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Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton: Always, Always

On June 30, 1969, “RCA Victor” label released “Always, Always”, the third Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton album. It was recorded December 1968 – April 1969, at “RCA Studio B” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Bob Ferguson.

Personnel:

  • Dolly Parton – lead vocals
  • Porter Wagoner – lead vocals
  • Wayne Moss – guitar
  • Lloyd Green – steel guitar
  • George McCormick – rhythm guitar, liner notes
  • Jerry Stembridge – electric guitar
  • Buck Trent – banjo, liner notes
  • David Briggs – piano
  • Hargus Robbins – piano
  • Roy M. Huskey, Jr. – bass
  • Bobby Dyson – bass
  • Jerry Carrigan – drums
  • Glenn Baxter – trumpet
  • Bill McElhiney – trumpet
  • Jean Alrshuler – harp
  • Mack Magaha – fiddle, liner notes
  • Joseph Babcock – backing vocals
  • Anita Carter – backing vocals
  • Dolores Edgin – backing vocals
  • June Evelyn Page – backing vocals
  • Hurshel Wiginton – backing vocals
  • Al Pachucki – recording
  • Roy M. Shockley – recording technician
  • Little Jack Little – liner notes
  • Speck Rhodes – liner notes
  • Don Warden – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Milwaukee, Here I Come – Lee Fikes
  2. Yours Love – Harlan Howard
  3. I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby – Autry Inman
  4. Malena – Dolly Parton
  5. The House Where Love Lives – Leona Reese
  6. Why Don’t You Haul Off & Love Me – Wayne Raney, Lonnie Glosson
  7. Always, Always – Joyce McCord
  8. There Never Was a Time – Myra Smith, Margaret Lewis
  9. Good as Gold – Paul Martin
  10. My Hands Are Tied – Dolly Parton
  11. No Reason to Hurry Home – Dolly Parton
  12. Anything’s Better Than Nothing – Marie Wilson

Chet Atkins

On June 30, 2001, Chester Burton “Chet” Atkins, died aged 77. He was musician  (guitar), singer and producer, together with Owen Bradley, Atkins created country music style known as the “Nashville” sound. In his career, Atkins recorded more than 100 albums and has produced records for Perry Como, Elvis Presley, Don Gibson, Jim Reeves, Waylon Jennings,The Browns, Hank Snow, Porter Wagoner, Norma Jean, Dolly Parton, Dottie West, The Everly Brothers, Eddy Arnold, Don Gibson, Jerry Reed, Skeeter Davis and others. Throughout his career, Atkins earned numerous awards, including 11” Grammy Awards”, nine CMA “Instrumentalist of the Year” honors, “Lifetime Achievement Award” from NARAS and was inducted into the “Rock & Roll Hall of Fame”, “Country Music Hall of Fame” and “Museum and the Musicians Hall of Fame ”.