Saturday, July 25, 2009

Hello Dolly

The angel-voiced and extravagantly coiffed Dolly Parton – whom I interviewed last week for Maclean's magazine (not sure yet when it will be published) – seen here in a long-ago performance (with Porter Wagoner) of one of my current favourites:

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1 comment:

Ross McKie said...

Ah, shucks. Fuck country music and its sweet (yet hurtin') narrative reductionisms. Here's a good read about authenticity, though:

http://tinyurl.com/kvwev5

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