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Dolly Parton has died

• 1970-01-01 2mo ago
  She still has a hit single dropping in 2045. R.I.P. Dolly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRPdwWzTTi8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRPdwWzTTi8
• mikestew 2mo ago
  I’ve never been much of a country music fan, but I’ve always been a Dolly fan. Great songwriter, philanthropist, and seemed like a genuinely nice person. RIP, Dolly, you were one of the greats.
  • jihadjihad 2mo ago
    Her vocals were exceptional, too. One of my favorite videos I've randomly come across on YouTube is "Jolene" slowed down to 33 RPM [0]. The comments are hilarious as well, but the clarity of her vocals and the vibrato that carries through to a slower tempo is really something special to hear. 0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doz1QJ7LwjA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doz1QJ7LwjA
    • PaulHoule 2mo ago
      She's one of those crossover performers, such as Kenny Rogers and Taylor Swift who escape Country music as a genre and get mass appeal. Whenever I comment about a Dolly Parton song playing in a public place I hear things like "She's a national treasure!"
      • jimmySixDOF 2mo ago
        Her cover of Stairway to Heaven is definitely crossover at its best
        • tomcam 2mo ago
          Oh. You weren't kidding! It's good. They avoid all the traps, like not trying to outdo Jimmy Page's guitar solo.
        • pseudosavant 2mo ago
          Definitely my favorite version of that song!
          • stasomatic 2mo ago
            It's nice but the original hits more raw to me. Perhaps because I heard it first ages ago. There was a kerfuffle about the song's provenance a few year ago. I am a fan of covers, like Johny Cash's NIN "Hurt" or Marylin Manson's Depeche "Personal Jesus". If anyone has faves regardless of the genre, please share.
            • jihadjihad 2mo ago
              The Band’s cover of Springsteen’s “Atlantic City” is superb, particularly the addition of the accordion. A band called Lake Street Dive has a phenomenal cover of Hall & Oates’ “Rich Girl”. Scary Pockets is a group with rotating artists (formed by Patreon’s founder/CEO), their covers of Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy” and Michael Jackson’s “Man in the Mirror” are two I return to frequently.
      • kevin_thibedeau 2mo ago
        Rogers crossed over into country.
        • mikestew 2mo ago
          My ex-wife was a big Kenny "The Country Version" Rogers fan. I chuckle to myself every time I watch The Big Lebowski and hear Rogers singing his psychedelic "Just Checked In" and wonder what the ex would think of his origins.
    • shevy-java 2mo ago
      Agreed. The climbing voice in Jolene was my favourite of her vocal range. She was a pretty good singer too; not as good as e. g. Ariana Grande in her own prime (before chasing bulimia) but quite good nonetheless.
    • chimbles 2mo ago
      Sometime she changed the RPMs herself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJEpoLeISCo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJEpoLeISCo
    • sollewitt 2mo ago
      The guitar is also immaculate slowed down and that was her too. I always thought it was some hotshot Nashville session musician. One of the best guitar licks of all time.
      • Joeboy 2mo ago
        She was certainly a fine guitarist, but Wikipedia says you were right first time, it was a session player called Chip Young.
        • jihadjihad 2mo ago
          Dolly wrote the lick herself, and when she was in the studio with the session players, they wanted her to show them how to play it [0]. She ended up having Chip Young lay it down on the record since her long fingernails made it difficult to nail consistently. This is also why if you watch videos of her playing guitar she plays in open tunings [1]. 0: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/oct/31/dolly-parton-reader-interview https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/oct/31/dolly-parton-r... 1: https://www.guitarworld.com/features/how-does-dolly-parton-play-guitar-with-long-fingernails https://www.guitarworld.com/features/how-does-dolly-parton-p...
          • jerf 2mo ago
            I still carry the rather 20th century idea that a performer of almost any kind also ought to have some sort of other talent in addition to their main one. The versatility of that sort of thing is one of the things that should separate a pro from the rest. I generally count "professional level musician" on more than one instrument as fulfilling that contract... perhaps one of the easier of the options, but it still carries that versatility advantage. Another example that I'm quite fond of is famous comedian Steve Martin performing Dueling Banjos with Kermit the Frog. The combo of two professional entertainers playing off of each other combined with the music skills creates the opportunity for a creative routine.
            • fragmede 2mo ago
    • bluesounddirect 2mo ago
      Then you will love "The chipmunks at 16 speed" https://chipmunkson16speed.bandcamp.com/album/vol-1 https://chipmunkson16speed.bandcamp.com/album/vol-1
      • alyandon 2mo ago
        For a second I misread that as "The chipmunks at 16X speed" and was seriously confused.
