My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy was Dolly Parton's fourth solo album and the last she recorded in the 1960s. The producer Bob Ferguson recorded it in May and June 1969 at RCA Studio B in Nashville. It became her first solo album in the top ten of the country chart and her first on the Billboard 200.

Many songs tell a story. In the title song a girl from a small town in New Orleans becomes a prostitute and dreams of the boy she left behind. Evening Shade is about an orphanage where the children set fire to the building. In Daddy a daughter begs her father not to leave her mother for a younger woman. There are also covers of In the Ghetto and Games People Play. Billboard called it her best album so far. Rolling Stone later included Evening Shade and the title song in its list of her best songs.

Listening

Track list

1. 1In the Ghetto2:51Apple Music ↗
2. 2Games People Play2:26Apple Music ↗
3. 3'Til Death Do Us Part3:09Apple Music ↗
4. 4Big Wind2:18Apple Music ↗
5. 5Evening Shade (Remastered)3:22Apple Music ↗
6. 6I'm Fed Up with You2:00Apple Music ↗
7. 7My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy3:32Apple Music ↗
8. 8Daddy2:51Apple Music ↗
9. 9We Had All the Good Things Going2:46Apple Music ↗
10. 10The Monkey's Tale1:51Apple Music ↗
11. 11Gypsy, Joe and Me3:14Apple Music ↗
12. 12Home for Pete's Sake1:00Apple Music ↗

30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