Huge love and respect to all my teachers: Kelvin Pittman, Joe Foster, Bryan Eubanks, Jason Zappa, Shane Ronet, Mark Kaylor, Heather Vergotis, Sonny Kayotis, Jef Brown, Ryne Warner, Doug Theriault, Moth, Asa Metric, Matt Cunitz, Zac Reno, Zac Nelson, John Krausbauer, Sean Ongley, David Rafn, David Barnes, David Hirvonin, and some I can not remember right now. I encourage you to look them up and support their music, they are incredible and talented. 

Backroad to Nowhere, Thursday nights, 8-9 p.m. (PST) on XRAY.fm, KXRY 91.1 / 107.1 Portland, OR

Hazy honky-tonk, lazy rock & roll, stripped-down R&B, mysterious doo-wop, midnight rounders, zig-zag wanderers, American primitives, folk sounds. Hosted by Tom Humphrey.


Kid Mystic has formed as a band! Buy their EP here https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/kid-mystic/1449235210

James Tuttle is a traveling musician,  he made a promise to his grandmother before she passed that he would travel and follow his dreams. He is currently on the road and doing just that. Here are some details about what's happened since:

Where Did We Go Wrong was featured on Neil Young's site  Living With War Today and was ranked at #1 out of 3620 for three weeks

Burning Bright was featured on Dj DRUHIX's online radio.

James had the honor of working with Thomas Juth the audio engineer for Paul McCartney, Cat Stevens and Jason Mraz. Thomas Mastered James' song 'My Inspiration'

TuttleVision is James Tuttle's first solo album the album was recorded in 50 hours and 3 of the songs were written on the spot. It is a psych tribal dream folk themed album with songs shifting moods in one direction or another. James takes his influence mostly from modern artists such as Temples, Tame Impala, The Growlers, The Allah-las, Mac DeMarco mystic braves and many countless others. If you can dig the said artists above it is likely that you will enjoy the pulsating vibes of Mr. Tuttle's Dream Collector!

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