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JOY Drive

5 Dec 2020

Dolly Parton on JOY Drive

Arts, TV & Film, Uncategorized

Dolly Parton is one of the world’s most prolific contemporary songwriters, one of the most respected musical artists, a friend and ally to the LGBTIQA+ community, Grammy Award Winner, Academy Award Winner, a major financial backer of the team searching for the COVID-19 vaccine in the US and the woman that might just single handedly save Christmas 2020. #dollysaveschristmas

JOY Drive’s Dee Mason caught up with Dolly via the magic of zoom recently.
They chat about her new book Songteller: My Life in Lyrics, a collection of lyrics and the stories behind them. She also stars in and has written the original music for the new Netflix special Christmas on the Square –  and has released a new Christmas album called A Holly Dolly Christmas.  

 

BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO HERE:

 

PODCAST AUDIO HERE!

 

 

 

Team Dolly @ Joy949

Presenter: Dee Mason, JOY Drive

Content producer: Arion Potts
JOY Drive producer: Jean Maloney
Social Media:  Ananya and Alejandra
JOY CEO: Ange Barry
Program Dir

ector: Rachel Tyler Jones
Tech support:  Michael “Jiggle the Cable” Strauss
Editing support:  Jordan Johnston 
Video and editing: Gail Davidson at DoubleDink
Special Thanks to Warren Andrew.

 

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