Dolly Parton is playing Radio City Music Hall tonight. Frankly, I’m more excited than when the pope showed up a few weeks ago. (Who cares about the pope? Catholics?) I bet most New Yorkers would agree. What can I say about her that hasn’t already been written? She’s Dolly Parton!
To celebrate, here are some of my favorite songs by Dolly:
From The Rose and The Briar:
From The Essential Dolly Parton, Volume 2:
“Here You Come Again”
“It’s All Wrong, But It’s All Right”
From Halos and Horns:
“Stairway to Heaven”
[...] You know I love Dolly. And Dolly Parton is everywhere right now. Yesterday, NPR posted a great article about Dolly Parton’s song, Jolene, detailing the origin and history of the song. Parton says that she got the story for her song from another redhead in her life at the time — a bank teller who was giving Parton’s new husband a little more interest than he had coming. [...]