        • bluesounddirect 2mo ago
          I know what you mean, 16rpm makes more sense .
    • markdown 2mo ago
      Made famous by the show The Blacklist
    • slim 2mo ago
      first time I hear that song and to my ear, the song was recorded at that speed, then sped up in production.
    • ranger_danger 2mo ago
      Her first record deal almost didn't happen because she was told she couldn't sing... apparently the producer didn't like her voice for whatever reason.
  • CGMthrowaway 2mo ago
    Thankfully we have Whitney Houston, Tina Turner, the White Stripes, etc for you
  • tombert 2mo ago
    Same. I don't really like country music, but Dolly always seemed somewhat down-to-earth and pretty decent.
  • johnnyanmac 2mo ago
    I wouldn't ever say I was a fan per se. But she was always the go-to example of "this is what billionaires should be doing with their money". So I respected the hell out of her. Of course, she also proves the very point of there being no ethical billionaire, being "only" worth some 450 million instead. Likely because she gave so much of her wealth back to her communities instead. RIP Dolly, indeed.
    • 4d4m 2mo ago
      Completely agree johnnuanmac. Seems like a role model for being a good person while maintaining extreme goals and working toward the impossible.
  • 4d4m 2mo ago
    She was a loving wife to her husband and a great entrepreneur in addition to being a prolific artist. It's hard to find someone so well rounded at so many things before even adding that most of the jobs she created were/are considered positive contributions to society, evenly spread between entertainment, hospitality, foodservice, and adjacent industries. I think I heard she was directly responsible for about 20k total jobs which is INSANE. What a positive legacy to leave - good example for others.
    • interludead 2mo ago
      Building businesses that supported entire local economies is a different kind of legacy
    • jibal 2mo ago
      Plus sending 318 million books to children.
  • EugeneOZ 2mo ago
    Also not a fan of country/folk, but today I learned about her special albums trilogy: The Grass Is Blue, Little Sparrow, and Halos & Horns. Quite different music! Some songs I added to my playlist :)
  • interludead 2mo ago
    She transcended the genre entirely
• lenerdenator 2mo ago
  I knew she had been sick recently but always assumed she'd bounce back. We're worse off.
  • paulpauper 2mo ago
    some people are really sick but it's not evident because they keep it concealed
    • lanstin 2mo ago
      Also when you are 80 something can go from a bit of a cold to deadly dangerous real quick.
• curuinor 2mo ago
  I am from the wrong continent to be inculcated in country music from an early age, but I read books distributed from her program every week to the niece. So that's probably her more durable contribution to society, I think.
  • autoexec 2mo ago
    Something tells me that the songs and films will outlast the books program, but hopefully it's making a difference in the lives of kids. There's no telling how far reaching that can end up being.
    • cheeze 2mo ago
      On the flipside, how many individual lives have been changed by the books provided to families for free? Impossible to quantify but I'd argue extremely important.
    • gkoberger 2mo ago
      Well, as long as the songs and films continue to make her estate money, I imagine she planned to continue sending out books.
  • genericone 2mo ago
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    • curuinor 2mo ago
      You cannot separate that ideology (like any ideology) from the practitioners, and the biggest practitioner was unquestionably Sam Bankman-Fried. I'm not a fan.
    • buellerbueller 2mo ago
      Ridiculous, because EA says the ends justify the means, whereas Ms. Parton demonstrated the importance of the ends and the means. The public will not mourn any EA the way that Dolly is being mourned. It is your silly assertion that is what is entirely fucked up about techbros and politics today.
• Kye 2mo ago
  Dolly Parton seemed nice on that episode of The Orville.
• stego-tech 2mo ago
  Dolly was one of the unequivocal good ones. Damn girl, RIP.
  • DiBop 2mo ago
    One of THE best humans to have ever graced this planet. I've never heard a single negative thing about her. I wish I believed in heaven.
    • jjtheblunt 2mo ago
      in some sense, the collection of innumerable entirely positive memories effect one aspect of heaven for her, i believe.
    • jolt42 2mo ago
      In regard to heaven, you don't need to believe for her - she believed.
• d4mi3n 2mo ago
  End of an era. She was a very active philanthropist and will be dearly missed for all the good she brought to the world.
