Backwoods Barbie

Surprisingly agreeable return from the High Priestess of country kitsch

Ed Power, 26 Jun 2008

Released on Parton’s own record label, Backwoods Barbie handed Parton her first US top 20 hit in 15 years. You can see why it’s made such an impact– far from trading on her tiresome ‘boobs and big hair’ persona, the album sees Parton conducing a biographical trawl through her career, exploring marital infidelity (the narrator on ‘Cologne’ is asked not to wear perfume because her lover doesn’t want his wife to learn of their tryst) and ruminating on the debilitations of age (‘Better Get To Livin’). She even tosses off a bluegrass cover of Fine Young Cannibals’ ‘Drives Me Crazy’, making it sound as if was always meant to be bashed out on a banjo.

Key Track: ‘Drives Me Crazy’

Ed Power

The grand dame of country and western music tells Olaf Tyaransen about her enduring passion for her music, her attachment to her tennessee roots, the ups and downs of her 36-year marriage and her ambitions to record an album of traditional Irish tunes

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Legendary country diva Dolly Parton comes to Dublin in advance of her Irish shows for a special one-off record signing in HMV Grafton Street

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Legendary country diva Dolly Parton comes to Dublin in advance of her Irish shows for a special one-off record signing in HMV Grafton Street

2002-09-24 - News

Legendary country diva Dolly Parton comes to Dublin in advance of her Irish shows for a special one-off record signing in HMV Grafton Street

2002-09-24 - News

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