January 19 - Dolly Parton (The Musical Birthday Series, 4th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for January 19th are here: Dolly Parton; Janis Joplin (2020), Dolly Parton (2021), and Hans Hotter (2022)

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Dolly Parton (b. 19 January 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where Are the Shows of Yesteryear?

Dolly Parton is wasting no time putting together a rock album with a group of A-list guest stars. She’s already recruited Stevie Nicks, John Fogerty, Paul McCartney, Steve Perry, and Steven Tyler to be part of the project.-  adapted from rollingstone.com

In their halcyon days

   They were druggy and freaky,

But they’re now at the phase

   When their bodies are creaky.

They’re at various stages

   Of having some work done,

And to judge from their ages

   We won’t see the twerk done,

   

These are stars from the past

   And their bodies have shifted

And so no one’s aghast

   When they’re tucked or they’re lifted.

To this, the exception

   Is Ms Parton, whose youth,

Though gained with deception

   Comes off as the truth.

 

 

 

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