Dolly Parton met Carl Dean outside a Nashville laundromat in 1964. For decades, she was as protective of her marriage as he was fiercely private.
Category: Nashville (Tenn)
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Dolly Parton’s Marriage to Carl Dean Was Fueled by Distance and Difference
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Dolly Parton’s Other Legacy: A Fortune Given Away, Dollar by Dollar
The New York Times – Business:The country star supported early childhood literacy, disaster relief, the development of the Covid-19 vaccine and more.
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Dolly Parton’s Death Hits Home for Tennesseans: ‘She Was One of Us’
The New York Times – Music:The country music star kept her home state at the forefront of her music and work. “She inspired Tennesseans to be better,” one resident said.
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Dolly Parton’s Bedazzled, Bewigged, and Bodacious Style
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:A wild mountain rose, she used her clothes and her body to subvert expectations.
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Waymo Suspends Service in Six Cities After Cars Drove Into Flooded Roads
The New York Times – Business:The temporary shutdowns came after videos emerged showing two Waymo cars stopped on swamped streets in Atlanta on Wednesday.
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Carrie Underwood’s Lyrical Blitz of the N.F.L.
To customize the musical opener for week after week of “Sunday Night Football,” Underwood rattles through dozens of versions in a marathon recording session.
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Dolly Parton Musical’s Nashville Debut Draws Flocks of Fans
Parton’s life and career have always been rooted in Tennessee. For her fans, it was only fitting to see the debut of her biographical musical here, too.
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David Briggs, a Music Force in Alabama and Nashville, Dies at 82
A first-call keyboardist, he worked with Elvis Presley and Dolly Parton, helped make Muscle Shoals a recording hub, and had a key role in redefining the sound of country.
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Mac Gayden, Stellar Nashville Guitarist and Songwriter, Dies at 83
Heard on Bob Dylan’s “Blonde on Blonde” among other albums, he also sang and was a writer of the perennial “Everlasting Love.”