Dolly Parton, Down From Dover, Live at her old high school in 1979

Dolly tells the story behind "Down From Dover" before performing the song.

Found this in storage after 30 years. October 6, 1979, the same day she attended the dedication of the Dolly Parton Parkway.

Her family was there, including her daddy and grandpa. Her daddy was working the t-shirt stand for something to do, but said "hush" to us when we spoke to him--he didn't want anyone to know who he was so he wouldn't get mobbed by people.

If there's any interest, I'll upload the rest of the concert.

Recorded on a Panasonic industrial VHS camera and recorder.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Down From Dover
• Dolly Parton
• Gypsy Fever
• Greg Perry
• 1979
• live concert
• sevier county high school
• sevierville
• smokey mountains

[BigCJFan]

@marcosvalenca I'm sorry but I don't know that one by name and CJ stands for Crossing Jordan.

[marcosvalenca]

@BigCJFan Do you know Dolly's "Mountain Angel"? Haunting, isn't it? Changing subject: Who is CJ, the one you are a fan of?

[BigCJFan]

@marcosvalenca "Me and little Andy" was my favorite song when I was a child. I always visualized Raggedy Ann and Andy then when I was old enough to understand the words to this song it surpassed my love for "Me and little Andy". I wish this song had a karaoke version to it.

[marcosvalenca]

I love Dolly's story telling. Another interesting touching song of hers is "Me and Little Andy".

[pottsking]

OMG this footage is priceless. Thank you so much for this, I can't wait to watch the rest

[fabgourmet]

Wow! Please upload EVERYTHING (if there is any left!).

In shock....

[jealousebone31]

what a great add!

[dollyabba]

good version

thank you

[mthivier]

It is really astonishing when one considers that Dolly wrote this song during the late '60s and first recorded it in 1970. A song of this depth has much more in common with the beautiful ancient folk ballads (that always ended in tragedy) that Joan Baez and Judy Collins began their careers with than anything relating to commercial country music at the turn of the '70s.