Heartsongs: Live from Home is a live album by Dolly Parton, released on September 27, 1994. Recorded at a concert at Parton's theme park Dollywood, the album featured a mix of Parton originals and traditional folk songs. "To Daddy" was one of Parton's compositions that she had never previously released; Emmylou Harris, who recorded the song in 1978, took her recording of the song to the U.S. country singles top three). The campy "PMS Blues" went on to become a concert favorite, and received a fair amount of airplay as an album track. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh sang Irish vocals on "Barbara Allen".
"Heartsongs: Live From Home" spoke of Parton's desire to share her roots with her fans and celebrates the rich musical heritage of the Smoky Mountains. In an interview right before she recorded the album, Parton said,
"It's about my life and my roots and my growing up days… It's about the connection between the Scottish music, the Irish music, the English music, and the Welsh music that has been brought over to the Smoky Mountains that I grew up singing."
The original song "To Daddy" was a first-time recording for Parton, but had been released in an earlier version by Emmylou Harris.
Track listing
Personnel
Altan - vocals Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh - vocals, fiddle Frankie Kennedy - flute Ciaran Curran - bouzouki Daithi Gproule - guitar Ciaran Tourish - fiddle Dermot Bryne - accordion Jerry O'Sullivan - uilleann pipes Timothy White - photography Alison Krauss - harmony vocals, fiddle Suzanne Cox - harmony vocals Rhonda Vincent - harmony vocals Darrin Vincent - harmony vocals Carl Jackson - harmony vocals, guitar Randy Scruggs - guitar Harry Stinson - drums Roy Huskey Jr. - upright bass Jimmy Matthingly - fiddle David Lindley - Bronson acoustic steel, Hawaiian acoustic steel, dulcimer, autoharp, claw hammer banjo Adam Steffey - mandolin Ron Block - banjo Ronnie McCoury - mandolin Robbie Mercury - banjo Pig Robbing - piano Jerry Douglas - dobro Bruce Watkins - guitar Steve Buckingham - guitar Viktor Krauss - upright bass Richard Dennison - background vocals Jennifer O'Brien-Enoch - background vocals Lisa Silver - background vocals Louis Nunley - background vocals
Chart performance Chart (1994) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.175 Canadian RPM Country Albums 7 UK Country Compilations (OCC) 6 US Cash Box Top Albums92 US Cashbox Country Albums8
References
External links Heartsongs: Live from Home at dollyon-line.com