Dolly Parton
The 50 Best Live Albums of the 1970s
The concert industry exploded in the 1970s, and the live album, a stopgap project once reserved for only the biggest artists, became a compulsory ritual and a pivotal moment for many artists. Live albums captured legendarily loud bands like The Who and The Ramones in their natural element. Once obscure regional acts like Bob Seger, KISS and Cheap Trick exploded into the mainstream with live albums. The Band, The Stooges, and Velvet Underground put their final gigs on vinyl. Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young (as his ongoing archive series shows), and Jackson Browne recorded entire sets of new songs onstage. The Grateful Dead released several official live albums (and continue to do so) that only made fans want to bootleg shows on their own more. With the 50th anniversary of a landmark live album, Th...
Dolly Parton Gets COVID Vaccine: ‘I’m Old Enough to Get It and Smart Enough to Get It’
Dolly Parton put her arm where her money went (or is it the other way around?), literally. A month after she donated $1 million to vaccine research at Nashville’s Vanderbilt University, Parton received her first dose of the COVID vaccine on Tuesday, also at Vanderbilt. In a video that she shared on her social media, she implored people to get the vaccine (hers was the Moderna version). “I’m old enough and smart enough to get it,” the country legend said ahead of sharing a slightly reworked version of “Jolene” where Jolene is swapped out for vaccine. Continuing, she used a few puns to describe the importance and necessity of getting the vaccine to ensure that things would get back to “normal,” whatever that means now anyway. She did have some testy words for those who aren’t as excited to g...
Dolly Parton Declines Statue at Tennessee Capitol: ‘I Don’t Think Putting Me on a Pedestal Is Appropriate at This Time’
Patron saint of country music Dolly Parton declined a proposed statue erected in her honor on the grounds of the Tennessee capitol in Nashville, saying, “given all that is going on in the world, I don’t think it’s putting me on a pedestal is appropriate at this time.” She thanked the Tennessee legislature, but asked them to removed the bill from “any and all consideration.” However, the honor is not permanently off the table, with Parton noting that she wouldn’t mind a statue “down the road … if you feel I still deserve it.” She added, “In the meantime, I’ll continue to try to do good work to make this great state proud.” She made the state – and fans worldwide — proud when it was revealed that Parton donated $1 million to Vanderbilt University through her Dolly Parton Covid-19 ...
Dolly Parton Declines Statue at Tennessee Capitol: ‘I Don’t Think Putting Me on a Pedestal Is Appropriate at This Time’
Patron saint of country music Dolly Parton declined a proposed statue erected in her honor on the grounds of the Tennessee capitol in Nashville, saying, “given all that is going on in the world, I don’t think it’s putting me on a pedestal is appropriate at this time.” She thanked the Tennessee legislature, but asked them to removed the bill from “any and all consideration.” However, the honor is not permanently off the table, with Parton noting that she wouldn’t mind a statue “down the road … if you feel I still deserve it.” She added, “In the meantime, I’ll continue to try to do good work to make this great state proud.” She made the state – and fans worldwide — proud when it was revealed that Parton donated $1 million to Vanderbilt University through her Dolly Parton Covid-19 ...
Dolly Parton Loses Brother To Cancer
Talented country singer, Dolly Parton, has lost his 67-year-old brother, Randy to cancer. Parton who recently celebrated her 75th birthday noted that her brother died after battling cancer. The legendary singer further stated that her brother is in a better place than where she is, she added that they are a family of faith and she believes he is with God. She disclosed that her brother was a singer, songwriter, bass guitarist who played for her band. The deceased is survived by Deb, his daughter Heidi, son Sabyn, grandsons Huston and Trent. He would be remembered for his songs which made charts. Share this: You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat ...
US country music star Charley Pride dies of coronavirus
US country music star Charley Pride has died of complications from Covid-19 at the age of 86, his family said Saturday in a message posted to the singer’s website. Pride’s “rich baritone voice and impeccable song-sense altered American culture,” the statement read further. Born a sharecropper’s son in Sledge, Mississippi, on March 18, 1934, Pride became US country music’s first Black superstar and the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Between 1967 and 1987, Pride delivered 52 Top 10 country hits, won Grammy awards, and became RCA Records’ top-selling country artist. His best-known songs include “Kiss An Angel Good Mornin’” and “Please Help Me I’m Falling.” He won the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year award in 1971, its top male vocalist prize in 1971 a...
Dolly Parton Proves She’s an Angel on Earth by Saving 9-Year-Old Actress’s Life
When Dolly Parton’s not funding COVID-19 vaccines to help end a global pandemic, she’s saving lives on set. During a recent interview with Inside Edition, 9-year-old Talia Hill recalled the time when her Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square co-star pulled her out of the way of an oncoming vehicle. “We were on set, and I was at the hot chocolate station, and they said ‘Go back to your beginning positions,’” the child actor explained. “So, there is a vehicle moving, and I was walking, and somebody grabbed me and pulled me back — and it was Dolly Parton.” Hill said the country icon told her “Well, I am an angel, you know,” which is a reference to her role in the film and also a general truth. “I was in shock, she hugged me and shook me and said, ‘I saved your life!̵...
Dolly Parton Helped Fund Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Research
Following the good news that Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is showing more than 94% effectiveness, it’s now been revealed that Dolly Parton had a hand in making it all happen. In April, Parton donated $1 million to Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s research and work on COVID-19 and vaccines, which included trials and research of Moderna’s vaccine. The New England Journal of Medicine announced Moderna vaccine results, and the Dolly Parton Covid-19 Research Fund was listed as one of the supporters. Parton’s donation was made in honor of her friend Dr. Naji Abumradm, who is a professor of surgery there. “[Abumrad] informed me that they were making some exciting advancements towards research of the coronavirus for a cure,” she posted on Instagram following...
Miley Cyrus Brings ‘Midnight Sky’ and Hall & Oates’ ‘Maneater’ to Tonight Show
When Miley Cyrus stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (Sept. 10), you knew it was going to be more than just a one-song-and-done kind of deal. Not only did Cyrus perform “Midnight Sky” off her upcoming album, She is Miley Cyrus, but she also brought a rocked-out cover of Hall & Oates’ “Maneater,” which she jokingly dedicated to her future ex-husband. “I think it’s very important to be transparent,” Cyrus said. “I’m freshly single, so anyone watching that’s my future ex-husband, just know, I told you.” “I’m just [like], just wear it all out in the open,” she continued with a laugh. “There’s no skeletons in the closet, I warned you first.” Both performances brought her full band positioned at socially distant spots and neon lights with lots of smoke and sparkle. C...
Dolly Parton Speaks Out In Support Of Black Lives Matter
Source: Jim Dyson / Getty Dolly Parton is shaking the table for her fan base and has no remorse. During her interview with Billboard magazine, the country icon spoke out in support of Black Lives Matter, calling on her fans to show support for equality before noting the importance of everyone’s voices being heard and represented. “I understand people having to make themselves known and felt and seen,” Dolly Parton said. “And of course Black lives matter. Do we think our little white asses are the only ones that matter? No!” Country Music Queen also expounded on her decision to rename her “Dixie Stampede” dinner attraction in 2018, after it was called a “lily-white kitsch extravaganza that play-acts the Civil War but never once mentions slavery” in a 2017 Slate article. The Southern-th...
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