As everyone in the universe knows, Dolly Parton died last week, and I thought I’d take a shot at a tribute to her work as a songwriter. Send your song suggestions to symposiumofsongs@gmail.com!
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Dolly Parton, “Backwoods Barbie” (Backwoods Barbie, 2008)
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6:43
Dolly Parton, “Dr. Robert F. Thomas” (My Tennessee Mountain Home, 1973)
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9:15
Emmylou Harris, “Coat of Many Colors” (Pieces of the Sky, 1975)
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12:51
Merle Haggard and The Strangers, “In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)” (Mama Tried, 2008)
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16:54
Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton, “Daddy Was an Old-Time Preacher Man” (Once More, 1970)
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19:51
Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton, “Please Don’t Stop Loving Me” (Porter ‘n’ Dolly, 1974)
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24:13
Whitney Houston, “I Will Always Love You” (The Bodyguard OST, 1992)
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28:42
Margie Joseph, “Touch Your Woman” (Margie Joseph, 1973)
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34:35
The White Stripes, “Jolene [Live 2007]” (Under Great White Northern Lights, 2010)
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38:26
Joan Osborne, “Do I Ever Cross Your Mind” (Just Because I’m a Woman: The Songs of Dolly Parton, 2003)
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43:14
Dolly Parton, “9 to 5” (9 to 5 and Odd Jobs, 1980)
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45:47
Dolly Parton, “Tennessee Homesick Blues” (Rhinestone, 1984)
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50:29
Norah Jones, “The Grass Is Blue” (Just Because I’m a Woman: The Songs of Dolly Parton, 2003)
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54:10
Bettye LaVette, “Little Sparrow” (I’ve Got My Own Hell to Raise, 2005)
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1:00:58
Waxahatchee, “Light of a Clear Blue Morning” (Saint Cloud Deluxe Version, 2021)
1 comment
Jay Skiles
I always enjoy your compilations as they both entertain and inform – and I am always grateful for new music which I am not familiar with. But this time you have truly outdone yourself. Truly marvelous!