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• DiBop 2mo ago
  Wow. I knew she was close but still. She has always held her in a special place in my heart as I am sure so many else do. I hope there is a national day of mourning. And parades. She would've like parades
• cjboco 2mo ago
  What an amazing woman and person in general. I wish other celebrities did as much as her. Her Imagination Library (https://imaginationlibrary.com https://imaginationlibrary.com) is just one example of her giving back to the community.
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• odyssey7 2mo ago
  Sad news - she was a treasure.
• CalChris 2mo ago
  I saw Dolly at Hardly Strictly in 2005. She was great.
• steveBK123 2mo ago
  She made money doing what she loved, and gave a huge amount of it away to help others. Can't ask for better than that, she will be missed.
• Aboutplants 2mo ago
  “Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has gifted over 318 million free books to children worldwide since its inception” Amazing contributions to many aspects of life
  • haney 2mo ago
    As a kid growing up in Tennessee I was the beneficiary of several of her reading programs. They really helped to foster a sense of curiosity and wonder that live with me to this day. Dolly was a real one, she'll definitely be missed.
    • someothherguyy 2mo ago
      How much do you remember these books your family was gifted before you were five years old? I thought it was more of a program to increase literacy. Personally, I remember books from when I was pre-kindergarten, but I don't typically think of them as "fostering a sense of curiosity and wonder", though, ultimately, I guess they did. I just think it is an interesting topic in the framing of content policing and what not, it would be interesting to know what you took from the program.
      • haney 2mo ago
        She also had a program that gave a free book to elementary school kids every year (as a part of the local book fair). The first technical book I ever owned was a very basic intro to html that I received as a part of that program.
        • kstrauser 2mo ago
          Reading this made me choke up. That’s beautiful.
      • pjmorris 2mo ago
        > How much do you remember these books your family was gifted before you were five years old? I remember nothing of the books that were read to me before I was five. However, I was five when I picked up a book that my mother had been reading to me and found, for the first time, that I could read it myself. I suspect that it worked out that way for me because she'd been reading to me for years before that.
• dylan604 2mo ago
  My mother was a die hard Dolly fan. We even visited Dollywood when I was a kid. One of her favorite movies was with Dolly and Sylvester Stallone called Rhinestone. She watched it repeatedly, and there are quotes from it that are taking up precious space in the ol' memory banks. If you've never heard the 45 of Jolene played at 33, give it a listen.
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  • cscharenberg 2mo ago
    Rhinestone! I just watched for first time the other day. I had made my partner watch Rocky to see a different side of Stallone, and she is a huge Dolly Parton fan. Rhinestone was hilarious and great to watch just because Stallone and Parton were having _so much fun_ together. No sense of sexual attraction, just having a damn great time having fun. Could not help but enjoy that, separate from it genuinely being a fun movie.
• mattsolle 2mo ago
  If anyone hasn't listened to "Dolly Parton's America" (https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dolly-partons-america https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dolly-partons-america), I highly recommend it. Does a great job interviewing Dolly and discussing with her (and those two are around her) who she is, her life events, her thoughts on life. I knew people loved Dolly Parton before I listened but didn't really know why and the podcast helped me understand a bit more of it. It features a LOT of one-on-one time with Dolly in a way that I don't often find docu-series do. It's fantastic!
  • jimt1234 2mo ago
    One minor fact about Dolly I've always found fascinating is that she was married to the same dude for almost 60 years, until he passed away recently. I mean, being as famous as she was as an entertainer - that just seems like an extreme anomaly.
    • kranke155 2mo ago
      Paul Newman I think. Same thing. He was also married to the same person for decades.
      • tclancy 2mo ago
        Yeah and just like Dolly, someone we need more of.
      • wging 2mo ago
        Her husband was Carl Dean.
        • kranke155 2mo ago
          I meant to say Paul Newman was similarly married for decades to the same person.
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• sleet_spotter 2mo ago
  If you are curious to know more about Dolly, I wholeheartedly recommend the podcast series “Dolly Parton’s America”. One of the best podcast series I’ve listened to and gave me so much respect for Dolly. The world is a little dimmer without her in it!
• 1PlayerOne 2mo ago
  I'm going home, I'm going home... Long As I Can See The Light: https://youtu.be/tMgyIUvz9ak?si=zZq0yHRHmGl7LsFB https://youtu.be/tMgyIUvz9ak?si=zZq0yHRHmGl7LsFB
• otter-in-a-suit 2mo ago
  Very sad to hear. Rest in peace. I was at Dollywood a few weeks ago. I highly recommend a visit if you ever get the chance. She has a fantastic legacy in more ways than one.
