![]() I cracked the top in two different places, but the people at Pre-War are so sweet. I’ve been playing it all year and have definitely beaten it up a bit. It’s become my favorite to play live as well because the sound is super clear and resonant. It has a spruce top with a sunburst finish and Brazilian rosewood back and sides. Is your primary guitar the same Pre-War dreadnought that you started favoring during …But I’d Rather Be With You ? I was in a booth with a mic on my guitar and another one for my voice so that we could capture keeper vocal tracks as well. I learned about how fun it can be to make a record where it felt sort of like a jam session, just running through the songs and keeping things spontaneous.Įveryone but the fiddle player and me stood in a circle in the main room. It’s my first album where most of the tracking was done live, and in a matter of only four or five days altogether, in the studio. What was it like to have Douglas produce the record as well? I try to emulate his musicality and his ability to perfectly accompany a vocal. I’ll hear a song come on the radio and recognize his Dobro right away. His playing is so iconic, and his tone is so distinct. I learned about how fun it can be to make a record where it felt sort of like a jam session, just running through the songs and keeping things spontaneous Molly Tuttle What do you appreciate most about his playing? Jerry Douglas provides a signature Dobro solo on “Dooley’s Farm” right after your guitar solo. I start the main riff with an open-position D minor and then use my third and fourth fingers to play double-stops on the bottom two strings at the third and then fifth frets, with the other strings all open to get those deep, suspended F and G chords. What’s the tuning, and how did you play the main verse part? He mostly filled in textural elements here and there, and did some cross picking on the last verse. He was mainly there to sing, and we did have him do a few passes on guitar. I played the guitar solo on “Dooley’s Farm” because he couldn’t come in to track live with us, and I had already done overdubs by the time he arrived. That’s cool to me because it’s super different from how I play. That always reminds me of Doc Watson, and then there’s the fact that he infuses a lot of metal guitar licks and scales. Billy has a very different picking attack than mine, and I appreciate the clarity and definition in his notes. He was my friend’s roommate, and we lived in a house together for a while on a street with tons of musicians in East Nashville. ![]() It was a lot of fun because he was one of my first friends when I moved to Nashville. He’s everywhere, as you say, so we had to find a day that he could pop by the studio briefly between tour dates. I instantly thought of Billy because I heard his voice on it. I eventually felt like I had a collection that pointed to what I wanted to express and also went back to my roots growing up playing bluegrass Molly Tuttle How did you settle on doing “Dooley’s Farm”? You and Billy Strings seem to be everywhere collaborating with everyone. ![]() I eventually felt like I had a collection that pointed to what I wanted to express and also went back to my roots growing up playing bluegrass. How did you wind up hopping back on the bluegrass wagon after a few years onboard a singer-songwriter train?ĭuring COVID lockdown I wrote a ton of songs trying to figure out what direction I was heading in next, and all of a sudden I couldn’t stop writing these bluegrass tunes. Just before we spoke, Tuttle joined Bob Weir and Eric Krasno on stage at the Guild Theater on her home stomping ground in Menlo Park, California, for a Thanksgiving Eve celebration of the Dead’s music with the Terrapin Family Band. The others are live versions of album tracks “Dooley’s Farm” and the upbeat minor swing of “Castilleja” recorded at Nashville’s historic Station Inn (opens in new tab).įiddle player Ketch Secor is one of Tuttle’s primary songwriting collaborators, and Golden Highway has been tearing up the road with his group Old Crow Medicine Show. A deluxe version of Crooked Tree features four choice bonus cuts, including a cover of the Grateful Dead’s “Dire Wolf” and “Cold Rain and Snow,” a traditional folk song that they popularized. New Tuttle goodness continued to roll out at the close of her banner year. At the same time, Tuttle received a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist. Molly Tuttle's third studio album, Crooked Tree (opens in new tab), was released in April 2022 and picked up a win for Best Bluegrass Album at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards this year.
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