"I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton

It takes an extremely strong song to top the charts three
separate times in three separate decades, but "I Will Always Love
You" is just such a song. Written and recorded (twice) by Dolly
Parton and then re-recorded in show-stopping fashion by Whitney
Houston, the ballad has morphed from a fond farewell to a former
mentor, to a theatrical goodbye to a lover, to a soaring ode to
the very notions of love and loss. We follow that journey from
the beginning, with all the vocal tricks, dramatic line-readings,
and epic key changes that were added along the way.


Band/Artist: Dolly Parton & Whitney Houston


Albums: Jolene (1974), The Best Little
Whorehouse in Texas (1982), and The Bodyguard
soundtrack (1992)


Composed by: Dolly Parton


Listen/Buy (Jolene) via Album.Link


Listen/Buy (TBLWIT) via Album.Link


Listen/Buy (The Bodyguard) via Album.Link


ALSO REFERENCED/DISCUSSED:


The sensational new WNYC podcast Dolly Parton's
America

"The Last Thing On My Mind" by Dolly Parton and Porter
Wagoner

"Applejack" by Dolly Parton from New Harvest...First
Gathering, 1977

"Let It Go" from Frozen performed by Idina Menzel



OUTRO SOLOIST: Dan Nervo


Mr. Dan Nervo has the tiller for this episode's outro solo. Dan
plays guitar all around the San Francisco Bay Area in bands like
Neon Velvet, and also teaches private guitar lessons. Hit him up
if you want to get really good at guitar:
https://www.facebook.com/DanNervoGuitarLessons/


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