• dayyan 2mo ago
  Amazing human who popularized the amazing Country Music. Listening to Country Music radio all day as respects.
• gigatexal 2mo ago
  very, very sad. she was such a good person in this age of trump especially in the country music scene
  • kstrauser 2mo ago
    Even if, say, hypothetically, that I agreed with you, we don't need to bring up that name in association with this perfect angel of a lady on this sad day. Let's just say that she's a wonderful person and an excellent example and leave it at that.
    • jacquesm 2mo ago
      It is a lot easier to appreciate the light when you're aware of the dark.
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    • kstrauser 2mo ago
      Let's not even waste time thinking about that cretin when we have someone much better, and something sadder, to consider at the moment.
    • swasheck 2mo ago
      the unifying power of dolly actually forced him to transcend even that. apparently he had nothing but nice things to say about her (and nothing about himself) on truth.
      • DonHopkins 2mo ago
        This isn't about himself, huh? Trump: Dolly Parton ‘Really Liked Me’ President Donald Trump said Dolly Parton “really liked me” and “to lose her, it’s like to lose a member of the family.” “I knew her a little bit, she wasn’t a very political person,” he said in an interview with Glenn Beck, a day after her death. “She really liked me, I will tell you,” he went on, while claiming that she never expressed it publicly because she didn’t want to lose some of her fanbase. “She was of the opinion, the 50%, who needs to lose?” he said. “I don’t think it’s 50, I think it’s probably 20% of the fans, OK, not 50, but she was a great person, just a nice person. I liked her a lot.”
• chistev 2mo ago
  We used to play Coat of Many Colors a lot in my house when I was a kid. My coat of many colors That my mama made for me Made only from rags But I wore it so proudly Although we had no money Well, I was rich as I could be In my coat of many colors My mama made for me
  • mkhpalm 2mo ago
    Sierra Ferrell does a pretty good rendition of that. Its actually nice to know that Dolly got to hear/see/meet Sierra.. One of a few who might be able to haul a chunk of Dolly's influence forward.
    • zabzonk 2mo ago
      > Sierra Ferrell does a pretty good rendition of that. Emmylou Harris does a great one also.
  • z3ugma 2mo ago
    Brandi Carlile and I'm With Her just covered this at their stadium concert in Madison, WI last night. Eerie.
    • jawilson2 2mo ago
      TBF, there are probably 100s of Dolly covers being done nightly. I just played Do I Ever Cross Your Mind a few nights ago with my bar band.
• Jaauthor 2mo ago
  I will be crying 9-5 today.
• baba_vanga 2mo ago
  RIP Dolly, she was a good one.
• losvedir 2mo ago
  RIP. We went to Dollywood last year and I highly recommend it! It was a fun, family-friendly park, and one of the things I was impressed by was how helpful and happy to be there all the workers were. Seemed like a bunch of friendly veterans who took our tickets and let us in.
  • baggachipz 2mo ago
    And it's so clean! Makes The Magic Kingdom look like a toxic waste dump. Also has great rides. Can't recommend Dollywood enough.
    • 4d4m 2mo ago
      More focus on the ride theming makes it a standout park in the USA. Also no students being exploited as interns for work programs which is a nice change.
  • nunez 2mo ago
    Dolly Parton's Stampede is a good time as well. Don't read too much into it if you go lol
    • WorldMaker 2mo ago
      It used to be lot worse before the 2018 rebranding put Dolly Parton's name in place of a Lost Cause associated term. The old Dixie Stampede was Civil War themed and had plenty of Confederate flags and other things that were questionable in a restaurant/show asking people to pick North and South sides.
  • hooverlabs 2mo ago
    talk about the economic impact Dolly has had in her home of East Tennessee around Sieverville, pigeon forge, Gatlinburg and surrounding towns among great Smokey Mountains Appalachia. She is a deified saint among these communities for her work helping people there.
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• delichon 2mo ago
  I put her in my pantheon with Johnny Cash. Turns out Cash introduced her on her Grand Ole Opry debut in 1959, when she was 13. She killed it. Parton said later she was best friends with Johnny and June. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcfyzJW-BA4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcfyzJW-BA4 I don't think I've ever seen the interwebs talking about one thing as much as right now.
  • shadowgovt 2mo ago
    When Michael Jackson died, reaction online was so sudden it made Google search backend stumble... They didn't have a solution to auto-hotspot-protect half the planet searching his name suddenly. I'll be interested to see if the mitigations hold today.
