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Dolly Parton speaks: (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Oct 2013 OP
I love her kydo Oct 2013 #1
Is that her idea of sensible walking shoes??? Theyletmeeatcake2 Oct 2013 #19
I read somewhere that she's Miley Cyrus' godmother. Is that true? Erose999 Oct 2013 #2
I do believe that is true kydo Oct 2013 #4
Yes Are_grits_groceries Oct 2013 #8
k&r...love her spanone Oct 2013 #3
... xchrom Oct 2013 #5
Alison Krauss sings like an angel. nt Are_grits_groceries Oct 2013 #10
She sure does. She's more bluegrass to Dolly''s country, but she's her heir for sure. kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #13
Ugh. iamthebandfanman Oct 2013 #23
Just saw it on my Facebook timeline. Fawke Em Oct 2013 #6
Dolly is an angel... kentuck Oct 2013 #16
Thank you Dolly. Boomerproud Oct 2013 #7
When DOlly Speaks, I listen DonRedwood Oct 2013 #9
I'm not a country music fan, but I do love Dolly. She's quite a lady. Arkansas Granny Oct 2013 #11
If all "christians" were as true to their faith as this woman, I could work up some respect for them kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #12
They don't make 'em better than Dolly. DeSwiss Oct 2013 #14
thank you for posting this--have always known she is one amazing human being-- but this--wow niyad Oct 2013 #18
Both my kids got them until they were enrolled in school. Fawke Em Oct 2013 #35
She's not just trying to go along with the hip crowd. lpbk2713 Oct 2013 #15
Love ya Dolly Skittles Oct 2013 #17
Dolly and Miley singing together coldmountain Oct 2013 #20
that's a great duo Skittles Oct 2013 #22
The girls got chops... heres an non top 40, non MTV you-tube of her. Ellipsis Oct 2013 #25
This one always gets to me.... Rebellious Republican Oct 2013 #27
She has talent. Are_grits_groceries Oct 2013 #28
Check out this Miley song she did for Amnesty International coldmountain Oct 2013 #29
She could definitely be a country singer. Are_grits_groceries Oct 2013 #30
Miley will go country someday. Check out Sarah Jarosz the real antithesis of Taylor Swift coldmountain Oct 2013 #31
she seems like a nice person BOG PERSON Oct 2013 #21
i dont care much iamthebandfanman Oct 2013 #24
She comes from a very poor background, she has never forgotten that either. Love you Dolly! Rebellious Republican Oct 2013 #26
Must. K&R. For Dolly! 4_TN_TITANS Oct 2013 #32
What a truly great human being. Stinky The Clown Oct 2013 #33
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene....... a kennedy Oct 2013 #34

kydo

(2,679 posts)
1. I love her
Fri Oct 11, 2013, 03:31 PM
Oct 2013

this song blew my mind, I would never thought it could be done like this. I love the original but this is a great cover.

Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts)
8. Yes
Fri Oct 11, 2013, 03:58 PM
Oct 2013

She will never say anything publicly, but I'll bet Dolly is keeping an eye on her. She may be the only person Miley trusts or will listen to.

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
6. Just saw it on my Facebook timeline.
Fri Oct 11, 2013, 03:43 PM
Oct 2013

Dolly Parton
I do not sit in the seat of judgment... I love people for who they are. We're all God's children!
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Yeah... I'm a Tennessee girl - born about 40 minutes from where Dolly was, so I follow her, even if I'm not particularly a country fan. She's awesome.

kentuck

(111,098 posts)
16. Dolly is an angel...
Fri Oct 11, 2013, 04:41 PM
Oct 2013

I grew up about 15 miles on the other side of Cumberland Gap and I used to stay overnight at my Grandma's house because she had a TV and I knew that Dolly would come on the Cas Walker Show real early in the morning and she would sing behind her uncles, the Brewster Brothers. I was about 10 or 12 years old.

Of course, we could only pick up one channel, WATE-TV, out of Knoxville. I would get chills when she sang. I knew she was special.

 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
14. They don't make 'em better than Dolly.
Fri Oct 11, 2013, 04:36 PM
Oct 2013
- K&R

Dolly Parton has donated over 40,000,000 books to children worldwide. It’s a little known fact that Dolly Parton has launched a charity targeted towards small children. The charity is called ‘Imagination Library’, and has changed the lives of children worldwide. Imagination Library donates age appropriate books to children under the age of 5 to help them improve literacy skills, and get them excited about reading. Since the charity launched in 1996, literacy scores for young children in the areas that Dolly Parton has donated books have actually gone up significantly. The books are donated to 1600 communities, to around 700,000 children each and every month. Dolly Parton says this charity is important for the world to have because she says it makes books readily available for children who can not necessarily afford them, and gets them to read on a regular basis.
Imagination Library

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
35. Both my kids got them until they were enrolled in school.
Sat Oct 12, 2013, 12:23 AM
Oct 2013

I have so many books for the kids... that we had to buy extra bookshelves.

If you don't love Dolly, don't come sit with me (nod to "Steel Magnolias&quot

Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts)
28. She has talent.
Fri Oct 11, 2013, 07:36 PM
Oct 2013

First it was subsumed in Tweener music. Now she's rebelling. Duh! Miley is just 20 with megamoney. It's not like she is the only one ever to make shocking and/or questionable decisions.
Madonna wasn't exactly a shrinking violet.
I'm not saying she is on par with Madonna.

Hopefully, she will become someone who is not mostly a caricature trying to shock. Maybe we will see Destiny Hope "Miley" Cyrus at some point and find out who is beneath all that schtick. It may be closer to Dolly in some ways than we think. She certainly is a supporter of LGBT rights.

Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts)
30. She could definitely be a country singer.
Fri Oct 11, 2013, 08:29 PM
Oct 2013

She needs to move to Nashville and turn it upside down. That would be the biggest tremor since Tanya Tucker let loose.
She'd make Taylor Swift look superficial.

 

coldmountain

(802 posts)
31. Miley will go country someday. Check out Sarah Jarosz the real antithesis of Taylor Swift
Fri Oct 11, 2013, 09:42 PM
Oct 2013

Hank Williams couldn't write a better love song than this

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