Dolly Dolly Dolly
What with three manga book cover designs due on the same day, the workload ran so heavy today that I’ll likely be dreaming of saucer-eyed warrior women wearing thigh high leather boots tonight. One thing that made the day go by a little faster was listening to Andrew Dupuy’s fun audio essay on Dolly Parton’s “crossover” period of 1977-80 at Discover A World Of Sounds. I have a particular sweet spot for this critically reviled yet sweet-as-honey time in Dolly’s career — so thank you very much, Andrew!
Thanks a bunch for the mention Matt!
Of all of Dolly’s music, the late 70′s glossy pop songs are the ones I keep coming back to over and over again. I think the 4 albums that my show focuses on are the most fun records in her entire discography. These were the albums my mother played over and over again when I was growing up and they helped define my childhood. So maybe I’m a little bias.
Though her more recent cover of “Stairway to Heaven” is pretty amazing too.
I liked hearing the LP version of “Two Doors Down” and the slick LA stuff from the Dolly Dolly Dolly LP. Well done!