No jealousy?

@PhilTheProf 2 жыл бұрын

Came across her yesterday by accident and now I am hooked!

@kencampbell9297 2 жыл бұрын

She is incredible. Great interview as well.

@ericfischer996 4 жыл бұрын

Molly, You're Awesome...musically and personally!

@Pomiferous 4 жыл бұрын

agreed

@kazimierzowczarek6602 4 жыл бұрын

top and very professional interview of the lovely person, Molly we love you

@63ritchie 5 жыл бұрын

She is soooo good.

@Kevin-bp2cw 5 жыл бұрын

Wow ... man! She is just so wonderful in so many ways ;) I've watched a bunch of her youtube videos over the years when she was just a young girl, playing with her father and brother, so its not so surprising to see Molly grow into such a great artist ! I've heard a few songs of her new stuff , which are really good, ... I really like Bluegrass and her Bluegrass play'in but I think its great that she's pushing the barrier of the genre , and I think she's such an accomplished player and authentic " real-deal" talent , that well anything she does is going to be interesting and good .... and I like the way she says "yeah ! " ;) ha! .... and the nice guitars she plays ,her appreciation for early Bluegrass , and how grounded she is ;) Love you Molly !

@Simulera 5 жыл бұрын

So I’ve heard your new stuff and I heard what you said here about the dynamics of changing. You have to evolve, you just have to do it when your brain tells to, it’s not really even a choice. I remember when each new Beatles album came out people would freak, not always in a good way. It’s hard to imagine maybe but they were so very different and people just wanted them to not change. Now the hard push to innovate is part of the obvious genius of what the Beatles did. Anyway, you need to play for us what’s inside your head. So far it’s pretty amazing for the rest of us out here what comes out of your head. Some day you and everybody else will understand. Thanks.

@TheWindGinProject 4 жыл бұрын

Molly, I'm touched! BY YOU! - Just want to say hello and say thanks for putting yourself out there. It really makes a difference. p e a c e

@frankboyd. 4 жыл бұрын

Molly is amazing. Another bluegrass barrier breaking act is Grammy nominated Larkin Poe. Please interview them soon.

@iwaseasymeat 5 жыл бұрын

She's so great

@josephtrionfero4512 3 жыл бұрын

not just super talented... wise beyond her years! (and nice)

@GundogJake 5 жыл бұрын

A Molly gig is the best gig!

@angelaautumn1927 5 жыл бұрын

Go Molly!

@raywaddell6349 5 жыл бұрын

Molly is so interesting.I love to hear her talk

@tomw485 Жыл бұрын

When Molly Tuttle won guitar player of the year I never even thought about the fact that winning it as a woman was unique. All I thought was “of course she won, she’s one of the best players I’ve ever heard period”. There’s also something very pure and genuine about her. She just seems like a good soul. Needless to say I’m a big fan.

@tamsonw 4 жыл бұрын

Also, the power went out and, as a result, she got the idea for the lyric--like a lightbulb going on over one's head.

@DiaEule 4 жыл бұрын

Great interview nothing forced

@TheJazz61 Жыл бұрын

She is great!

@purplecowideal 3 жыл бұрын

Another one of God’s miracles. Love her. So talented.

@dlawlis 4 жыл бұрын

People have been tinkering with the "boundaries" and definition of Bluegrass ever since Bill Monroe cantankerously laid down rules for what it can and cannot be. There's plenty of room for those who want to take it well past the traditional paradigm, and there's plenty of room for those who just want to be traditional. And as Molly is illustrating there's absolutely no reason a person can't do both and do both quite well.

@donhendershot9705 3 жыл бұрын

There is no “Bluegrass Barrier”. True Bluegrass has and always will survive on it’s own. It is a personal, shared experience and not some commercial enterprise!

@bobburroughs6241 5 жыл бұрын

What a beauty in mind and body.

@normancrew2739 5 жыл бұрын

Have been a big fan from afar, (Australia) since The Tuttles

@ik04 4 жыл бұрын

Cool lighting.

@sloancrossley 4 жыл бұрын

What a treasure! Love you , Molly.

