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.
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Dolly released Jolene in 1973 and it didn’t disappear into some dustbin. A testament to the universal appeal of Dolly is the number and variety of artists that have rerecorded her music: Jolene has been covered by The White Stripes, The Sisters of Mercy, Olivia Newton John, and many others.
In related Dolly news, the World of Wonder Storefront Gallery DollyPOP exhibition closed this week. There are a lot of great pieces in the exhibition. Matt Dorfman‘s piece above is one of my favorite. If you are like me and couldn’t go to LA to see the exhition, there are lots of pieces scattered across the Internet. Metro Pulse and LA Weekly have great slideshows. You can find out more about Matt Dorfman’s piece and see a few more over at Mammal.
LA must feel like the center of the Dolly universe right now with DollyPOP and the opening of the 9 to 5 musical. Enjoy it while you can LA, soon Dolly will bring her musical to NYC.
Matt Harding traveled the world and video himself dancing a goofy little dance. It’s a really heartwarming video and it reminds me a lot of Davey’s Dance Blog.
I also love this song. I like the school house rock original verson. The dancers in the background kind of make the video for me. Especially when they jump and click their heels. I’m a total sucker for people dancing in the street.
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:
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“It’s All Wrong, But It’s All Right”
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