Sha-Kon-O-Hey Land Of Blue Smoke.Dolly Parton Christmas single cover, 2020 Instagram/DollyParton. Her new album Better Day is a genuine hymn to optimism and confidence. Country legend Dolly Parton keeps enjoying her life and teaches her fans to do the same. At her stop in Houston at the NRG arena, Parton joked between songs that maybe she should run for president as members of the sold out and incredibly diverse crowd that night smiled and laughed.2014.
I call it my ‘Smokey Mountain DNA,’” says Parton in Songteller.“Mama singing all those old-timey mountain songs was just embedded in my soul, in my psyche. The cute little rhyming ode to her handmade corn cob doll was never recorded for an album but it symbolizes the beginning of Parton’s songwriting flair and was directly influenced by her mother’s story telling ability which Parton still incorporated into her performances to this day.“Mama singing all those old-timey mountain songs was just embedded in my soul, in my psyche. Beginning in her impoverished childhood in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, Parton describes how as a toddler she would place a tin can on a stick and use it as a microphone to sing her stories and entertain her large family, as they had nothing else to rely on for entertainment except a battery powered radio.At age six Parton wrote her first song, “Little Tiny Tasseltop”, on her homemade guitar. She points out songs that she has deliberately re-recorded throughout her career and others that she wishes other artists would give a different voice to.The songs featured are not always in chronological order, but instead weave throughout the major influences in her life.
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As a songwriter, Parton is never afraid to tackle any subject or inspiration but as a person, she likes to leave a little mystery.Often when reading the backstory to seemingly suggestive songs like “The Bargain Store” Parton’s childlike innocence comes to light as she describes not intending to be vulgar or suggestive as disk jockeys and audiences of the time sometimes perceived her to be.Parton rarely discusses her personal life and marriage to Carl Dean, a man who has successfully avoided the spotlight while supporting Parton throughout her career, but in Storyteller she includes some personal photos and stories of the two and his role in her career.Parton doesn’t only focus on her relationships with men, but also the women in her life who have lifted her up and helped her along the way. In Songteller, Parton acknowledges others' perception of her while admitting that she strived early on to look like someone 'out of a Frederick’s of Hollywood catalog' and like Will Rogers, 'never met a man she didn’t like.'”Ultimately, she does not confirm nor deny any reports of affairs during her career simply stating she is neither a serious sinner nor a saint and that she can draw just as much inspiration from others as if she had lived those stories first hand. She breaks down her initial desire to own the publishing rights to her songs and her eventual success in doing so stating that she knew early on that this would be a defining career move and pivotal way to maintain control of her vision, especially as a woman in a man's world.Many of Parton’s subject matters in song and duets throughout the years combined with her sexy image led others to believe that she was a promiscuous woman. Elvis even asked her for the rights to the song once but she said she could not part with it as her songs as her children and she knew this one would be important.Despite their differences and legal battles later on in life, Parton is always appreciative of Wagoner’s influence on her life and career and she describes his influence in so many of her songs that brought her fame.Their relationship only proved to her further the importance in being in control of her career and art. Parton credits her impressive imagination as simply a reflection of her trying to paint a picture or replicate a movie-like story in less than three minutes using words that rhyme.It would be impossible for Parton to tell her story without mentioning that she is a woman and not only a woman, but a beautiful and buxom woman who has been approached by and perceived by many initially as nothing more than a pretty face.Parton describes her working relationship and friendship with Porter Wagoner that helped launch her into the spotlight but ultimately became an oppressive relationship that she had to break away from and inspiring “I Will Always Love You”, a song which brought her fame many times over.
I might and if I do, I'm going to be at that opening.” The world is no doubt a better place because of Dolly Parton and here’s to hoping she lives to see that secret song played and beyond. The book ends with Parton describing a secret song she has locked in a chestnut-wood box at her Dollywood DreamMore Resort.The song will remain locked up for another 25 years and Parton plans to be there when they open it up saying, “I don’t know if I want to live to be 100 or not. Parton takes readers right up until the current day encouraging others to wear masks and be kind to one another.
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