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Dolly Parton To Pay Tribute To Nashville's Sparkliest Legend

Word on the street in Nashville is that Dolly Parton is planning a tribute to the late Porter Wagoner, a country legend and Parton's long-time singing partner. Wagoner gave Parton her big break in 1967 by adding her to the stable of musicians on his weekly country music TV show, a program as famous for its bedazzled blazers as it was for its music, a fact not lost on Parton in her plans to ape the snazzy designs of an infamous tailor named...Nudie. More »

3:00 PM on Wed Mar 12 2008
By Kate Richardson
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Porter Wagoner, R.I.P.

Porter Wagoner—television host, singer, songwriter, and stoic dispenser of the cold, hard facts of life—died on Sunday from complications due to lung cancer after more than 50 years in Nashville, in a career that ranged from a honky tonk youth to an old age celebrated by country-infatuated rockers like Jack Whtie and Neko Case. More »

9:30 AM on Mon Oct 29 2007
By jharv
1,057 views, 7 comments