The Grass Is Blue

Infobox Album |
Name = The Grass is Blue
Type = Album
Artist = Dolly Parton


Released = October 1999
Recorded = 1999
Genre = Bluegrass
Length = 44.6 minutes
Label = Sugar Hill
Producer = Steve Buckingham
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:aw7zeflk1gf8 link]
Last album = "Precious Memories" (1999)
This album = "The Grass is Blue" (1999)
Next album = "Little Sparrow" (2001)

"The Grass is Blue" is a bluegrass album by Dolly Parton, released in October 1999. In addition to rejuvenating Parton's then lagging career, the album, along with the "O Brother, Where Art Thou" soundtrack and the work of Alison Krauss, is credited with making bluegrass a hugely popular musical genre during the early 2000s. Though the album received little airplay on mainstream country radio, it sold well (peaking at number 24 on the U.S. country albums charts), and was among the most critically acclaimed albums of Parton's career, making many critics' year-end "best of" lists.

The songs included a mixture of Parton originals and folk and bluegrass standards, as well as a Billy Joel cover. "Silver Dagger", a late nineteenth century ballad, had been popularized by Joan Baez during the early 1960s. Norah Jones would later record the title song on a 2003 Parton tribute album.

Track listing

#"Travelin' Prayer" (Billy Joel)
#"Cash on the Barrelhead" (Louvin Brothers)
#"A Few Old Memories" (Hazel Dickens)
#"I'm Gonna Sleep With One Eye Open" (Lester Flatt , Earl Scruggs)
#"Steady As the Rain" (Dolly Parton)
#"I Still Miss Someone" (Johnny Cash)
#"Endless Stream of Tears" (Dolly Parton)
#"Silver Dagger" (Traditional)
#"Train, Train" (Shorty Medlocke)
#"I Wonder Where You Are Tonight" (Johnny Bond)
#"Will He Be Waiting For Me" (Dolly Parton)
#"The Grass Is Blue" (Dolly Parton)
#"I Am Ready" (Rachel Parton Dennison)

At the album charts

External links

* [http://www.dollyon-line.com/archives/albums/grassblue/index.shtml The Grass Is Blue at Dolly Parton On-Line]