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Dolly Parton Ke značné popularitě Dolly Parton: Dolly pomohla i její nepřehlédnutelná Bárbína ze Smoky Mountains vizáž, a to zejména bujné poprsí a velká Padesát let na scéně, desítky hitů, pozornost D nd ixie-la blond paruka. Bě- bulvárních médií, ale hlavně spoustu výborné hem 70. let se stala muziky má za sebou Dolly Parton. Čím nás překvapí příště? ikonou, kterou znal prakticky celý svět i mimo oblast coun- songy, avšak nahrá- try. Dolly, která byla vací společnost trvala vždy trochu od rány, na tom, že se její hlas je na svůj vzhled ná- hodí spíš na pop. Její ležitě hrdá a mno- rané popové nahráv- hokrát prohlásila, ky však vůbec nebyly že „vypadat takhle úspěšné. Teprve když levně stojí spoustu se jedna z jejích skla- peněz“. Dolly také deb stala countryovým kdysi prozradila, že hitem v podání Billa se jednou inkognito Phillipse, v Monument přihlásila na soutěž Records dovolili Dolly dvojnic Dolly Parton a nepodařilo se jí zvítězit. Všechny nabídky ne- nahrávat country ma- chat se fotografovat nahá vždy odmítla, ačkoliv v roce 1978 nafotila teriál a ta se v roce sérii vyzývavých snímků pro Playboy. (Před mnoha lety Dolly údajně 1966 poprvé zviditel- v nadsázce prohlásila, že nahá se nechá fotografovat, až jí bude sto nila svým prvním hi- let – už tedy zbývá jen 28!) tem Dumb Blonde. Dolly Parton od samého počátku kariéry projevovala talent, o kterém V roce 1967 se Dolly si ostatní zpěvačky mohou nechat jen zdát. Psala si sama naprostou Parton ujal Porter Wa- většinu svých textů, a kromě toho mistrně ovládala celou řadu ná- goner a pozval ji jak strojů. Když jsem jí v roce 2011 viděl na koncertě ve Švédsku, tehdy do své televizní show, ve svých 65 letech během show postupně vystřídala 10 různých ná- tak i do zájezdního strojů od banja, houslí a steel kytary až po autoharfu a dudy (skotské, programu. Dolly vzpo- nikoliv ty její). Její muzikantství i showmanství můžeme skvěle vidět míná, že publikum ji podrobnosti nebyly nikdy zveřejněny, pouze se ví, že Wagonerovy po- v živém vystoupení písně Do I Ever Cross Your Mind, kde po skon- George Jones kdysi v jednom songu zpíval, že Dolly Parton má dva zpočátku vůbec nepři- žadavky pravidelně rozpalovaly Dolly do běla. Pár se po mnoha letech čení standardní verze zahraje zrychlenou variantu, která představuje velké důvody, proč je slavnou. Těch důvodů je však ve skutečnosti jalo a často skandovalo nakonec usmířil a roku 2007 Dolly držela Wagonera za ruku na smr- pomyslné přehrání LP desky na gramofonu s nastavenou rychlostí mnohem víc. Více než padesátiletou dráhu této ikony country music jméno zpěvačky Nor- telném lůžku v jeho posledním okamžiku. 45 RPM pro malé singly. si dnes představíme. my Jean, kterou Dolly Ke skladbě I Will Always Love You se pojí ještě jeden zajímavý pří- V roce 1987 se vrátila ke country music a spojila síly se zpěvačka- Dolly Parton se narodila v roce 1946 v horách na východě Tenne- ve Wagonerově skupi- běh. Ve stejný rok, kdy Dolly píseň vydala, o její nahrání projevil zá- mi Emmylou Harris a Lindou Ronstadt. Jejich společné album nazva- ssee a ačkoliv to řada lidí neví, Dolly je skutečně její pravé křestní ně nahradila. Dolly Par- jem Elvis Presley. Dolly souhlasila, ale jen do chvíle, kdy