Not Dumb, Not Blonde: Dolly In Conversation

Dolly Parton · Randy Schmidt

Oct 2017 · Omnibus Press

About this ebook

Born in poverty in Tennessee, Dolly Rebecca Parton had ambition and determination in spades. Her first single, the ironic Dumb Blonde, launched the now legendary career of a singer-songwriter with a pure country voice and a gift for story-telling.

Smart as a whip, Dolly Parton shrugged aside the male-dominated world of Nashville to command her own destiny, creating huge business enterprise in the process: She owns Dollywood theme park and other hospitality venues; she has hosted her own television programs and appeared in films with Jane Fonda, Burt Reynolds and Sylvester Stallone; her Imagination Library project sends free books to children all over the world – For Dolly, dreams are everything and nothing – you gotta roll your sleeves up and get stuck in.

Collating interviews and encounters with Dolly Parton from 1967 onwards, Not Dumb Not Blonde proves just that. As in her songs, she is unfailingly entertaining, frank and feisty. These are the words of an artist and performer who, beneath the bravado, is deadly serious about her music and career, and this duality proves to be a touching, insightful and joyous read.

Ratings and reviews

dolly parton is an ugly toothpick ironing board bimbo hag and not worth the powder to blow her brains out.

Looks like Nick R. was once rejected by the great Dolly. Can’t imagine what else could inspire such acrimonious commentary on the person instead of a review of the book in question. Unless of course Nick is just a misogynist and feels this way about over half the world’s population. Also, great read 👍

All the haters are just jealous of her beauty fame and success