When Dolly Parton embarked as a solo artist, she hired a new band made up of the best people she knew: her family members. Parton began touring with her siblings and cousins. She quickly realized this had been a mistake. While she thought her family members were talented, she didn’t think they were the right group for her solo career.
Dolly Parton said she should not have hired her family
After Parton left The Porter Wagoner Show, she began to reshape her career to better suit her desires. She hired multiple family members to join her as her backing band on tour.
“I felt like my dream was on course,” she wrote in the book Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business. “I put together a new band made up mostly of family members and called it the Traveling Family Band. It included brothers and sisters and a few cousins.
Dolly Parton said she should not have hired her family
After Parton left The Porter Wagoner Show, she began to reshape her career to better suit her desires. She hired multiple family members to join her as her backing band on tour.
“I felt like my dream was on course,” she wrote in the book Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business. “I put together a new band made up mostly of family members and called it the Traveling Family Band. It included brothers and sisters and a few cousins.
- 4/5/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Dolly Parton is one of country music’s biggest stars, and she’s known for her incredible music, beautiful looks, and philanthropy. While celebrities Today come and go with the trends, everyone loves Parton — even the Kardashians. Khloé Kardashian posted a big thank you to Parton after Parton stated that she felt “absolutely floored” by Kardashian’s support of her baking venture.
Dolly Parton said she’s ‘absolutely floored’ that Khloé Kardashian shared her Duncan Hines baking products Dolly Parton | Jon Morgan/CBS via Getty Image
Everyone loves Dolly Parton, and the Kardashians are no different. In early March 2024, Parton promoted her line of baking products with Duncan Hines. The collection includes Blueberry Muffin Mix, Cinnamon Swirl Crumb Cake & Muffin Mix, Cinnamon Swirl Crumb Cake & Muffin Mix, Creamy Chocolate Buttercream Frosting, a Parton-inspired oven mitt, collectible magnet, recipe cards, and more.
“Sugar and spice and everything nice! Well, that’s...
Dolly Parton said she’s ‘absolutely floored’ that Khloé Kardashian shared her Duncan Hines baking products Dolly Parton | Jon Morgan/CBS via Getty Image
Everyone loves Dolly Parton, and the Kardashians are no different. In early March 2024, Parton promoted her line of baking products with Duncan Hines. The collection includes Blueberry Muffin Mix, Cinnamon Swirl Crumb Cake & Muffin Mix, Cinnamon Swirl Crumb Cake & Muffin Mix, Creamy Chocolate Buttercream Frosting, a Parton-inspired oven mitt, collectible magnet, recipe cards, and more.
“Sugar and spice and everything nice! Well, that’s...
- 3/23/2024
- by Lauren Weiler
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Dolly Parton just can not stop herself. This country music icon and megastar does not know the meaning of slow down. To prove this, the “I Will Always Love” singer teamed up with her sister, Rachel Parton George, to create cookbook. The cookbook is titled “Good Lookin’ Cookin’.”
Dolly Parton and Rachel Parton George
Dolly Parton and Rachel Parton George are only two the 11 children their parents had. They grew up together in Sevierville, Tennessee, near the Smoky Mountains.
These two sisters grew up eating their mother’s down-home cooking. They then grew up to cook that same food as adults. Dolly Parton and her younger sister are now sharing that down-home cooking with the world.
The Recipes In The Dolly Parton Cookbook
The Parton sisters have shared more than 80 of their family recipes. In “Good Lookin’ Cookin’,” cooks will find family recipes such as macaroni and cheese, spare ribs and strawberry shortcake.
Dolly Parton and Rachel Parton George
Dolly Parton and Rachel Parton George are only two the 11 children their parents had. They grew up together in Sevierville, Tennessee, near the Smoky Mountains.
These two sisters grew up eating their mother’s down-home cooking. They then grew up to cook that same food as adults. Dolly Parton and her younger sister are now sharing that down-home cooking with the world.
The Recipes In The Dolly Parton Cookbook
The Parton sisters have shared more than 80 of their family recipes. In “Good Lookin’ Cookin’,” cooks will find family recipes such as macaroni and cheese, spare ribs and strawberry shortcake.
- 3/8/2024
- by Emma Riley Sutton
- Country Music Alley
Dolly Parton was used to hearing rumors about herself in high school. Her peers resented her for being locally famous. The girls, especially, didn’t like her due to the way she dressed and carried herself. So when the “Coat of Many Colors” singer heard the rumor that her younger sister Rachel was actually her own daughter, she wasn’t surprised.
The rumor that Dolly Parton’s sister Rachel is actually her daughter
Dolly started performing on The Cas Walker Show when she was 10 years old. She worked for grocery store mogul Cas Walker into her high school years. When she was 14, a “real good-looking guy” named Curly Dan Bailey worked with her on the show.
“Even though I was only fourteen at the time, the rumor spread that I had gotten pregnant by Curly Dan and that Rachel was actually my illegitimate child by him,” Dolly wrote in her 1994 memoir,...
The rumor that Dolly Parton’s sister Rachel is actually her daughter
Dolly started performing on The Cas Walker Show when she was 10 years old. She worked for grocery store mogul Cas Walker into her high school years. When she was 14, a “real good-looking guy” named Curly Dan Bailey worked with her on the show.
“Even though I was only fourteen at the time, the rumor spread that I had gotten pregnant by Curly Dan and that Rachel was actually my illegitimate child by him,” Dolly wrote in her 1994 memoir,...
- 7/5/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Dolly Parton grew up in the mountains of East Tennessee. She had a childhood that’s worlds away from the life she lives now. Once, the Queen of Country went into what getting disciplined was like for herself and her siblings.
Dolly Parton | Ian Gavan/Getty Images Dolly Parton said she and her siblings were not ‘abused’
In Parton’s first memoir, Dolly Parton: My Life and Other Unfinished Business, the “Coat of Many Colors” singer wanted to make something clear: she was not coming out saying she “was abused” as a child “as some celebrities have.”
“None of us kids were,” she wrote. “We were not beaten. We got plain old Tennessee butt whippin’s. And in truth, we deserved them.”
Her intention was to explain what life was like in the mountains growing up. How her parents disciplined her and her siblings was a big part of that.
Dolly Parton | Ian Gavan/Getty Images Dolly Parton said she and her siblings were not ‘abused’
In Parton’s first memoir, Dolly Parton: My Life and Other Unfinished Business, the “Coat of Many Colors” singer wanted to make something clear: she was not coming out saying she “was abused” as a child “as some celebrities have.”
“None of us kids were,” she wrote. “We were not beaten. We got plain old Tennessee butt whippin’s. And in truth, we deserved them.”
Her intention was to explain what life was like in the mountains growing up. How her parents disciplined her and her siblings was a big part of that.
- 5/13/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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