My Tennessee Mountain Home

My Tennessee Mountain Home
My Tennessee Mountain Home
Studio album by Dolly Parton
Released March 28, 1973
Recorded RCA Studios, Nashville
Genre Country
Length 31:31
Label RCA
Producer Bob Ferguson
Dolly Parton chronology
My Favorite Songwriter: Porter Wagoner
(1972)
My Tennessee Mountain Home
(1973)
Bubbling Over
(1973)
Singles from My Tennessee Mountain Home
  1. "My Tennessee Mountain Home"
    Released: January 6, 1973
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]
Music Box 3.5/5 stars[2]
(?)[3]
Robert Christgau (?)[4]
Uncut 4/5 stars[5]

My Tennessee Mountain Home, released in 1973, is the eleventh solo studio album by Dolly Parton, the title track of which became one of her better known compositions. Largely a concept album about her childhood in rural Tennessee, the album began with a recitation of the first letter Parton wrote to her parents, shortly after moving from her hometown of Sevierville, Tennessee to Nashville in 1964. Most of the songs were fond reminiscences of her youth and family, though in one song, "In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)", Parton candidly admits that though she is grateful for the lessons the poverty of her childhood taught her, she is no hurry to repeat the experience. The final cut on the album, "Down on Music Row", recounts her first days on Nashville's Music Row, scrambling to get a record deal, and thanking those who helped her along the way (making specific mention of Chet Atkins and RCA's Bob Ferguson).

Though neither the album nor the title single were huge commercial hits for Parton — neither cracked the top ten on the U.S. country singles or albums charts — they remain fondly remembered by her fans; the My Tennessee Mountain Home album is among the most critically praised albums in Parton's catalogue.

In later years, Parton has used the song "My Tennessee Mountain Home" as something of a theme song for her Dollywood theme park.

The house pictured on the album cover was the house the Parton family lived in during late 1940s and early 1950s.

In 2010, Sony Music reissued the 2007 CD My Tennessee Mountain Home in a triple-feature CD set with Coat of Many Colors and Jolene.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Dolly Parton

No. Title Length
1. "The Letter"   2:03
2. "I Remember"   3:42
3. "Old Black Kettle"   2:32
4. "Daddy's Working Boots"   2:52
5. "Dr. Robert F. Thomas"   2:36
6. "In the Good Old Days (When Times were Bad)"   3:26
7. "My Tennessee Mountain Home"   3:05
8. "Wrong Direction Home"   2:28
9. "Back Home"   2:44
10. "The Better Part of Life"   3:13
11. "Down on Music Row"   2:58

Personnel

  • Dolly Parton – vocals, guitar
  • Jimmy Colvard – guitar
  • Jimmy Capps – guitar
  • Dave Kirby – guitar
  • Bobby Thompson – guitar
  • Chip Young – guitar
  • Pete Drake – pedal steel guitar
  • Don Warden – dobro
  • Bobby Dyson – bass
  • Jerry Carrigan – drums
  • Buck Trent – banjo
  • Mack Magah – fiddle
  • Johnny Gimble – fiddle
  • Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
  • Charlie McCoy – harmonica
  • Mary Hoephinger – harp
  • Background vocals – The Nashville Edition

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Music Box review
  3. ^ review
  4. ^ Robert Christgau review
  5. ^ Alastair McKay Uncut, May 2007, Issue 120

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