I remember stumbling onto Grass valley when I was 10 years old in 1982. Very similar story. I was there for 38 years. Now I'm in Michigan. This song makes me cry so much I love it. I got to see Molly perform it at Hangtown last year in Grass valley at the same fairgrounds the song is about. Cried there too!
❤ It is so beautiful to see father and daughter making music in one video. That is a treasure for a lifetime. I would have loved it if my family could and would have shared my passion with me like that. Instead, when I said I was going to be a musician as a child, it wasn't taken seriously. "Learn something decent first." The phrase of caring parents who, being born during the war, worried about their own children but never really understood them. So I had to go it alone. I didn't just make music because I wanted to, but because I could never do otherwise.
Wow, what a lovely song. I remember in the early '80's, driving my VW bus up to Grass Valley from the Bay Area with my banjo, while home-made cassettes of my favorite record albums primed my bluegrass appetite. I would jam until I was completely wiped out, having put in a long day at the shop that day before driving up, and be sung to sleep by another young man with hard-working hands who seemed to know a thousand songs, and "Sing me back home . . ." What wonderful days those were. Thanks for the memories, Molly.
Wow just wow. This song made me tear up. I remember the first time my dad took me to the Grass Valley Bluegrass Festival, we camped in his old chevy van. My dad was a picker, he'd make his rounds to the various camps and pick all day and night more than watch who was playing on the main stage. This song took me right back to those special times with my dad in Grass Valley. Thank you! ❤
She is something else. One of the greatest flat pickers. What a voice. If that's her Dad he is also awesome. And Sir, can I marry your daughter ? She is a beautiful person in & out! I am a working Lithic Technologist & Musician/composer. God bless you Both!🌹
This brings back memories of going to bluegrass concerts with my family and enjoying the 50's-70's vibe of the appreciative crowd. Thanks to Molly and her dad.
Lovely. Beautiful song, and a wonderful voice. Molly Tuttle... sounds like a great name for a Country star. Meant to be maybe. Sweet place, that Grass Valley. Stay at it. Blessings and all the best. 🙏
This song gives me goosebumps. So many things I can relate to in it. Came back from Grass Valley this morning from a week full of love and memories. That festival will always be my favorite. I also love Ronnie McCoury's tune named after Grass Valley. check it out
Hey, Molly! Just found you through an old-time Palo Alto pal of mine who posted a link to a different song. Love your music! Then I thought, "Huh. Tuttle. I took banjo lessons ages ago from a really great guy named Jack Tuttle." And lo and behold, here he is! Your dad. Gotta love those connections. Thanks for all the great music!
I grew up in Grass Valley . Sounds like you spent a weekend at Scots Flat or Rollins lake . For great winter fun check out Cornish Christmas every Friday after Thanksgiving and Victorian Christmas in Nevada City . Can't drink on the streets anymore 😭😭😭😭 ! What ! It gets cold and schnapps is wonderful !
Some of the best concerts we ever saw was in the auditorium in Grass Valley. Slaid Cleves and Crystal Bowersox come to mind. We made the trek from Sacramento many, many times. We'd have a nice Italian dinner next door at Cirino's and then chill out to the fantastic music. Once when my wife was tournament golfing, I made the trek all by myself to hear a group of folks who got together to play some Steely Dan and they blew me away. Anyone catching my note here should check out Molly's "White Rabbit" - it's my new favorite go-to video.
Wonderful song, beautifully played. I can see Molly playing this at bluegrass festivals, pointing to a youngster clutching an instrument and saying 'this one's for you'.
*Thank You Jack* You provided important contributions to the Soundtrack that we raised our family on 2 children ~ 20 yrs~ WHAT? Where did it all go? Both now Grown Looking forward to Thanking Molly in person
Molly never disappoints. And seeing dad Jack here dueting(?) . Wow. Sure sounds like a biographical song many of us old pickers can relate too. Luv ya Molly.
I don't know if her voice is better theses days, or if her mics and sound setups are getting better, but her singing on here is very crisp, clear and angelic. Maybe its just the song.
There's sound and there's music and then there's perfection that transcends both and leads us to pray we see another sunrise and the chance to be embraced.
This as well as many of Molly's performances set fire to the parts of me that would love to grab a friend or two or three and to head out on a long wandering road trip. Music that compels a listener to want to explore is music that I love to listen to. 💞
A man and his daughter playing like that. A woman and her dad playing like that. Thanks for posting this one.
Thats my cousin. How awesome is she.
totally!
I live near that area go camping around there all the time I never knew there was a song about it. California is God's country.
I can't stop watching these performances. How can one human have so much talent and taste!
I remember stumbling onto Grass valley when I was 10 years old in 1982. Very similar story. I was there for 38 years. Now I'm in Michigan. This song makes me cry so much I love it. I got to see Molly perform it at Hangtown last year in Grass valley at the same fairgrounds the song is about. Cried there too!
Brought a tear to my eye too! The future is bright. 🌈
It's safe to say she caught that magic in her hands.
