Any Dolly fans out there?
 

My first attempt starting a chit-chat thread.

This Sunday, my 2nd favorite singer, the great Dolly Parton is playing the Strictly Bluegrass festival (annual free festival held in Golden Gate Park) and I can't wait!!

This will be my 3rd time seeing her, having seen the incredible "Halos and Horns" tour at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, and the disappointing lip-synched "Hello, I'm Dolly" tour in San Jose last December.

Emmylou Harris is also on the bill Sunday, so I'm hoping for some duets!

All this for free.......

Any Dolly fans out there?

I am a big Dolly fan too. I was at that House of Blues show ! I may go see her this Friday, but haven't got tx yet. I also saw her on White Limozeen, and a few others. My memory fails me...

And so was Ru Paul! That was hands down one of the best concerts I've ever seen.

Meeeeee!!
 

She's my favorite female country singer. Deanna is a huge fan of hers too...she'll probably post soon.

Miss Dolly is awesome and I grew up listening to her. Watched her show in the late 80's (wasn't it?). Try to watch Smokey Mountain Christmas every year. My favorite song is Here You Come Again. Never have seen her live though. :(

She and Stevie have a few things in common too.

love Dolly. I've never been able to see her in concert, but that is for sure on my list...hope you have fun

I love her too. A coworkers brother has been one of her fiddle players for some time now. I hear she's a wonderful lady to be around and work for. I would love to see her live. I grew up listening to her, too....

I'd screw Tom Arnold to see Emmylou and Dolly together.

whoa - now that's devotion.

and the makings of an interesting thread...

I posted this on another thread in the Stevie forum. So in case you missed it Dolly fans...

Her new album 'Those Were The Days':

1. Those Were The Days (w/ Mary Hopkin and The Opry Gang)
2. Blowin In The Wind (w/ Nickel Creek)
3. Where Have All The Flowers Gone? (w/ Norah Jones & Lee Ann Womack)
4. Twelfth Of Never (w/ Keith Urban)
5. Where Do The Children Play (w/ Cat Stevens)
6. Me And Bobby McGee (w/ Kris Kristofferson)
7. Crimson And Clover (w/ Tommy James)
8. The Cruel War (w/ Alison Krauss, Dan Tyminski & Mindy Smith)
9. Turn, Turn, Turn (w/ Roger McGuinn)
10. If I Were A Carpenter (duet w/ Joe Nichols)
11. Both Sides Now (w/ Judy Collins and Rhonda Vincent)
12. Imagine
Release: October 11, 2005 by Sugar Hill Records
Produced by Dolly Parton

Might be a better idea just to fly out to San Francisco this weekend. We're having glorious weather.

OMG I'm so excited. I have like 3 albums to buy in October: Dolly, Linda Eder and Cyndi Lauper!!!

I think it's very cool that she's recording these covers with some of the original players.

Like Roger McGuinn, Mary Hopkin, and Judy Collins.

I also think Nickel Creek are a pretty cool band.

Woooooooooo!!!!!
 

Awesome, cannot WAIT to hear this!!!!!!!!!!! My two faves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I adore Dolly. I'm seeing her live October 1st. :woohoo:

I saw her last November on the "Hello, I'm Dolly" tour. I didn't notice any lip synching, but she's just probably really good at hiding it at this point in her career. Live or not, she rocked. She was so genuine and appreciative that everyone still came out and saw her. "Coat of Many Colors" live was very sweet and touching, and her cover of "Imagine" brought everybody to tears. Can't wait to hear it on the new cd!

I also love Dolly..she's one of my all time favorite country singers..she's just so lovable

Chris

I saw her E! True Hollywood Story a few months back. What a woman! I have mad respect for her. She came from a really rough background and worked her way to the top.
I love her approach to aging:
I love her song "Peace Train". I have a bunch of dance remixes of it.

My favorite song of hers is Here You Come Again.

that's my fav too

She didn't lip synch on all numbers, but did admit doing it on some of the songs. She does it more to protect her voice, which is prone to going out when she performs often.

In the San Jose show, it seemed like she lipped the first half, live the second half, and clearly lip synched "Hello God". She clearly sang "Little Sparrow" live, which I thought was the highlight.

I agree, her version of "Imagine" gave me goosebumps, and she's a total joy to watch perform. Such a humble and funny woman.

Huh? I thought he was Yusuf Islam, and I thought he retired.

Good question. Perhaps she is singing over his original vocal tracks, similiar to Natalie Cole singing with her dead father, Nat King Cole.

Or maybe he wanted a peep at Dolly's hooters.

He was on tour recently too, so support his very best of CD as Yusuf Islam.

He's also on the FBI "watch list" for any flights.