the of mirror eye

* Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton: The Pain Of Loving You (3.5 mb) | Wildflowers (5.5 mb) | Rosewood Casket (4.5 mb)
From Trio : Warner Bros Records

I can’t believe, just a week and a half ago, me and a friend were roadtrippin’ through the Smokies and the Appalachians, going to visit a friend in Asheville, NC (which by the way, is a pretty hip little city). I’d been in the city so long that I almost forgot what natural beauty, mountains and stars looked like. One of the highlights of the trip definitely had to be a New Years Eve hike up a mountain (which totally kicked my ass) to see the sun set over the blue ridge mountains. Of course, the two southern belles leading us up the mountain probably had something to do with that. Other highlights included visiting Cincinnati, OH for the first time, seeing a water tower with a sign that had originally read “Florence Mall”, changed to “Florence Y’all”, visiting one of the few live bear pits left in the country (which was, at the same time, very sad), meeting Cooper, a boiled peanuts vendor on the side of the road and of course, reconnecting with a friend I hadn’t seen in ages.

One of the biggest highlights was pulling into Sevierville, TN to hang out with a statue of Dolly Parton. A long time musical hero/delight for me, it was a magical moment to see where she came from. And one of my favorite albums, one which never fails to lift my spirits, is Trio, featuring the voices of Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt. There’s something absolutely magical about the way their voices intertwine and harmonize with each other. This album is, in every way, a true delight and I hope everyone gets the chance to experience it in the way it was meant to be, blasting over the stereo while driving through the Smokies and the Appalachians.

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