@Pomiferous 4 жыл бұрын

yes

@fishnwildlife Жыл бұрын

That was awesome! Molly is legendary. Up next, Billy strings?

@sosguy1893 4 жыл бұрын

A great musician, but a really great woman.

@swampydouglasobannon8804 3 жыл бұрын

I call Molly the bluegrass speeding ticket TRY TO KEEP UP

@frankwallis8940 5 жыл бұрын

She’s an artist and an old soul.

@danw1955 5 жыл бұрын

I've been following Molly's music since the Tuttle Family Band ft. AJ Lee showed up on KZfaq years ago. She's pretty amazing as a musician and a person.😍 This interview was just a bit strange though, and I'm disappointed that she didn't actually get to play anything before it finished.🤔

@bryankeller3492 4 жыл бұрын

I have to say, I am a bit disappointed in her "new direction". I heard her live and the songs lacke "grab" to them. LIke some producer told Molly "Go POP-ish". Also, I'm going to say something that's going to concern and maybe upset ALOT of you. Molly has always been a "slight" person but she was mere BONES when I saw her do a record show concert last Saturday, August 23rd, 2019.Was very pale and appeared tired. She could barely manage a smile. I understand her other underlying medical issues dating back to her as a teenager BUT she looked thin even on TV a week before. Much, MUCH worse than here. She was sitting on the bumper of her van after a short record store gig making a phone call. She looked like she felt a non-spry 85..

@mbsnyderc 4 жыл бұрын

@@bryankeller3492 She doesn't have medical issues outside of being bald from alopecia .i think the rest is in your head,the album sounds more pop because shes 26 years old and listen to music you and i don't .there is nobody making her do anything it's her choice.if she didn't smile is she most likely didn't feel like smiling.if it was a record store gig she still had a gig to get to latter that day.

@kathleensmith950 3 жыл бұрын

Great Guitar player and Such a great singer too.

@kathleensmith950 3 жыл бұрын

@reddragonready 3 ай бұрын

Already knew she is an awesome guitar player but she also seems a lovely woman

@Freempg 5 жыл бұрын

Saw Molly and her band a couple weeks ago at the Hotel Cafe in LA near Sunset and Hollywood Blvd, Avenue of the Stars, etc, the venue holding maybe 100, which was/is not really a cate or a hotel. Phenomenal performance. Standing ovation.' Edit: You had Molly there with her guitar, you mentioned The Light Came In, and also Take the Journey, and didn't have her strum a few bars of each? Good grief.

@KStewart-th4sk 3 жыл бұрын

So where is the rest when Molly is about to play at the end of this video? CBC didn't bother posting it?

@lyotomachida2478 5 жыл бұрын

Molly I love your music. You are beautiful inside and out. Wanna hug u 🤗 one big fan here from philippines 😘

@CountrySingerWannabe 5 жыл бұрын

Molly Tuttle=perfect woman!

@americalost5100 4 жыл бұрын

Molly Tuttle is super cool

@PhilTheProf 2 жыл бұрын

Well I thoroughly loved the interview as I knew nothing about her.

@pappyfiddle 5 жыл бұрын

clawhammer was evolved or invented by guys who worked all day swingin' an ax or clinging to a plow and their hands were so cramped their fingers wouldn't uncurl

@9UaYXxB 4 жыл бұрын

That sounds like very much like truth... thanks for sharing that insight.

@KStewart-th4sk 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty and talented, Molly has it all. Some of the so-called "artists" should listen to this interview. Many are so full of themselves. it is nauseating to listen to them. Many of them can only sing too, no instrumental talent at all! Great interview.

@spicycurry1190 4 жыл бұрын

I love her so much... What do I do??

@robertvonbriesen908 2 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for them to mention her relationship with Billy Strings. So far, one brief comment. I am really hoping that Molly and Billy combine forces and do a tour together, not just the one number together when they are performing at the same festival.

@olanclark1664 3 жыл бұрын

I think she is royal.

@kipling1957 4 жыл бұрын

Why did they chop her playing?

