• Complain

Randy L. Schmidt - Dolly on Dolly: Interviews and Encounters with Dolly Parton (Musicians in Their Own Words)

Here you can read online Randy L. Schmidt - Dolly on Dolly: Interviews and Encounters with Dolly Parton (Musicians in Their Own Words) full text of the book (entire story) in english for free. Download pdf and epub, get meaning, cover and reviews about this ebook. year: 2017, publisher: Chicago Review Press, genre: Detective and thriller. Description of the work, (preface) as well as reviews are available. Best literature library LitArk.com created for fans of good reading and offers a wide selection of genres:

Romance novel Science fiction Adventure Detective Science History Home and family Prose Art Politics Computer Non-fiction Religion Business Children Humor

Choose a favorite category and find really read worthwhile books. Enjoy immersion in the world of imagination, feel the emotions of the characters or learn something new for yourself, make an fascinating discovery.

Randy L. Schmidt Dolly on Dolly: Interviews and Encounters with Dolly Parton (Musicians in Their Own Words)
  • Book:
    Dolly on Dolly: Interviews and Encounters with Dolly Parton (Musicians in Their Own Words)
  • Author:
  • Publisher:
    Chicago Review Press
  • Genre:
  • Year:
    2017
  • Rating:
    3 / 5
  • Favourites:
    Add to favourites
  • Your mark:
    • 60
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5

Dolly on Dolly: Interviews and Encounters with Dolly Parton (Musicians in Their Own Words): summary, description and annotation

We offer to read an annotation, description, summary or preface (depends on what the author of the book "Dolly on Dolly: Interviews and Encounters with Dolly Parton (Musicians in Their Own Words)" wrote himself). If you haven't found the necessary information about the book — write in the comments, we will try to find it.

Randy L. Schmidt: author's other books


Who wrote Dolly on Dolly: Interviews and Encounters with Dolly Parton (Musicians in Their Own Words)? Find out the surname, the name of the author of the book and a list of all author's works by series.

Dolly on Dolly: Interviews and Encounters with Dolly Parton (Musicians in Their Own Words) — read online for free the complete book (whole text) full work

Below is the text of the book, divided by pages. System saving the place of the last page read, allows you to conveniently read the book "Dolly on Dolly: Interviews and Encounters with Dolly Parton (Musicians in Their Own Words)" online for free, without having to search again every time where you left off. Put a bookmark, and you can go to the page where you finished reading at any time.

Light

Font size:

Reset

Interval:

Bookmark:

Make
Sommaire
Pagination de l'dition papier
Guide
OTHER BOOKS IN THE MUSICIANS IN THEIR OWN WORDS SERIES

Bowie on Bowie: Interviews and Encounters with David Bowie

Cobain on Cobain: Interview and Encounters

Coltrane on Coltrane: The John Coltrane Interviews

Fleetwood Mac on Fleetwood Mac: Interviews and Encounters

Hendrix on Hendrix: Interviews and Encounters with Jimi Hendrix

Judy Garland on Judy Garland: Interviews and Encounters

Keith Richards on Keith Richards: Interviews and Encounters

Led Zeppelin on Led Zeppelin: Interviews and Encounters

Lennon on Lennon: Conversations with John Lennon

Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen: Interviews and Encounters

Miles on Miles: Interviews and Encounters with Miles Davis

Springsteen on Springsteen: Interviews, Speeches, and Encounters

Tom Waits on Tom Waits: Interviews and Encounters

Copyright 2017 by Randy L. Schmidt

All rights reserved.
Published by Chicago Review Press Incorporated
814 North Franklin Street
Chicago, Illinois 60610

A list of credits and copyright notices for the individual pieces in this collection can
be found on pages 375377.

ISBN 978-1-61373-519-0

Library of Congress Cataloging-In-Publication Data
Names: Parton, Dolly. | Schmidt, Randy (Randy L.), editor.
Title: Dolly on Dolly : interviews and encounters / edited by Randy L.
Schmidt.
Description: Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, 2017. | Includes
bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016050315 (print) | LCCN 2016051063 (ebook) | ISBN
9781613735169 | ISBN 9781613735176 | ISBN 9781613735190 | ISBN
9781613735183
Subjects: LCSH: Parton, DollyInterviews. | SingersUnited
StatesInterviews. | ComposersUnited StatesInterviews. | Country
musiciansUnited StatesInterviews.
Classification: LCC ML420.P28 A5 2017 (print) | LCC ML420.P28 (ebook) | DDC
782.421642092dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016050315

Cover and interior design: Jonathan Hahn
Interior layout: Nord Compo

Printed in the United States of America
5 4 3 2 1

This digital document has been produced by Nord Compo.

In loving memory
Margie L. Berry
(19191994)
Gentle as the sweet magnolia
Strong as steel, her faith and pride
Shes an everlasting shoulder
Shes the leaning post of life

INTRODUCTION

In 2016, Dolly Parton turned seventy years old. At an age by which many artists have long been retired, she shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, Dolly is still one of the busiest entertainers in show business. Having first gained recognition as a singer-songwriter, she became country musics most honored female performer of all time, as well as a celebrated actress, bestselling author, Broadway composer, and humanitarian. Today, Dolly is a living legend, a national treasure, and still every bit the superstar that she was at any pinnacle in her illustrious career.

