Little Sparrow

Little Sparrow

Infobox Album |
Name = Little Sparrow
Type = Album
Artist = Dolly Parton


Released = January 2001
Recorded = Nashville, Los Angeles, 2000
Genre = folk, bluegrass
Length = 52:41
Label = Sugar Hill
Producer = Steve Buckingham
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:nzr9288c053a link]
Last album = "The Grass Is Blue" (1999)
This album = "Little Sparrow" (2001)
Next album = "Halos & Horns" (2002)

"Little Sparrow" is the 38th studio album by Dolly Parton, the second in Parton's trilogy of folk/bluegrass albums released between 1999 and 2002. While The Grass Is Blue from 1999, the album's predecessor, featured straightforward bluegrass, "Little Sparrow" — released in early 2001 — featured a blend of Appalachian folk, bluegrass and country gospel styles. Each of the musical styles is a notable part of the culture from Parton's East Tennessee upbringing. In addition to a number of traditional songs and Parton's own compositions, the album featured a reworking of the Collective Soul hit "Shine", as well as a bluegrass version of Cole Porter's "I Get a Kick Out of You". The album received positive reviews and reached number 12 on the U.S. country albums chart, Parton's highest charting solo album in nearly a decade. The album was dedicated to the memory of Dolly's father, Lee Parton.

Among the backing musicians were members of the alternative bluegrass band Nickel Creek, Allison Krauss, and members of Irish Traditional band Altan, whose singer, Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh sung Irish Gaelic vocals on the album.

Parton's recording of "Shine" won a Grammy for best female country vocal performance. The track "Marry Me" was later featured in the Reese Witherspoon film "Sweet Home Alabama". In 2008, David Cook, the winner of the seventh season of "American Idol", performed a cover of the song "Little Sparrow" with his own arrangement.

Track listing

# Little Sparrow (Dolly Parton)
# Shine (Ed Roland)
# I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby
# My Blue Tears (Dolly Parton)
# Seven Bridges Road (Steve Young)
# Bluer Pastures (Dolly Parton)
# A Tender Lie (Randy Sharp)
# I Get a Kick Out of You
# Mountain Angel (Dolly Parton)
# Marry Me (Dolly Parton)
# Down From Dover (Dolly Parton)
# The Beautiful Lie (David "Butch" McDade)
# In The Sweet By And By
# Reprise: Little Sparrow (Dolly Parton)

At the album charts

External links

* [http://www.dollyon-line.com/archives/albums/sparrow/index.shtml Little Sparrow at Dolly Parton On-Line]


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