Vol. 5, No. 5, May 2008
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Backwoods Barbie
Dolly Parton performs Saturday, May 3 at 8 p.m. at Borgata’s Event Center. Tickets are $65, $85, $95 and $125.
Country superstar Dolly Parton has been knocking ’em dead since she debuted (at age 13!) at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry. She signed her first record deal a year later, became famous as a singer on country legend Porter Wagoner’s TV show, and went on to become one of the most accomplished and diverse performers in show business. Rescheduling her show from March, Parton returns to Atlantic City on May 3 at the Borgata.
Arguably the most famous female country singer of all time, Parton is also an acclaimed composer and instrumentalist with hits like “My Tennessee Mountain Home,” “Here You Come Again,” “Those Memories of You” and “9 to 5.”
Expect to hear songs from her 2005 album, Those Were the Days, a collection of folk and pop tunes from the ’60s and ’70s, as well as new songs from Backwoods Barbie, released in February. Parton is calling the album her first compilation of mainstream country music in 17 years.
For the Backwoods Barbie World Tour, Parton will perform hits from her storied career, which includes 25 No. 1 hits, seven Grammy Awards, 10 Country Music Association Awards, five Academy of Country Music Awards and three American Music Awards. She wrote nine of the songs on the new album, including the current hit single and video, “Better Get to Livin’.”
Backed by a seven-piece band and a trio of support vocalists, Dolly still knows how to put on a heck of a show.
