Trio Vol.1 - Dolly Parton/Linda Ronstadt/Emmylou Harris

Advantages: great tracks with lots of memories
Disadvantages: Nothing we have not heard before

...in 1974)also covered by Whitney Houston. Islands in the stream ( duet with Kenny Rogers) Jolene ( also written by Dolly) Coat of many colours ( written by Dolly) My Tenessee mountain home. Here you come again ( written by her in 1977) Baby i'm burning Love is like a butterfly. The bargain store. Potential new boyfriend. Everything is beautiful ( with willie Nelson) Silver threads and golden needles ( with Tammy Wynette and Loretta Lynn. To know him is to love him ( with Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris) Why'd you come in here looking like that. Romeo ( with Billy Ray Cyrus, Tanya Tucker, Carpenter, Mary Chapin, Kathy Mattea, Pam Tillis). Tennessee homesick blues. Dumb Blonde ( written in 1965 and made 24 in charts) Applejack Old flames can't hold a candle to you. This is a single disk album released 05/ 03/ 07. It runs for 61.26 mins... Read review

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Advantages: Many of Dolly's greatest hits are included
Disadvantages: Only 21 songs, so some hits are missing

...does so well. 11. I Really Got The Feeling (1978) - written by Billy Vera. 12. You're The Only One (1979) - written by Sager & Roberts. 13. Starting Over Again (1979) - written by Summer & Sudano. 14. To Know Him Is To Love Him (1986) - The inclusion of this Trio remake of this 1950s song, heralds Dolly's return to a more traditional sound and her acoustic roots. The spectacular spiritual, with gentle lilting guitar, is performed in perfect harmony from three superb female voices - Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris. 15. Old Flames Can't Hold A Candle To You (1979) - written by Sebert & Moffatt. Back to a traditional country sound, with Dolly backed by a male voice in the chorus and a simple beat. 16. But You Know I Love You (1980) - written by Mike Settle. A flute leads into this track, and country harmonised vocals over a more... Read review

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Advantages: Fresh Addictive Compulsive Listening
Disadvantages: To Short

...I really don’t like Country and Western music much, well ok I admit it I do like some. Well lets face it most of us at sometime or another will have heard and enjoyed one of the modern classics such as Johnny Cash with his “Boy Named Sue” or perhaps a better one, Dolly Partons “I will always Love You” which was covered by Whitney Houston and used as the theme to “The Bodyguard and one of my personal favourites “Duelling Banjos” from the film Deliverance. Now as happens so often in my life fate stepped in and showed its hand. I’ll explain, one night while reading through Ciao’s top twenty I came across a glowing review by Newfloridian on an album by an American trio that up until that moment I had never heard of. I was intrigued and went across to Amazon to see what tracks they had to offer for listening to. They are only partial tracks... Read review

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