Interview: Molly Tuttle

Molly Tuttle has received much acclaim for her guitar chops, including winning the International Bluegrass Music Award’s Guitar Player of the Year twice, and also the Americana Music Association’s Instrumentalist of the Year award. Her fretwork, singing, and songwriting was also recognized with two Grammy Awards for Best Bluegrass Album with her previous band Golden Highway.

In addition to being a superstar of the bluegrass genre, Tuttle’s wonderful new album So Long Little Miss Sunshine shows that she can also bring engaging pop sensibilities to her music without compromising her virtuosity. In fact, her guitar playing on the album is arguably even more prominent than on her previous recordings.

This interview was for a preview article for Noozhawk.com for Molly Tuttle’s concert at the Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara on December 7, 2025. It was done by phone on November 19, 2025. (Ebru Yildiz photo)

Interview: Fred Tackett

Multi-instrumentalist Fred Tackett officially became a member of Little Feat in 1988, but he had worked as a session player on earlier albums by the band including the classic album Dixie Chicken.

But that was far from his only gig – Tackett has also recorded with an amazing collection of notable artists including Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Rod Stewart, Jackson Browne, Glen Campbell, Neil Diamond, Kris Kristofferson, Barbra Streisand, Bonnie Raitt, Lionel Richie, Joan Baez, Jimmy Webb, The Allman Brothers Band, The Carpenters, Tom Waits, Rickie Lee Jones, Curtis Mayfield, Kenny Loggins, The 5th Dimension, Johnny Rivers, Van Dyke Parks, Bob Seger, Carly Simon, Harry Nilsson, and more.

This interview was for a preview article for a benefit concert for Safety Harbor Kids on 4/18/15 at the Lobero Theatre by Tackett and fellow Little Feat guitarist Paul Barrere. It was done by phone on 3/26/15. (L. Paul Mann photo)

Concert Review: Ringo Starr

Review of Ringo Starr at the Santa Barbara Bowl, 7/12/14.