Good Golly, Miss Dolly!

Courtesy of Dolly Records, 2011.

No, actually, I didn't know that Dolly Parton could play at least nine different instruments, without missing a beat for a solid two-and-a-half hour showcase.
Happy Birthday to ME!
Last night's Cedar Park Center concert, regardless of the tight seat rows and eleven dollar frozen corn syrup drinks, proved that age 65, Dolly isn't slowing down anytime soon. 

Aside from the wonderful emotional turmoil she put me through, choosing to sing "Precious Memories" (a cappella) and "Coat of Many Colors" back-to-back, I honestly couldn't stop staring at her wonderfully petite knees and legs.  She donned professional ballroom dancing six-inch tan-colored heels.  In the middle of the second set to my humongous surprise, she busted right out in full shimmy, red sequins and fringe flying, covering the legendary Ike & Tina's "River Deep, Mountain High.''

Smokey Mountain anecdotes about her ''Mamma and Daddy'' allowed for some tear-shedding and reflection, followed by a quick preview of some of her upcoming releases on "Better Day'' and original soundtrack recordings for Warner Bros upcoming gospel comedy "Joyful  Noise", which will feature a duet with Queen Latifah no doubt.  Diva overload!

To wrap up the rhinestone-ladened evening, Dolly jokingly made no concessions  in regards to Whitney Houston's enormously successful cover of Parton's Porter Wagner-days chart topper, "I Will Always Love You.''  The original proved to still reign supreme. She did, however, mention that she "loved Whitney Houston,'' for the record.

 Dolly Performs ''Coat of Many Colors''