Dolly Parton, Songteller
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Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics is a landmark celebration of the remarkable life and career of a country music and pop culture legend. As told by Dolly Parton in her own inimitable words, explore the songs that have defined her journey. Illustrated throughout with previously unpublished images from Dolly Parton's personal and business archives. Mining over 60 years of songwriting, Dolly Parton highlights 175 of her songs and brings readers behind the lyrics. • Packed with never-before-seen photographs and classic memorabilia • Explores personal stories, candid insights, and myriad memories behind the songs Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics reveals the stories and memories that have made Dolly a beloved icon across generations, genders, and social and international boundaries. Containing rare photos and memorabilia from Parton's archives, this book is a show-stopping must-have for every Dolly Parton fan. • Learn the history behind classic Parton songs like "Jolene," "9 to 5," "I Will Always Love You," and more. • The perfect gift for Dolly Parton fans (everyone loves Dolly!) as well as lovers of music history and country Add it to the shelf with books like Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton, The Beatles Anthology by The Beatles, and Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen.
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Dolly is a delight. I didn't realize how prolific a songwriter she is. I also liked that the audio version (and frankly, there's no reason to approach this in text format, you'd definitely be losing out) includes snippets of the songs being discussed. However, this isn't really a book, more of a long-form NPR interview. It's just Dolly telling stories about her songs and her life in a stream of consciousness narrative loosely structured with 3rd party narration.
I thought I would fly through this audiobook in a few days, as it's only five hours. But it didn't hold my attention and I didn't feel like listening in the morning. I'm not a huge Dolly fan, but I know her standard songs. I did enjoy hearing how she writes and the stories behind songs.
It was a lot like listening to an interview. Dolly just talked like it was a conversation and not reading her book. Some of her phases got repetitive.
I would like to visit east TN, go to Dollywood, and just be in the area that made Dolly Parton. So she inspired me to want that!
definitely recommend listening to the audiobook! i assume the audio was recorded & the physical book is just a transcription of it based off how it sounds like she's just talking stream of consciousness, i think reading it would feel very flat compared to hearing her speak about her life & songs