  • dsiegel2275 2mo ago
    As a performer, sure. But Dolly was 1000x the songwriter that Johnny Cash was.
    • antonymoose 2mo ago
      I’m no artist so I’m left to ask - how exactly is that metric determined?
    • kstrauser 2mo ago
      Let’s not get carried away. Dolly was brilliant, inarguably. But no one is 1000x the songwriter of Johnny Freaking Cash, who was also estimated to have written over 1,000 songs for himself and for others. Let’s just agree that they’re both S-tier writers.
• kzrdude 2mo ago
  I guess this is why English Wikipedia was down. It's back up now.
• Bluestein 2mo ago
  You know how, sometimes, you downright think "that is impossible!", with certain people, when you hear of their death. And then, of course, you realize ... This.-
• InsideOutSanta 2mo ago
  She always seemed so full of life, it's difficult to believe she's gone.
• Mwntalhwalth 2mo ago
  My daughter loves Dolly from her books and I love reading to her. What a win win, RIP Dolly you are a class act.
• chews 2mo ago
  She did so much for children's literacy, underserved children have benefited from her reading program. I support her book club because it makes humans smarter. The world really lost a great spirit.
• GeekyBear 2mo ago
  She was such an impressively kind person.
• sikozu 2mo ago
  Heartbreaking. Rest in peace Dolly.
• chasd00 2mo ago
  My wife is at an eye appointment. I have no idea what to expect when she gets home. After Dolly's super bowl performance my wife (and her mother) were crying at just the thought of her passing away.
• onlypassingthru 2mo ago
  The US's only secular saint. Her memorial service will need to be held in a football stadium to handle the number of people who want to pay their last respects.
  • chasd00 2mo ago
    yeah she's a treasure to pretty much everyone.
  • kylemaxwell 2mo ago
    At least, since Fred Rogers died.
    • jibcage 2mo ago
      To be fair Fred Rogers was a minister, but I would agree that his message to kids was mostly secular.
    • onlypassingthru 2mo ago
      Fred was a very respected man, but Dolly is also loved. The grief for many is real and most never even met her.
      • forestrywat 2mo ago
        I think you underestimate the impact Mr. Rogers had on us.
    • hackernud3s 2mo ago
      I feel like conservatives must have a problem with Fred. MAGA would have definitely cancelled his funding.
      • dd8601fn 2mo ago
        They did. They said Rogers telling children that they’re special made them “entitled brats.” And they’ve been trying for decades.
• blueshoe 2mo ago
  The more & More I learned about her over the years, It felt like she just never seamed to give into the system and always found a way to keep give back to the world that corrupts so many.
• slowin 2mo ago
  9 to 5 is such a great song. Adding it as I don't see it linked here. Strong pro-worker message too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbxUSsFXYo4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbxUSsFXYo4
  • peezd 2mo ago
    the story of how she wrote this is fantastic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTLXYJGvhI4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTLXYJGvhI4
  • 1-more 2mo ago
    The movie is snare-drum-tight scriptwriting. Great flick.
• m463 2mo ago
  I was in awe of her books for kids program. Simple, direct philanthropy that helps any/all kids: https://imaginationlibrary.com/ https://imaginationlibrary.com/
• alsetmusic 2mo ago
  I found this remix music video strangely hypnotic when I happened across it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExeQM08TwbE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExeQM08TwbE
• rglover 2mo ago
  RIP. One of the last real ones.
• swozey 2mo ago
  She was, I believe, the largest or one of the largest private donors to the moderna covid vaccine Here is her families statement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9govup-IG3c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9govup-IG3c
  • divbzero 2mo ago
    It was a $1 million donation to Vanderbilt in April 2020 to support three COVID research projects, including one related to the Moderna vaccine: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/03/03/973240792/from-jolene-to-vaccine-dolly-parton-gets-covid-19-shot-she-helped-fund https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/0...
    • swozey 2mo ago
      Thank you
  • dabinat 2mo ago
    It’s interesting that she never got any flak for it from conspiracy theorists. I guess they realized she was so beloved she was untouchable.
    • chasd00 2mo ago
      > I guess they realized she was so beloved she was untouchable For real. If there is a heaven I’m sure the red carpet was rolled out for her.
• divbzero 2mo ago
  Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has been gifting free books to kids from birth to age 5 for over three decades: https://imaginationlibrary.com/ https://imaginationlibrary.com/
• spicymaki 2mo ago
  We need more celebrities to step up like Dolly. You will be missed.
