Classic Rewind: Dolly Parton – ‘I’m Doing This For Your Sake’

I’d forgotten about this song when Occasional Hope blogged about adoption a few days ago:

If they were starting out today …

A lot has been written during the past week about The Night The Music Died. I read an excellent post in the past few days on Twang Nation about the state of modern country music. It speculated that country music icons like Hank Williams and Dolly Parton would not be able to find [...]

Classic Rewind: Dolly Parton & Vince Gill – ‘I Will Always Love You’

Album Review: Patty Loveless – ‘Sleepless Nights’

Patty Loveless was dropped by Epic following disappointing sales and minimal airplay for her last album for the label, Dreamin’ My Dreams. She was in no hurry to make her next move, taking some time off the road to move down to Georgia, and dealing with family deaths and illness, but in 2008 she signed [...]

Album Review: Patty Loveless – ‘Mountain Soul’

After 2000’s lackluster Strong Heart failed to chart any significant or memorable hits for Patty Loveless, she took a different approach with the material for her next record.  But these songs were really nothing new to Loveless, who had been including one or two of these sort of rootsy chestnuts on each of her mainstream [...]

Classic Rewind: Dolly Parton – ‘Bad, Bad Leroy Brown’

Album Review: Patty Loveless – ‘Patty Loveless’

A teenager of 14, Patty Loveless first came to Nashville with her brother Roger in 1971. Roger had a job on one of the most popular shows of the day, the nationally syndicated Porter Wagoner Show.  Brother Roger arranged a meeting with Wagoner one day, and after hearing her sing ‘Sounds of Loneliness’, Porter offered [...]

Classic Rewind: Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, & Emmylou Harris – ‘Silver Threads and Golden Needles’

Spotlight Artist: Patty Loveless

We are delighted to announce that Patty Loveless is our Spotlight Artist for October.
Born Patty Ramey in Kentucky in 1957, a coal miner’s daughter like her distant cousin Loretta Lynn, Patty started singing when, aged 12, she replaced her older sister in a duo with brother Roger. While still in her teens, she came [...]

Classic Rewind: Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton – Medley: ‘Spanish Eyes’/ ‘Brown Eyed Handsome Man’/ ‘Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain’

Long before “Islands In The Stream” or Dolly’s ABC variety series, this clip is from her 1970s syndicated variety show. I don’t know which is more interesting; the music or the fashion choices:

Who I am is who I wanna be

To finish up our Reba coverage this month, we wanted to talk about what she’s been up to for the past decade, since she’s only released 3 studio albums in that time – and I don’t count any of them among essential listening.  You should check out her take on the Kenny Rogers-penned ‘Sweet Music Man’ [...]

The Song Remembers When

Whether it’s a breakthrough hit for a newcomer or a song that finally makes us fans of an established act to whom we’ve previously not paid much attention, we can all remember that one song that made an impression on us and made us become fans of the artist.   Prior to 1980, I didn’t have [...]

Classic Rewind: Dolly Parton – ‘How Blue’

This is a clip of Dolly Parton singing Reba’s hit song ‘How Blue’, from the 2006 special CMT Giants: Reba.

Classic Rewind: Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton – ‘Before I Met You’

Album Review: Reba McEntire – ‘My Kind of Country’

Reba McEntire’s rise to the top of the country music world was long and slow. Her first single for Mercury Records, 1976’s “I Don’t Want To Be A One Night Stand” peaked at #88 on the Billboard country singles chart, and the next few singles stalled in the 80s as well. She didn’t [...]

Week ending 8/1/09: #1 singles this week in country music history

1949: I’m Throwing Rice (At The Girl I Love) — Eddy Arnold (RCA)
1959: Waterloo – Stonewall Jackson (Columbia)
1969: Johnny B. Goode – Buck Owens (Capitol)
1979: You’re The Only One – Dolly Parton (RCA)
1989: Cathy’s Clown – Reba McEntire (MCA)
1999: Amazed – Lonestar (BNA)
2009: People Are Crazy – Billy Currington (Mercury)

Week ending 7/25/09: #1 this week in country music history

1949: One Kiss Too Many — Eddy Arnold (RCA)
1959: The Battle of New Orleans — Johnny Horton (Columbia)
1969: Johnny B. Goode – Buck Owens (Capitol)
1979: You’re The Only One – Dolly Parton (RCA)
1989: What’s Going On In Your World – George Strait (MCA)
1999: Amazed – Lonestar (BNA)
2009: People Are Crazy – Billy Currington (Mercury)

Classic Rewind: Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, & Emmylou Harris – ‘Those Memories of You’

Classic Rewind: Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton – ‘Just Someone I Used To Know’

Classic Rewind: Dolly Parton – ‘Coat of Many Colors’