@billderinbaja3883 5 жыл бұрын

Molly has the best right hand in the business, and that's sayin' something. Amazing talent.

@A-Church-In-Scotland 4 жыл бұрын

Great set ! So. lol

@rhumandlove393 5 жыл бұрын

Wut bluegrass berrier?

@pappyfiddle 5 жыл бұрын

it might be sales patterns. They git these patterns in their head because they're dying to keep the money stream churning in but they don't know anything about music or what's virtuous. You see this in movies, they have a hit movie so they make a sequel and a 3rd and a 4th, they don't have any creativity, just turning the crank to get more sales. I think Eva Cassidy ran into that, her records didn't fit in any "category" so the music stores didn't carry it. They'd have the disks in weird little category bins like R&B or Pop or Folk.

@amandakaye 9 ай бұрын

I keep all my songwriting notes in my phone too.. little tid bits

@markmcmullan3351 4 жыл бұрын

Wait till the record companies get control she'll soon be made to drops the solos .

@Trollificusv2 4 жыл бұрын

I hope not. On the video for "Sleepwalking" from her new album (beautiful song and video, btw, in which she appears sans wig, still beautiful), there's lots of comments praising her for starting her "real" career and hoping she can be "the next Taylor Swift!". Ugh.

@clbazar 4 жыл бұрын

It’s a testament to Molly as a person and professional that this is still a great listen even though the person asking her questions is a poor interviewer. Great job, Molly.

@KStewart-th4sk 3 жыл бұрын

So why would you say he is a poor interviewer and present no reason for, what i consider, unwarranted criticism?

@mallorga1965 5 жыл бұрын

Molly is the personification of sweetness... And what a talent she is!

@kathleensmith950 3 жыл бұрын

You'd have to look far and wide to find another Molly!

@cugir321 4 жыл бұрын

Berklee......huh! They must love the story of all 1's now that Molly is Player of the year. If I were her I wouldn't even mention Berklee from here on out.

@Trollificusv2 4 жыл бұрын

Nah, she just didn't have the background in "being in music school" that they kind of expect. Just a little small-minded there. Sounds like they got over it pretty well, and she doesn't seem bitter about it.

@PhilTheProf 2 жыл бұрын

She should mention it. It shows that you don't need their approval to be fantastic.

@kmacksb 5 жыл бұрын

Well, dang, I was hoping to hear "Take the Journey" at the end there. Oh, well!

@theduckett7698 5 жыл бұрын

Saw Molly in person earlier this year. Was expecting songs like "White Freightliner" and other standards on you tube. Didn't happen. Didn't even have a banjo on stage. I understand her wanting to promote her CD and the songs on it but I paid to hear some of the old songs too. The fiddle player did most of the lead breaks which was disappointing. Actually the opening act Zoe and Clode was much more enjoyable.

@nicktaylor1508 4 жыл бұрын

@ipmala everyone who plays bluegrass knows you can't make a living. They play it because they love it and that's what makes it so unique

@nicktaylor1508 4 жыл бұрын

@ipmala I do when I buy tickets. There is definitely a market for bluegrass, why do you think Billy is selling out all his shows?

@thomaskline 4 жыл бұрын

And Merle Haggard, and Willie Nelson

@MtnLiner 5 жыл бұрын

Oh my... I’ve had alopecia areata for many years. I’ve thought Molly was attractive before but now my imagination runs rampant! Ever since the first Star Trek movie... you know what I’m talking about. Smooth as silk. No shame, girl. Sexy as all heck!

@burger1113 5 жыл бұрын

Oh, happy family and love and how uninteresting!... I'm just kidding she's the most awesomest guitarist.

@Robotooo 2 жыл бұрын

Its so lame when people ask "what does that line mean" "what does that song mean?" It means whatever you think it means when you hear it.

@lucyfoster4082 5 жыл бұрын

Does she interface at all with the Chris Thile sphere of influence--Brittany Haas, the I'm With Her crowd, and the like? Is there a divide between the "progressive" guys and her? Would love to see her on Live From Here.