Well, I had a great time at Dolly Parton tonight. It was pretty much all blue grass.country plus a few of her hits "I Will Always Love You" "Nine to Five" and 'Here You Come Again" I really enjoyed it. She also did some of her old old stuff, played the ducimer, the banjo, the guitar and the harmonica.
Of course the tour is for her new album which is a group of her favorite songs from the 60s and 70s with guests - on the CD not in the concert. (Not sure how she got Yusef Islam -Cat Stevens- I didn't think he was performing any more) anyway, she claims that it isn't a protest album, but we're talking Where Have All The Flowers Gone, Turn Turn Turn, Blowin In the Wind, Imagine.....well you get the picture and she does say these songs seem to reflect our current times.
MBarnum, if you like the blue grass style of country, you'd enjoy the concert. You almost wouldn't recognize her, she's had a lot of work done, but she joked about it saying the only thing about her that isn't phony is her heart, hey at least her phony looked good, especially since she's about to turn 60.
She's had some trouble with her voice on the tour, is taking antihistimines and took several breaks to drink water but sang for 1 1/2 hours, was very upbeat and I thought for the most part her voice was very strong.
She did say that she is having a lot of fun writing the songs for the new musical version of "Nine to Five" that she is hoping will be Broadway Bound soon