That's correct.
Amen , 😍🥰💖💗💖 she is so beautiful .
I do believe you are right
This is so wonderful. The Tuttle kids are lucky to have Jack as a father and he is lucky to have them. So much talent.
I was privledged to meet Jack Tuttle at Gryphon Stringed Instruments in Palo Alto last month...
He's an amazing musician and a very humble man....
It's a rare gift to have a voice that moves the human spirt.
I'm not crying, you're crying
Get a life asshole… what kind of shit are you drinking and smoking… I hate idiots who say this..
Maybe you need to go take a shit..
I am crying. Thank you, Mr. Tuttle, for taking your little girl to that festival.
I’m from GRASS VALLEYYY!!! Welll just Grew up there was born in San Diegoooo!!!
❤
It is so beautiful to see father and daughter making music in one video. That is a treasure for a lifetime.
I would have loved it if my family could and would have shared my passion with me like that. Instead, when I said I was going to be a musician as a child, it wasn't taken seriously. "Learn something decent first." The phrase of caring parents who, being born during the war, worried about their own children but never really understood them.
So I had to go it alone. I didn't just make music because I wanted to, but because I could never do otherwise.
Wow, what a lovely song. I remember in the early '80's, driving my VW bus up to Grass Valley from the Bay Area with my banjo, while home-made cassettes of my favorite record albums primed my bluegrass appetite. I would jam until I was completely wiped out, having put in a long day at the shop that day before driving up, and be sung to sleep by another young man with hard-working hands who seemed to know a thousand songs, and "Sing me back home . . ." What wonderful days those were. Thanks for the memories, Molly.
Happy Father’s Day. 😎
Someone gets it!
Gotta be one proud Dad.
Woah when I looked at the thumbnail I thought it was Kirsten Dunst.
Good song!
Wow just wow. This song made me tear up. I remember the first time my dad took me to the Grass Valley Bluegrass Festival, we camped in his old chevy van. My dad was a picker, he'd make his rounds to the various camps and pick all day and night more than watch who was playing on the main stage. This song took me right back to those special times with my dad in Grass Valley. Thank you! ❤
He was my first mandolin teacher back in 1990! Looking great, Jack.
This is so wonderful to hear dad and daughter again….absolutely love this song!
I literally tear up every time I watch this video. Molly is such an inspiration and seeing her play with her dad is just precious!
I knew a great man who lived in Grass Valley back then!
that makes us related as well - Mary Tuttle was my great great great great great Grandma - just before the Revolutionary War!
She is something else. One of the greatest flat pickers. What a voice. If that's her Dad he is also awesome. And Sir, can I marry your daughter ? She is a beautiful person in & out! I am a working Lithic Technologist & Musician/composer. God bless you Both!🌹
What a beautiful song Molly.You have come so far your dad must be so proud.❤️
This lady just a blessing wrapped up in a guitar
Thanks Molly! What a breath of fresh air you, Bluegrass and your dad have brought into the world.
This brings back memories of going to bluegrass concerts with my family and enjoying the 50's-70's vibe of the appreciative crowd. Thanks to Molly and her dad.
I was ten years old and happy and out of school early, jamming...wow. And Happy Father's Day, Jack, wow.
I grew up in Grass Valley. Afraid it’s not the same city it used to be, but it was a treasure, and I treasure all the memories.
Grass Valley is still a treasure. It’s not perfect but I still wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.
Beautiful, one of those that’s hard to sing with out choking up just a little, that’s when you really know the power of the song. Hat tip.
Papa avec sa fille 😁
Comme c'est beau!
Molly est resplendissante 👍
Elle joue de la guitare avec tellement de grâce....... Quel talent!
She comes by all that talent honestly. Great stuff.
Wonderful memory with Dad from her youth! "Baptized in the Campgrounds"
Beautiful song! I lived in Grass Valley almost all my life. My parents still live there.
Lovely. Beautiful song, and a wonderful voice. Molly Tuttle... sounds like a great name for a Country star. Meant to be maybe. Sweet place, that Grass Valley. Stay at it. Blessings and all the best. 🙏
How special is this, feeling tears of joy 😇🙏
This song gives me goosebumps. So many things I can relate to in it. Came back from Grass Valley this morning from a week full of love and memories. That festival will always be my favorite.
I also love Ronnie McCoury's tune named after Grass Valley. check it out
Jukebox Molly and Papa Tuttle. Tune reflects the past but sounds contemporary. Great plan Jack, having kids to jam with in yer Golden Years. Ü♫
How could you not love and like Molly?
I got here from hearing this on undercurrents radio and having grown up in Grass Valley - Nevada City 1973-86
Well.....looks like you caught that magic in your hands!
Hey, Molly! Just found you through an old-time Palo Alto pal of mine who posted a link to a different song. Love your music! Then I thought, "Huh. Tuttle. I took banjo lessons ages ago from a really great guy named Jack Tuttle." And lo and behold, here he is! Your dad. Gotta love those connections. Thanks for all the great music!