As a businesswoman, Dolly manages a multimillion-dollar empire reaching far beyond her musical roots. Theres Dollywood, the popular theme park near her hometown in the Great Smoky Mountains, as well as the Splash Country water park, DreamMore Resort, and several restaurant chains, including the Dixie Stampede and Lumberjack Adventure. But Dollys favorite of her many endeavors is the Imagination Library, a program providing free books to children all over the world.

NBC-TVs telecast of Dolly Partons Coat of Many Colors on December 10, 2015, brought Dollys childhood story to the small screen in a very big way. It captured the attention of 15.9 million viewers, making it the most-watched film on broadcast or cable television in nearly seven years. The film was such a success that a sequel, Dolly Partons Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love, was ordered and began filming during the summer of 2016. Dolly made a cameo appearing as the trashy town trollop she says inspired her gaudy look.

Instead of relaxing and taking time off during her golden years, Dolly is full steam ahead into her next ventures. She announced in March 2016 that she would embark upon her biggest North American concert tour in more than twenty-five years. Before its over, the acoustic-style Pure & Simple tour will play more than sixty dates around the United States and Canada and usher in the release of Pure & Simple, her forty-third studio album. At the end of May, Dollys tour paused just long enough for her and husband Carl Dean to celebrate their golden anniversary with a private vow renewal ceremony. With her datebook bursting at the seams, retirement is nowhere in Dollys vocabulary. Why would I ever do that? she exclaimed in an August 2016 interview for Digital Spy. That word doesnt register with me. I cannot possibly imagine retiring. What would I retire to? [... ] Im going to be productive, positive and work as long as I can.


Nobody knows Dolly like Dolly. By 1978, the country queen had crossed over to become a sensation in the pop music world when she sat with Star magazines John Latta to take verbal inventory of her new status as international superstar. Im still the same person, she said, but Im happier now and I feel even more confident that I can accomplish the things Ive dreamed of doing.... Ive always planned to achieve total musical freedom for myself, and thats where Im headed.

Dolly Parton had left The Porter Wagoner Show in 1974 after seven years of recording sessions, television tapings, and touring alongside Wagoner, whod been her duet partner, mentor, and Svengali. What Ive always wanted [is] to be a singing star with my own show, she told journalist Dave Hickey in Country Music magazine that same year. Hickey noticed a sparkle in her voice. When Dolly says star its like youve never heard the word before, he observed. The idea has so much force for her, and its meaning is so obviously clear.... When she uses the word star, you know that, to her, it isnt just a fantasy or a vague term denoting success. Its what shes going to be... will be... is.

Dolly and Wagoner maintained an amicable business relationship for the next two years, but the two severed ties completely in 1976. Thats when she broke free and began to put into place an extensive revamp of her image and music, one that would reach broad and new audiences, far beyond the field of country music. Backlash from some unhappy country fans led Dolly to repeatedly have to explain her makeover. Im not leavin country music, shed say, Im takin it with me!

It was a time of musical, physical, and spiritual metamorphosis for Dolly, who was a self-proclaimed butterfly in spirit. Butterflies remind me of myself, she told the press, explaining why shed chosen them as her insignia. They dont bother anybody, they just go about their business, gentle but determined. In 1975, a gentle Dolly had been easily upset by cruel and humiliating jokes about her voluptuous figure. It embarrasses me and it hurts my feelings, she said. But by 1977, a determined Dolly emerged. A new Dolly. One that seemed almost at ease bantering with Johnny Carson when he inquired about her zaftig on The Tonight Show:

Carson: What would they call that where you grew up in Tennessee?

Dolly: I cant say!

Carson: Healthy?

Dolly: Healthy, I guess... bosomy. Well, Ive always been pretty well blessed. People are always askin if theyre real and this and that.

Carson: Oh, I would never... I would never, you see!

Dolly: No, you dont have to ask.

Carson: I would never.

Dolly: Ill tell you what... these are mine.

Carson:

Next page
Light

Font size:

Reset

Interval:

Bookmark:

Make

Similar books «Dolly on Dolly: Interviews and Encounters with Dolly Parton (Musicians in Their Own Words)»

Look at similar books to Dolly on Dolly: Interviews and Encounters with Dolly Parton (Musicians in Their Own Words). We have selected literature similar in name and meaning in the hope of providing readers with more options to find new, interesting, not yet read works.


Reviews about «Dolly on Dolly: Interviews and Encounters with Dolly Parton (Musicians in Their Own Words)»

Discussion, reviews of the book Dolly on Dolly: Interviews and Encounters with Dolly Parton (Musicians in Their Own Words) and just readers' own opinions. Leave your comments, write what you think about the work, its meaning or the main characters. Specify what exactly you liked and what you didn't like, and why you think so.