Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway: Live in Nashville | SNEAK PEEK Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway Live

Publish date: 2024-08-06

- [Narrator] Get ready for a toe tappin' good time with "Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway Live in Nashville."

This is your sneak peek of this new concert special, recorded just days after the band took home their first Grammy award.

The gifted guitarist, songwriter and vocalist grew up playing in her father's band and has become one of the leading lights of modern folk, bluegrass, and Americana.

So put on your dancing shoes- - All right all you lovebirds, are you ready to boogie down on this next song?

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[bright upbeat music] [audience cheering] ♪ Two trees in the forest ♪ One was crooked, one was straight ♪ ♪ Crimson bark and emerald needles ♪ ♪ Growing day by day ♪ And though they looked so different ♪ ♪ They enjoyed the rain the same ♪ ♪ Side by side ♪ A chickadee had told them ♪ Of a darkness on the land ♪ Spinning blades that came to visit ♪ ♪ Carried by a man ♪ And every other tree would see them ♪ ♪ Cut down where they stand by and by ♪ ♪ Oh, can't you see ♪ A crooked tree ♪ Won't fit into the mill machine ♪ ♪ They're left to grow wild and free ♪ ♪ Oh, I'd rather be a crooked tree ♪ [bright upbeat music continues] [bright upbeat music continues] ♪ The perfect trees were driven ♪ ♪ Down the mountain to the mill ♪ ♪ They turned them into toothpicks ♪ ♪ And to $20 bills ♪ It seemed the more the people took ♪ ♪ The more they needed still in the end ♪ ♪ The crooked trees were left there ♪ ♪ After all the work was done ♪ Now they go for weeks ♪ And never witness anyone ♪ No one left to tell them ♪ If they're growing right or wrong ♪ ♪ But the whispering wind ♪ Oh, can't you see ♪ A crooked tree ♪ Won't fit into the mill machine ♪ ♪ They're left to grow wild and free ♪ ♪ Oh, I'd rather be a crooked tree ♪ [bright upbeat music continues] [bright upbeat music continues] [bright upbeat music continues] ♪ People say I'm different ♪ My way of life seems strange ♪ I took the road less traveled ♪ ♪ Twists and turns along the way ♪ ♪ But like the crooked tree ♪ I'm growing stronger day by day ♪ ♪ As the clouds roll by ♪ A river never wonders ♪ Why it flows around the bend ♪ A mountain doesn't question ♪ How it rose up from the land ♪ So who am I to wish ♪ I wasn't just the way I am ♪ Who am I ♪ Oh, can't you see ♪ A crooked tree ♪ Won't fit into the mill machine ♪ ♪ They're left to grow wild and free ♪ ♪ Oh, I'd rather be a crooked tree ♪ ♪ A crooked tree ♪ Won't fit into the mill machine ♪ ♪ They're left to grow wild and free ♪ ♪ Oh, I'd rather be a crooked tree ♪ ♪ I'd rather be a crooked tree [bright upbeat music continues] [bright upbeat music continues] [bright upbeat music continues] [gentle bright music] [solemn bright music] [audience cheering] - Thanks to PBS for having us and filming this show.

- PBS does stand for perfect bluegrass solos, after all.

[audience cheering] - [Narrator] Did this sneak peek remind you just how much you love the virtuoso performances you find on PBS?

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Molly Tuttle's style is steeped in bluegrass tradition with a modern sensibility.

This concert special showcases her songwriting skills and fresh takes on your old favorites.

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