Concert Review: Dolly Parton
Back in May, I bought myself a birthday present in the form of a ticket to see Dolly Parton. I have been staring at that ticket hanging on my clipboard for months...and her big show finally happened last Friday!
For maximum thematic and historical effect, I wore the exact same outfit I wore when I went to Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede in Pigeon Forge, TN. Which was also the same outfit I wore to see Loretta Lynn play at her very own ranch in Hurricane Mills, TN. This outfit consists of a homespun plaid button down shirt with a white butterfly collar (which is actually a Loretta Lynn® brand shirt purchased at her gift shop) and high-heeled cowgirl boots. I had to field a lot of questions at work on Friday on this matter. It got to where I just shouted "I'm going to see DOLLY tonight!!!!" when anyone so much as looked at me. Here is the outfit when I wore it in Tennessee. Or I guess I should say when both Joy and I wore it:
The show was amazing, and complete with a drag Dolly Parton who mimed along with Dolly during the whole show, and was sorta like having my own personal live action Titantron just a few rows away. Dolly could not have been more adorable or charming. She told lots of little stories, cracked lots of little jokes, and positively GLOWED:
Earlier that day a guy at work asked me to complete the following sentence: "My night will be incomplete if Dolly does not sing ________." My blank was "Why'd You Come In Here Looking Like That?" And she sang that one as one of the first songs right out of the gate! She sang all the hits, including her very first recording ever from when she was an 11 year old kid. In an 11 year old's voice. And an amazing acapella gospel-y song with all the backup band. Even the cover of "She Drives Me Crazy" was totally enjoyable! She finished it up with some "9 to 5" and then serenaded us about how she would always, always love us.
I should have taken notes of all the cute little things she said. The only one that's really sticking in my head all these days later was when she had a stray hair bugging her that she was trying to get off of her, and she made a big dramatic show of it and once she flicked it away, she told us not to worry because "pulling that hair out did not hurt her one little ol' bit."
Unfortunately, some of the evening was tainted by a couple of super obnoxious and inconsiderate gay guys who would NOT SIT THE FUCK DOWN THROUGH THE ENTIRE SHOW. This was very much a sit-down and politely listen kind of show. Early on, there was a guy a few rows up that stood up the whole time going into tremors he was so excited, and security made him go sit somewhere else. Why no one dealt with those other two dickweeds, I'll never know. All I do know is right after Dolly finished "I Will Always Love You," I shouted at them, "AND I WILL ALWAYS HATE YOU!!!!"
For maximum thematic and historical effect, I wore the exact same outfit I wore when I went to Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede in Pigeon Forge, TN. Which was also the same outfit I wore to see Loretta Lynn play at her very own ranch in Hurricane Mills, TN. This outfit consists of a homespun plaid button down shirt with a white butterfly collar (which is actually a Loretta Lynn® brand shirt purchased at her gift shop) and high-heeled cowgirl boots. I had to field a lot of questions at work on Friday on this matter. It got to where I just shouted "I'm going to see DOLLY tonight!!!!" when anyone so much as looked at me. Here is the outfit when I wore it in Tennessee. Or I guess I should say when both Joy and I wore it:
The show was amazing, and complete with a drag Dolly Parton who mimed along with Dolly during the whole show, and was sorta like having my own personal live action Titantron just a few rows away. Dolly could not have been more adorable or charming. She told lots of little stories, cracked lots of little jokes, and positively GLOWED:
Earlier that day a guy at work asked me to complete the following sentence: "My night will be incomplete if Dolly does not sing ________." My blank was "Why'd You Come In Here Looking Like That?" And she sang that one as one of the first songs right out of the gate! She sang all the hits, including her very first recording ever from when she was an 11 year old kid. In an 11 year old's voice. And an amazing acapella gospel-y song with all the backup band. Even the cover of "She Drives Me Crazy" was totally enjoyable! She finished it up with some "9 to 5" and then serenaded us about how she would always, always love us.
I should have taken notes of all the cute little things she said. The only one that's really sticking in my head all these days later was when she had a stray hair bugging her that she was trying to get off of her, and she made a big dramatic show of it and once she flicked it away, she told us not to worry because "pulling that hair out did not hurt her one little ol' bit."
Unfortunately, some of the evening was tainted by a couple of super obnoxious and inconsiderate gay guys who would NOT SIT THE FUCK DOWN THROUGH THE ENTIRE SHOW. This was very much a sit-down and politely listen kind of show. Early on, there was a guy a few rows up that stood up the whole time going into tremors he was so excited, and security made him go sit somewhere else. Why no one dealt with those other two dickweeds, I'll never know. All I do know is right after Dolly finished "I Will Always Love You," I shouted at them, "AND I WILL ALWAYS HATE YOU!!!!"
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