No Dolly Parton thread? Well then -- classic or hyperclassic?

OK so I am finally getting around to listening to The Grass is Blue, which I copied off my Mom on my last visit. This is my first time listening to Dolly other than on the radio.

First song fucking SLAYS, then side 1 sags for awhile until 'Steady As the Rain' and 'I Still Miss Someone' (a song which I'll listen to anyone's version of, frankly). Then 'Silver Dagger' fully kills it and holy crap the lyrics and affect of 'The Grass Is Blue'. This album has more than its share of awesome.

Grass is Blue and Little Sparrow are both great, I think I prefer the latter more except it has that Collective Soul song on it which, even though she acquits herself admirably with her take, is just such a shitty song.

The Grass is Blue is awesome in stretches.

"Heartbreaker" is generic L.A. crap but wow her performance.

i saw her in brisbane last year, she was completely wonderful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv90nFTTqqc

nice find! unusual to see her "dressed down" as it were. That 80s album with the three of them is okay.

she's a national treasure obviously

yeah, i love this.
my mom had the Trio tape in the car constantly when I was a kid, there is some nice stuff on there.

I need to buy Trio, right?

if you like these ladies singing together, yes!

surprised you don't have it tbh

haven't looked it up, but i bet you could get it for under a buck on CD over on amazon.

Trio is super. There's a sequel, too, and the duo album Emmy did with Linda, Western Wall, is OK, too, though more of a mode with the former's late stuff.

this clip is from way earlier than the Trio album obviously. I didn't know they had tried to do it initially in the 70s, probably would have been even better back then.

I've been on a Ronstadt kick and I tend to forget that record.

Actually, Shakes, the first Trio album has songs they cut in the seventies, held back by record company wrangling.

btw i found that clip via http://officialdollyparton.tumblr.com which has some pretty good dolly content.

like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc8qdjhJ6f0

beautiful video btw, thanks tyler
truncating fade-in applause at the end somehow the exact opposite of appreciation

Okay as long as this has been revived:

http://24.media.tumblr.com/20e1a4102aa27e25c1cd76649e780bde/tumblr_msl2snhLKF1qar3r2o1_500.jpg

layin' on the schmaltz but jesus christ how is it her voice is *still* this good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTmi6v0Sy2s&feature=youtu.be

Don't know if it's actually true, but I've been told she wrote 'Jolene' and 'Coat..' on the same day. Imagine that.

'Why do you come in here looking like that' rules forever, by the way.

Beyond classic, of course. Amazing lady.

aw man I'm such a cornball, that made me kinda teary. What a set of pipes she has.

and Rogers don't sound bad either

yeah I was pleasantly surprised by old Kenny, I expected him to sound more ragged than he does

i saw her two years ago in brisbane and she was in astounding voice and also ridiculously gorgeous, her entire band and the audience were wreathed in cartoon hearts.

Heard the slowed down "Jolene" on the radio today.

That live TV with Emmylou/Linda video was great. Have been on a Dolly buzz since I was in the Mission in SF a few weeks ago and was looking for a bar with a nice beer garden - ended up in a mostly-lesbian bar with an all-day Dolly tribute running. If you didn't like the Dolly in question there'd be a different one up in 5 minutes to sing a different (or occasionally the same) song.

Also yeah the slowed Jolene is great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzYHllLv_IE

Anyone wanna do a POX for tha kid

kinda wish we could here Marvin Gaye doing Islands in the Stream like the Gibbs originally wanted (no knock on the Dolly/Kenny version)

hear

argh

Hear, my dear...

there was a segment about her and Porter Wagoner on the recent Nashville episode of Drunk History; not sure how accurate of course but it was actually quite touching/she was badass

haha wait waht

I gave up on that show but would watch that

speaking as a complete dolly neophyte I was won over; actually thought this thread revive was about that

just watched it - it's not too far from the truth. actually that's one of the things I got bored with about Drunk History, it's not *wrong* enough

Anyone wanna do a POX for tha kid

― zvookster,

Sure!

Jolene
Just Because I'm a Woman
Touch Your Woman
Coat of Many Colors
The Bargain Store
My Blue Tears
The Seeker
Here You Come Again
Down From Dover
9 to 5

Dumb Blonde
Coat of Many Colors
9 to 5
The Bridge
(posting youtube cuz this song is fucked up and so great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93phyqr_BRE)
Jolene
I Will Always Love You
As Steady As the Rain
Anything's Better Than Nothing
Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me
My Tennessee Mountain Home

It's super hard to hate on Dolly, who is awesome - got an autographed album cover hanging to my left as I type - but per her voice, she's been pretty open about using some degree of sweetener and canned vox live. "It's not to fool you, it's to entertain you," goes her line of reasoning.

Um...

http://gawker.com/oh-god-dolly-parton-what-are-you-doing-1447971263

what is the best dolly parton compilation out there please

i've got the essential dolly parton, its awesome, but i havent compared it to any others

http://marcelmarceau123.svbtle.com/mimin-dolly

The Essential has pleased me almost ten years.

she really deserves a quality box set; the closest is (duh) from Bear Family: http://www.bear-family.de/blog/BearWordPress_EN/2014/02/07/dolly-parton-porter-wagoner/

I've gotten by with a lot of downloads+vinyl scouring (primarily because my favorite stuff is from her pre-disco period - although there is plenty of great stuff during and after that as well)

altho I should point out that Bear Family box is all w/Porter and doesn't cover her (also great, possibly greater) solo material from the same period

The Dolly box set is pretty damn great.

you mean the 4-disc one?

yes. Sorry, I should have clarified.

yep that four disk one is awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5fxVvvHRhs