In part two of Stephen Deusner’s interview with Steacy Easton, we delve further into Dolly Parton’s tightly controlled persona and how she has navigated country music’s conventions. Steacy and Stephen also discuss mainstream country music more generally, and who it allows to bend the confines of the genre.
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What comes to mind when you think about Dolly Parton? The country girl, the blonde burlesque, the pop legend, the gospel singer, the music icon?
Author Steacy Easton, interviewed here by Stephen Deusner, explores the complex and carefully-crafted persona that Dolly has constructed over the course of 7 decades. Steacy explains why they chose to pitch White Limozeen in the 33 1/3 open call, where this album fits within the larger Dolly Parton story, and how Dolly has cultivated a public identity that her audience connects with.
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