• brcmthrowaway 2mo ago
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• CGMthrowaway 2mo ago
  Shameless plug for the Dolly Parton Book Club, for which you can register your child (even not yet born) and they will send them a free age-appropriate book every month until they turn 5. https://imaginationlibrary.com/ https://imaginationlibrary.com/
• JKCalhoun 2mo ago
  I originally had no idea Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" was a Dolly Parton cover.
  • ssttoo 2mo ago
    And written the same day she wrote Jolene
  • computershit 2mo ago
    Whitney's version gives you goosebumps; Dolly's original will make you cry.
• kpmcc 2mo ago
  If anyone wants to listen to an underrated Dolly track, my rec is Silver Dagger.
• jimt1234 2mo ago
  I remember in the early-80s, maybe 5th grade, being taught fractions, specifically the "Dolly Parton fraction", where the numerator is larger than the denominator. I've got a feeling they don't teach that anymore.
• charlieflowers 2mo ago
  I still remember how hard I was struck by the scene in The Orville, where someone from another planet hears a Dolly Parton song playing and asks who it is. He goes on to say, "She speaks with the might of a hundred soldiers!" She did. She is one of our species' great poets.
  • lemonberry 2mo ago
    That was a really great cameo.
• ahartmetz 2mo ago
  Feynman was apparently a fan, too. His name for quarks was "partons". She just played the dumb showbiz blonde, or as she said "it takes a lot of money to look this cheap". Others in this discussion have more to say about this, but - she was obviously a super nice and thoughtful person. Here's my favorite track of hers, Todd Terje mix of "Jolene": https://youtu.be/Xkl36pu8aLY https://youtu.be/Xkl36pu8aLY
• arjie 2mo ago
  In an odd coincidence, Jolene by Dolly Parton played on YouTube Music as I drove home with my daughter. When we got home, my wife told me Dolly Parton had died. I don't listen to much of her though I'm fond of this song, and we get the Imagination Library books. Seems like she was good person, and a great singer and songwriter.
• jeffrallen 2mo ago
  Make time to listen to Dolly Parton's America podcast: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dolly-partons-america https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dolly-partons-america
• triceratops 2mo ago
  Dolly Parton's film production company Sandollar produced the 1992 movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_(film)#Production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_(film...
• plandis 2mo ago
  Outside of her impact on the music industry she also had an outsized impact on families with young children. She started a charity called Imagination Library [1] that sends free monthly books to children under six in the US, Canada and even expanded to the UK, Australia, and the Republic of Ireland. I will always be grateful for this. [1] https://imaginationlibrary.com/ https://imaginationlibrary.com/
• neom 2mo ago
  Miley Cyrus is Dolly Parton's god daughter, Miley did a really phenomenal version of “Jolene” - probably my favourite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOwblaKmyVw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOwblaKmyVw - She also did a great version together with Dolly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RINEaGraHMc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RINEaGraHMc
• hermitcrab 2mo ago
  Stars who were born into poverty sometimes struggle with being generous (Charlie Chaplin for example). But that certainly didn't seem to be an issue for Dolly. What a life.
• hermitcrab 2mo ago
  Random fact, Dolly the cloned sheep was named after Dolly Parton: "Dolly is derived from a mammary gland cell and we couldn't think of a more impressive pair of glands than Dolly Parton's." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_(sheep) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_(sheep) In the end I think her generosity outshone her other famous attributes.
  • triceratops 2mo ago
    The past really is a foreign country.
    • krupan 2mo ago
      When I was in elementary school Dolly Parton boob jokes made the rounds. I think we've all adjusted our view of her as a person since those days
      • triceratops 2mo ago
        There are different standards expected of schoolboys compared to respected scientists announcing historic breakthroughs.
        • bigiain 2mo ago
          Within her family friendly choice of language, she wasn't shy of making jokes about her own appearance: “I make jokes about it, but it's the truth that I kind of patterned my look after the town tramp. I didn't know what she was, just this woman who was blond and piled her hair up, wore high heels and tight skirts, and, boy, she was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen. Momma used to say, "Aw, she's just trash," and I thought, That's what I want to be when I grow up. Trash.” and: "It costs a lot of money to look this cheap"
        • dd8601fn 2mo ago
          It was part of her fame, for decades, as she intended. She was not shy or ashamed about it. Nowadays we may be extremely sensitive about that sort of thing (increasingly on behalf of others, unsolicited), but at the time it was not mean spirited or wildly offensive.
• TapamN 2mo ago
  Fun fact: Dolly, the cloned sheep, was named after Dolly Parton. The sheep was cloned from a mammary gland cell, so...