I had the same experience - only Jack taught me fiddle tunes on guitar. Probably in the same small room at Gryphon.
Listening to this on Father’s Day with a smile and a happy tear in my eye.
La Tuttle shows an unparalleled generosity of spirit in the wonderful song ...
I love me some Molly Tuttle. Her voice makes me so happy.
Sweetness in a song, story telling with such heart is like a drink of cool water on a hot day
The apple never falls far from the tree❤
Perfect before Father's Day
I grew up in Grass Valley .
Sounds like you spent a weekend at Scots Flat or Rollins lake .
For great winter fun check out Cornish Christmas every Friday after Thanksgiving and Victorian Christmas in Nevada City .
Can't drink on the streets anymore 😭😭😭😭 ! What ! It gets cold and schnapps is wonderful !
Some of the best concerts we ever saw was in the auditorium in Grass Valley. Slaid Cleves and Crystal Bowersox come to mind. We made the trek from Sacramento many, many times. We'd have a nice Italian dinner next door at Cirino's and then chill out to the fantastic music. Once when my wife was tournament golfing, I made the trek all by myself to hear a group of folks who got together to play some Steely Dan and they blew me away. Anyone catching my note here should check out Molly's "White Rabbit" - it's my new favorite go-to video.
We’ll I bet there have been many a fine night of tunes in that room.
I, also, remember growing up outside Grass Valley! Magical Land!
Memories of waters flowing about Colfax.😊
Dad ROCKS!!! And we met there when you where a Itty bitty one!!! I attended this event for 21 years until I moved to Texas!!!
Lovely Molly, great to see you w your dad again.
Beautifully sung and played, Molly and Jack!
Gave me chills. This great art celebrates how magnificent normal life can be. I hope enough of us learn in time.
Sometimes you want to hear something nice and pretty so here it is.
Wonderful song, beautifully played. I can see Molly playing this at bluegrass festivals, pointing to a youngster clutching an instrument and saying 'this one's for you'.
Much love to this beautiful family!
Molly Tuttle's music always makes me smile.
Wow... that's my hometown - didn't
think this could be about THAT Grass Valley :) So cool to hear you sing about our town and the bluegrass festival.
Molly apparently your wizardry with the strings was passed down from dear old Dad. Love this song. :-)
Father and daughter, equally proud of each other.
*Thank You Jack*
You provided important contributions to the Soundtrack that we raised our family on
2 children ~ 20 yrs~ WHAT? Where did it all go?
Both now Grown
Looking forward to Thanking Molly in person
The Tuttles are having way too much fun.
So beautiful picking and singing by Molly Tuttle and her Father the Bluegrass Legend Jack Tuttle. Awesome!👏👏👏
Just left the bluegrass festival at Grass Valley. It was amazing to play a bit with your dad. Everyone missed you there!
This is the most graceful song I've held in a long time.Love you guys.
"Blood harmony", lovely.
Padre e figlia che cantano e suonano insieme, la più bella cosa che c'è...FANTASTICI.
Very nice to see you play together. Best wishes to Jack from his Icelandic buddies 😊
Something so sweet about family harmonies, their playing so spot on also!!Thanks Tuttle's
Beautiful story and great performane. Don't get much better than that.
Oh, ain't this so sweet? My heart is touched.
She certainly has some magic In her hands I love this woman and her voice.
Loved it possibly song of the year
MOLLY & JACK, YOU GUYS SOUND WONDERFUL AND WHAT A GREAT PERFORMANCE!! 🎶🎶❤❤
Very nice Molly and Dad.
oh, my, thank you
Lovely song, with the wonderful Molly's voice, played with very good taste
Wonderful ... 🤩
We first heard Molly at Grass Valley!
Awesome tune, Happy Fathers Day Jack!
What a touching, expertly played song. Lovely harmony 😊
Molly never disappoints. And seeing dad Jack here dueting(?) . Wow. Sure sounds like a biographical song many of us old pickers can relate too. Luv ya Molly.
Generation's!! pure gold..............😍.......Lefuj
Wow. So beautiful. Nice’ Molly and Dad!
She caught the magic in her hands that's for sure🥰 and put it in my heart
Molly, you're great. Wish I wasn't so emotional today but wow you're both awesome 🥹
I don't know if her voice is better theses days, or if her mics and sound setups are getting better, but her singing on here is very crisp, clear and angelic. Maybe its just the song.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉new favorite tune
So glad she's getting her due 😉Check her brothers playing in Blue Summit... Masterful
There's sound and there's music and then there's perfection that transcends both and leads us to pray we see another sunrise and the chance to be embraced.
Oh my, you are so blessed ....
This as well as many of Molly's performances set fire to the parts of me that would love to grab a friend or two or three and to head out on a long wandering road trip. Music that compels a listener to want to explore is music that I love to listen to. 💞
Love that song Molly Tuttle. Sounds a lot like a song Kate Wolf would have written!
Beautiful song, and love to see this video on Father's Day weekend!
I liked this so much more than I thought I would.