Dolly Parton showed us a different kind of Southern politics

By: Paul Hyde

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: August 26, 2026

Words: 829

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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I stared at my phone, waiting for the interview of my life.

Dolly Parton was scheduled to call to promote the first national tour of her musical “9 to 5” at Greenville’s Peace Center. This was January 2011, when I was an arts writer at The Greenville News.

But Dolly was 10 minutes late. Would she even call?

Then the phone rang. I nervously picked it up.

“Paul?” she said in that famous sparkling …

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