• suoloordi 2mo ago
  She was truly a gem. Beautiful inside and out. May she rest in peace.
• shevy-java 2mo ago
  People suspected the health news in the last ~months before to be more serious than initially alleged to not be serious at all. Now they were confirmed. Of all her songs I think Jolene is by far the most interesting. Several copied the song, such as Miley Cyrus, and while not bad, it seems to not quite capture the underlying idea of the song. I have a hard time Miley being as plausible in the "please don't steal my man just because you can" compared to Dolly. It's like a whole generation in between and the lyrics just don't really fit much at all to Miley, even if one reasons that it is the melody that is more important - but even then, Miley's voice seems to fit to other songs better than happy-go-lucky country songs.
  • uncivilized 2mo ago
    This comment makes it seem like you really wanted to attack Miley rather than discuss Dolly’s health.
• cbfrench 2mo ago
  I grew up in East TN, and this feels like the death of Queen Elizabeth, Mother Teresa, and your favorite fun aunt all rolled up into one. Except no one had a bad word to say about Dolly. She was beloved around the world, but she was an institution back home.
  • esseph 2mo ago
    I grew up in Kentucky, so Dolly still felt like a sweet distant aunt that nobody ever had a harsh word about. Went to Dollywood several times as a kid. My hope is that people will try an emulate her charity and compassion.
    • elcritch 2mo ago
      Was raised in middle TN myself. Dollywood was amazing rivaling Disney World/Land. It had parts you could go to watch blacksmiths, glass blowers, and others.
  • nxobject 2mo ago
    > She was beloved around the world, but she was an institution back home. And the rest of the world is envious!
• samizdis 2mo ago
  It's heartening to see tributes and obits in publications worldwide. All respectful, and genuinely bereft. One obit, though, stood out to me from the dozen or so I've read so far. It's this one [0] in the FT, which I think deserves a wider audience [1]. [0] https://www.ft.com/content/c57569fb-c1ee-476a-aa31-d402e2f3b9b7?syn-25a6b1a6=1 https://www.ft.com/content/c57569fb-c1ee-476a-aa31-d402e2f3b... [1] https://archive.is/9nHs1 https://archive.is/9nHs1
• tcbawo 2mo ago
  Dolly Parton was an incredibly savvy business person, talented songwriter and performer, and an outstanding human being. One in a billion. I will always remember her appearance on the Late Show with Steven Colbert where she moved him to tears with an a cappella song: https://youtu.be/R91VssUiGiY https://youtu.be/R91VssUiGiY
• stevoski 2mo ago
  A fun YouTube video of Dolly Parton in an Irish pub: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqdKrv1Vh-g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqdKrv1Vh-g “Dolly Parton makes an impromptu appearance at Páidí Ó Sé’s pub in Dún Chaoin, Co. Kerry and takes to the stage to entertain the locals. While on holiday in Kerry, singer Dolly Parton paid a visit to former Kerry footballer Páidí Ó Sé’s pub, where she performs her song ‘Coat of Many Colours’ accompanied by musicians Steve Cooney and Seamus Begley. Dolly signs off at the end of her performance, Thank you very much and welcome to Dinglewood This episode of Cursaí was broadcast on 1 October 1990.”
  • mmmm2 2mo ago
    Very cool video and respect to the guitar player for gracefully handling a once in a lifetime opportunity.
    • biorach 2mo ago
      That's Steve Cooney. It was Dolly got the one in a lifetime opportunity.
  • cm2012 2mo ago
    Amazing share! What a performer. What a life.
  • nxobject 2mo ago
    What a way to recognize her! I get the same feeling when she stormeed Glastonbury in 2014 - pure class. When you think about it, she had all of the virtues of a "national treasure" in the British sense.
• nunez 2mo ago
  One of the most generous music artists to have lived. Dolly's legacy will greatly outlive her.
• djray 2mo ago
  Her playing at Glastonbury here in the UK only seems like the other day, but I just checked and it's been _12 years_! She played her most popular songs and the audience treated her like the star she was. What an incredible, talented, kind-hearted woman. An inspiration to so many for all the best reasons.
• mtweak 2mo ago
  Her father couldn't read so she built a program that mails 3.5 million books to children every month. That's an amazing contribution to literacy
• danans 2mo ago
  To me, apart from her amazing music and philanthropy, what Dolly Parton represents is something that was (emphasis on past tense) at one time truly exceptional about the United States - that someone from a very humble background (poverty in East TN) could have a tremendous impact on the culture of the world - the other example in entertainment being Michael Jackson (from Gary IN). Admittedly the US music industry was among the few where this phenomenon happened, although definitionally very few reach pop stardom. In contrast, much of the world exports only its "elite culture", not the culture of common people.