jí jeho mana- né Trio mělo obrovský úspěch a strávilo pět týdnů na 1. místě albové- jméno. Rodina byla velmi chudá a prostý život založený na odříkání ton a Porter Wagoner žer Colonel Parker sdělil, že Elvis bude vlastnit 50% podíl autorských ho žebříčku. V závěru 80. let si opět užívala slušný komerční úspěch a hluboké křesťanské víře se v jejích textech později často odrážel. Už utvořili úspěšné duo práv na píseň, stejně jako to dělá úplně se všemi skladbami, které a na vrchol hitparády umístila několik dalších hitů. Začátkem 90. let jako dítě se naučila hrát na podomácku vyrobenou kytaru, v 10 letech a během následujících šesti let zabodovali s celou řadou úspěšných nazpívá. Dolly s těžkým srdcem nakonec odmítla a toto rozhodnutí už byla Dolly považovaná za legendu, přestože jí bylo teprve 45 let. už pravidelně zpíva- duetů. Dolly kromě toho natáčela i sólové nahrávky a postupem času jí po letech vyneslo miliony dolarů. V roce 1992 si tuto píseň totiž Vydala ještě několik la v místním rádiu byla čím dál víc frustrovaná ze skutečnosti, že její sólové pokusy jsou vybral Kevin Costner do filmu Osobní strážce a v podání Whitney solidních desek, než a ve 13 letech se po- naprosto ignorovány a všechny zajímají jen její duety s Wagonerem. Houston se nahrávka stala celosvětovým hitem, který Dolly Parton jí převálcovala mla- prvé podívala do Na- Vše se změnilo v roce 1971, kdy Dolly poprvé vyhrála hitparádu s pís- na honorářích přinesl velké jmění. dá generace country shvillu, kde vystoupi- ní Joshua, brzy následovanou autobiografickou skladbou Coat Of V druhé polovině 70. let se Dolly orientovala více na pop. Její des- zpěvaček, které z rá- la v Grand Ole Opry Many Colors, která vypráví příběh jejího dětství a která se rovněž sta- ka Here You Come Again měla mimořádný úspěch, Dolly za ni do- dií prakticky vyhnaly a setkala se s John- la jednou z jejích nejznámějších písní. O dva roky později pak přišla stala cenu Grammy a deska se rovněž stala jejím prvním albem, jehož každého nad 40 – nym Cashem, který další velká pecka Jolene, která Dolly proslavila po celém světě. se prodalo přes milion kusů. V roce 1980 si spolu s herečkou Jane stejný scénář však ji povzbudil k vytrva- Začátkem 70. let byla z Dolly Parton slavná zpěvačka a tím pádem se Fonda zahrávala sekretářku ve filmu 9 To 5, ke kterému napsala titul- probíhal i mezi zpěvá- losti v dosažení jejího potřebovala vymanit z Wagonerova vlivu, aby se mohla plně soustře- ní song. Skladba se stala obřím hitem a vyhrála zároveň countryovou ky a kapelami a všich- snu. Následující den dit na sólovou dráhu. Wagoner měl totiž z Dolly už od konce 60. let i popovou hitparádu. Dolly tímto filmem zahájila rovněž sólovou dráhu ni starší umělci muse- po maturitě si pak zlatý důl a smluvně měl ošetřenou kontrolu nad všemi jejími texty, na- dráhu herečky, ve které se zaměřila na spíše ženské snímky. li zkrátka ustoupit. sbalila uzlíček a od- hrávkami i účinkováním v jeho show. K finálnímu rozhodnutí jeho sou- V dalších letech se s Burtem Reynoldsem objevila v hudební kome- Přestože v polovině stěhovala se do Na- bor opustit Dolly dospěla v roce 1974. Napsala pro něho píseň I Will dii Nejlepší bordýlek v Texasu, v trapném propadáku Kočičí zlato se 90. let její komerční shvillu, kde se začala