Live And Well
Live album by
Dolly Parton
ReleasedSeptember 14, 2004
RecordedDecember 12–13, 2002
GenreCountry
Length102:38
LabelSugar Hill
ProducerDolly Parton, Gary Davis, The Blueniques
Dolly Parton chronology
For God and Country
(2003)		 Live And Well
(2004)		 Those Were the Days
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Uncut[2]
Austin Chronicle[3]
PopMatters[4]

Live and Well is a live album by Dolly Parton, released on September 14, 2004. It was recorded during her 2002 Halos & Horns Tour, her first in years; the performances on December 12 and 13, 2002 were used. A DVD of the concert was released simultaneously with the album.

Critical reception

Will Harris of PopMatters writes, "Live and Well is a document of Parton's 2002 tour, released simultaneously on CD and DVD, and, unlike a lot of live albums, this is a proper souvenir of one of her concerts, complete with the chatter between numbers that's so often cut from live records. Obviously, this is good news for her fans, many of who probably weren't able to catch one of those performances (she only did 14 shows); for others, however, it has its ups and downs."[4]

Uncut says, "the return-to-the-mountain bluegrass of recent years ("The Grass Is Blue", "Shine", "Little Sparrow", "I'm Gone") is brilliantly served by one of the most irresistible forces in the history of country."[2]

David McPherson of Exclaim! writes in his review that, "Live and Well confirms that musically and physically Parton is just that; as this country crooner approaches 60, she is still as energetic and youthful as ever."[5]

The Austin Chronicle's Christopher Gray writes, "Ebullient as ever, Parton's banter is as much fun as the music; cornier than an Iowa silo, she's full of zingers."[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dolly Parton, unless otherwise noted

Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Orange Blossom Special"Ervin T. Rouse1:42
2."Train, Train"Shorty Medlocke2:34
3."The Grass is Blue" 2:32
4."Mountain Angel" 8:23
5."Shine"Ed Roland5:18
6."Little Sparrow" 4:43
7."Rocky Top"
2:55
8."My Tennessee Mountain Home" 3:26
9."Coat of Many Colors" 5:18
10."Smoky Mountain Memories" 5:36
11."Applejack" 4:33
12."Marry Me" 3:22
Total length:50:22
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Halos and Horns" 5:06
2."I'm Gone" 4:17
3."Dagger Through the Heart" 3:57
4."If"David Gates4:08
5."After the Gold Rush"Neil Young3:38
6."9 to 5" 3:22
7."Jolene" 3:50
8."A Cappella Medley
  • Barry Gibb
  • Robin Gibb
  • Maurice Gibb
  • Barry Mann
  • Cynthia Weil
  • Bob Carlisle
  • Randy Thomas
Dolly Parton		6:08
9."We Irish" 4:45
10."Stairway to Heaven"Robert Plant and Jimmy Page7:38
11."I Will Always Love You" 5:18
Total length:52:07
  • The DVD track list is the same as the one for the CD with the exception that the first two songs on the DVD ("Orange Blossom Special" and "Train, Train") are listed as a single track.[1]
  • Track information verified from the album's liner notes.[6]

Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[7] 161
US Top Country Albums[8] 22
US Independent Albums[9] 12

Personnel

  • Dolly Parton - vocals
The Blueniques
  • Gary Davis - banjo, acoustic guitar
  • Richard Dennison - acoustic guitar, keyboards, vocals
  • Randy Kohrs - resonator guitar, vocals
  • Jimmy Mattingly - fiddle
  • Brent Truitt - mandolin
  • Steve Turner - drums
  • Jay Weaver - acoustic bass guitar
  • Kent Wells - acoustic guitar, vocals

References

  1. 1 2 Horowitz, Hal. Live and Well at AllMusic. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Dolly Parton – Live And Well". Uncut. 1 November 2004. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  3. 1 2 Gray, Christopher (24 December 2004). "Dolly Parton – Live And Well". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  4. 1 2 Harris, Will (19 January 2005). "Dolly Parton – Live And Well". PopMatters. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  5. ↑ McPherson, David (1 November 2004). "Dolly Parton – Live And Well". Exclaim!. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  6. ↑ Live and Well (liner notes). Dolly Parton. Sugar Hill. 2004.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ↑ "Dolly Parton Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. 1 October 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Dolly Parton Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. 1 October 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Dolly Parton Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. 1 October 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
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