  • whimsicalism 2mo ago
    Your contention is what, that now this is no longer possible or less likely?
    • danans 2mo ago
      Less likely, for many reasons - including the more crowded marketplace for talent, but also a culture that is more corporation generated over time.
      • whimsicalism 2mo ago
        I disagree strongly, I think we are even better at identifying talent in the margins today and the leaps are potentially larger.
        • mbonnet 2mo ago
          this is counterbalanced by somewhat talented products of nepotism getting in, like Stella Lefty
          • whimsicalism 2mo ago
            i have no idea who that is but also i was talking about society writ large, not just music.
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• quaddoggy 2mo ago
  The woman wrote Jolene. If that doesn’t get you to heaven then nothing will.
• oliyoung 2mo ago
  An icon, one of the best of us and a true one of one
• zabzonk 2mo ago
  Somehow "USS Dolly Parton" has a bit of a ring to it for the next US warship after the "USS Dorie Miller".
  • Cipater 2mo ago
    Hang on, why on earth would you think Dolly Parton of all people would want a warship named after her?
• andsoitis 2mo ago
  Dolly was a force.
• bariswheel 2mo ago
  She was a kind soul and I could sense she was extremely battle hardened, the perfect combo. A true philanthropist. For those who may not know, she originally wrote and sang Whitney Houston's biggest single 'I will always love you'
  • a2tech 2mo ago
    She wrote that song and Jolene on the same day. Basically cemented her legacy and future with one afternoons worth of work.
• babymetal 2mo ago
  The only thing I have in common with Dolly Parton is living in the USA and I grew up seeing her as a big sister and the best of what we can be. I wish I had 1% of the love she carried with her. This news is much more difficult than I would have expected. I guess that might be specific to 70s and 80s kids.
• Bud 2mo ago
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• Ned_Williams 2mo ago
  Sad, but she was beloved and lived a great live. She was successful, but gave back a lot in her local community.
• syngrog66 2mo ago
  off-topic here
• jMyles 2mo ago
  Others have mentioned Sierra Ferrell - she seems to be the most obvious and vivid wildlife which is native to the ecosystem in which a huge gap left by this passing. And Sierra is a very sharp and kind human being from what I can tell. We've had the good fortune to hang out a few times at IBMA and once in Tennessee. She has always been very fun and curious and easygoing with my son, and she radiates a continually inspired view of the future of the music "industry". I don't know her super well, but she runs in my circles of friends who are interested in a radical rethinking (for many of us, an abolitionist view) of IP. I have no idea her views in particular, but it feels notable to see the kinds of folks coming up through that scene. An occasional co-writer of hers, Melody Walker, also seems to be a thought-leader on questioning industry (and also societal) norms. I strongly suggest her content (and if you're not familiar, their beautiful co-written ballad, American Dreaming). I don't recall if I've spoken to Sierra about IPFS - I think I actually have, when describing the release process for my second record - but it's an interesting synchrony to have Dolly leave us (and for many of us, to instinctually turn to Sierra for inspiration) and for IPFS lose its primary maintaining org in the same day. It's obvious that the long-term future of traditional music is as the lifeblood of peer-to-peer topologies and communities. Here's Sierra summoning the energy of Dolly last Sept: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeV6-hTLe6U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeV6-hTLe6U I'm sure she'll do a generationally-relevant tribute in the next week or two, as will Billy Strings. (Reminder: Both Billy and Sierra have released their entire catalog DRM-free: https://pickipedia.xyz/wiki/DRM-free https://pickipedia.xyz/wiki/DRM-free)
• interludead 2mo ago
  What a life. Dolly somehow managed to be enormously famous without ever seeming consumed by fame. RIP.
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• imagetic 2mo ago
  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dolly-partons-america/id1481398762 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dolly-partons-america/...
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• aquir 2mo ago
  Even the metalheads adored her: https://www.reddit.com/r/MetalForTheMasses/comments/1vyofwx/she_wasnt_metal_but_may_dolly_parton_rest_in/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MetalForTheMasses/comments/1vyofwx/... As Clarac94 said: "Her philosophy and way of being was metal af, look up her book schemes and charity work and how she stuck up for people like the gay community. She was unapologetically herself, always even when criticised or mocked. RIP Dolly!"