Always Love You a když mu jí poprvé přehrála, dojatý Wagoner sou- snažila ze Sylvestra Stalloneho udělat country hvězdu (to měla vzdát úspěch prudce pokle- živit jako textařka. hlasil, že ji propustí pod podmínkou, že tuto píseň bude moci sám už po přečtení scénáře) a významnou roli sehrála i v utahaném slaďá- sl, Dolly nezahálela Psal se rok 1964 produkovat. Tak se stalo a skladba I Will Always Love You téhož roku ku Ocelové magnólie. a natočila společné a Dolly bylo 18 let. vyletěla na 1. místo hitparády. Díky filmům a velké oblibě u popového publika si Dolly získala ješ- album s Lorettou Lynn Po nějaké době Dolly se vydala na sólovou dráhu a Wagoner brzy zjistil, o jaký zdroj tě více příznivců. Své úspěchy v oblasti popu pak završila v roce a Tammy Wynet- v Nashvillu začala příjmů tím přišel, tak milou Dolly roku 1979 zažaloval o 3 miliony do- 1985 megahitem Islands In The Stream, který natočila jako duet te pod názvem Hon- také natáčet vlastní larů. Vleklý spor byl začátkem 80. let mimosoudně vypořádán a jeho s Kennym Rogersem. ky Tonk Angels, roku 28 | CHROM & PLAMENY CHROM & PLAMENY | 29 HUDBA DREW MORELAND – DREW MORELAND Texas, to není jen stát. Texas, to je stav mysli, stav duše. Jako učebnicový příklad texaské country by se dala použít deska, se kterou právě debutuje čtyřiatřicetiletý ro- dák ze San Antonia Drew Moreland. Pláně i hory svého rodného státu obráží sám i se svou kapelou The Neon Hustle teprve od roku 2016, ale za písně z vlastní autorské dílny, které na albu najdete, by se nemusely stydět ani renomované country hvězdy. Drewovi se podařilo vyvarovat se obvyklých klišé typu pickupy, holky a pivo značky Lonestar a místo toho vás provede po zapadlých prašných cestách i opuštěných dálnicích západního Texasu. Rozžhavené slunce pozvolna zapadá a do krvava zbarvený písek se míchá s roztaveným asfal- tem, stejně jako se hřích potkává s vykoupením, tradiční hodnoty s pokušením a ztracené duše s těmi, kteří v zápase o své místo na světle (zatím) uspěli. Drew Moreland je přesně tam, kde má být a kde mu Další silné album přišlo v roce 2011, jme- produkovala muzikál 9 To 5 pro Broadway, je dobře. Jeho hlas má přesně tu správnou dávku naléhavého amatérismu i přesvědčivosti, kapela za ním novalo se Better Day a Dolly v rámci jeho provozuje síť restaurací a v Pigeon Forge se spolehlivě drží osvědčeného outlaw soundu s dominantními kytarovými a steelkovými sóly, zbytečně propagace zavítala i do Evropy. Kolekce Blue v Tennessee má už od roku 1986 dokonce nevyčnívá ani nepřehlušuje to podstatné – Drewovy příběhy. Největší peckou desky je jednoznačně oteví- Smoke přišla v roce 2014, opět podpořená svůj vlastní zábavní park Dollywood, kte- rák a stoprocentní hit Road Stone, který vás správně naladí a navnadí k poslechu celého alba a pak si ho světovým turné a zatím poslední desku na- rý ročně navštíví 3 miliony turistů. V rámci s největší pravděpodobností pustíte znova. • www.drewmoreland.com 1995 se dostalo velké pozornosti nové verzi později navázala spolupráci s řetězcem restau- zvanou Pure & Simple vydala Dolly v roce svých charitativních akcí už léta provozuje písně I Will Always Love You v duetu s Vincem rací Cracker Barrel, pro které vydala exkluzivně 2016.
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