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Article: Dolly Parton returns to real country roots
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- April 26, 1989
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. A year after the failure of her highly touted
network TV show, Dolly Parton has returned to her roots: the country
music she learned growing up in a two-room shack in the Smoky
Mountains.
The 43-year-old performer, marking her 25th year as an
entertainer, was raised in an east Tennessee hollow, the fourth of 12
children. Parton recently released her 50th album, "White Limozeen."
She will be touring this summer, with a June 25 concert scheduled at
the Poplar Creek Music Theatre in Hoffman Estates.
Parton said her new album is "very country. It's a good album
for me to do at this time. It's very true to what I do best. It
captures a lot of the old sound I used to do years ...