My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy is Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...

's fourth solo studio album, originally released in September 1969.

Album information

The album contains some of Parton's most morose compositions. The title song, telling the story of a small town girl whose aspirations take her to New Orleans, where she winds up a prostitute, dreaming of the boy she left behind, is regarded by Parton's fans as one of her most haunting. "Gypsy, Joe and Me" details the story of a woman, her love and their small dog, who all eventually perish. And "Evening Shade" tells the story of an orphanage run by an evil headmistress, "Mrs. Bailey". The orphans eventually burn the home down, with "Mrs. Bailey" sleeping inside. Yet another classic Parton lyric, "Daddy," spins the tale of a daughter pleading with her father to reconsider leaving her mother for a woman much younger.

Also included are Parton's covers of the Mac Davis

Mac Davis

Mac Davis is a country music singer, songwriter, and actor originally from Lubbock, Texas who has enjoyed much crossover success...

-penned Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....

 hit "In the Ghetto

In the Ghetto

"In the Ghetto" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Elvis Presley Music in 1969. It was written by Mac Davis and made famous by Elvis Presley who had a major comeback hit with the song in 1969. It was released in 1969 as a 45 rpm single with "Any Day Now" as the flip side...

", and Joe South

Joe South

Joe South is a multi-talented American singer-songwriter and guitarist.-Career:...

's "Games People Play

Games People Play (1969 song)

"Games People Play" is a song written, composed and performed by singer/songwriter Joe South, released at the end of 1968.-Origins & inspirations:...

". She also covered current country hits by Porter Wagoner

Porter Wagoner

Porter Wayne Wagoner was a popular American country music singer known for his flashy Nudie and Manuel suits and blond pompadour. He introduced the young Dolly Parton near the beginning of her career on his long-running television show, and they were a well-known duet throughout the late 1960s and...

 ("Big Wind"), and Jan Howard

Jan Howard

Lula Grace Johnson , known professionally as Jan Howard, is an American country music singer and Grand Ole Opry star. She attained moderate success as a country female vocalist during the 1960s and early 1970s...

 ("We Had All the Good Things Going").

Parton would later rerecord the title song for inclusion in her Heartbreak Express

Heartbreak Express

-Chart performance:-External links:*...

album in 1982.

In a CMT

CMT

- Medicine :* California mastitis test* Certified Massage Therapist* Cervical motion tenderness, a sign of pelvic inflammatory disease* Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease* Chemically modified tetracyclines* Circus Movement Tachycardia...

 interview with Patty Loveless

Patty Loveless

Patty Loveless , is an American country music singer.Since her emergence on the country music scene in late 1986 with her first album, Loveless has been one of the most popular female singers of the Neotraditional country movement, although she has also recorded albums in the Country pop and...

, Parton confirmed that the man in the corner of the album cover is her reclusive longtime husband, Carl Dean.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Dolly Parton; except where indicated

1. "In the Ghetto
   In the Ghetto
   "In the Ghetto" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Elvis Presley Music in 1969. It was written by Mac Davis and made famous by Elvis Presley who had a major comeback hit with the song in 1969. It was released in 1969 as a 45 rpm single with "Any Day Now" as the flip side...
   
   " (Mac Davis
   Mac Davis
   Mac Davis is a country music singer, songwriter, and actor originally from Lubbock, Texas who has enjoyed much crossover success...
   
   )
2. "Games People Play
   Games People Play (1969 song)
   "Games People Play" is a song written, composed and performed by singer/songwriter Joe South, released at the end of 1968.-Origins & inspirations:...
   
   " (Joe South
   Joe South
   Joe South is a multi-talented American singer-songwriter and guitarist.-Career:...
   
   )
3. "'Til Death Do Us Part"
4. "Big Wind" (Wayne P. Walker, Alex Zanetis, George McCormick)
5. "Evening Shade"
6. "I'm Fed Up With You" (Bill Owens)
7. "My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy"
8. "Daddy"
9. "We Had All The Good Things Going" (Marvin Shiner, Jerry Monday)
10. "The Monkey's Tale" (Leona Reese)
11. "Gypsy, Joe and Me"
12. "Home For Pete's Sake" (Rudy Preston)

Chart positions

Chart (1969)	Peak Position
The Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... (U.S.)	194
U.S. Top Country Albums	6

External links

• My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy at Dolly Parton On-Line