Dolly Parton kicked off her Pure and Simple Tour on Friday night at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC.
Parton’s first full tour in twenty-five years, she has kept things light with only three additional musicians on stage but Dolly and her band play a wide variety of instruments, giving the feel of a much larger ensemble.
Dolly has had so many hits that it’s impossible to hit them all or even a majority in a single show, but she did a pretty good job hitting the highlights including number ones like Jolene, I Will Always Love You, Here You Come Again, 9 to 5 and Islands in the Stream. The only Dolly “standard” missing was Love is Like a Butterfly which was the also the opening theme for her 70’s variety show.
Parton also sampled two songs from her upcoming album Pure & Simple along with one from 2014’s Blue Smoke which was a monster hit in the U.K.
Dolly Parton set list
Set 1
Train, Train (from The Grass is Blue, 1999)
Pure & Simple (from Pure & Simple, 2016)
Why’d You Come in Here Lookin’ Like That (from White Limozeen, 1989)
Jolene (from Jolene, 1974)
Precious Memories (from Dollywood exclusive Precious Memories, 1999)
My Tennessee Mountain Home (from My Tennessee Mountain Home, 1973)
Coat of Many Colors (from Coat of Many Colors, 1971)
Smokey Mountain Memories (from Heartsongs: Live From Home, 1994)
Rocky Top (from Live and Well, 2004)
Banks of the Ohio (from Blue Smoke, 2014)
“A Slice of American Pie” Medley
American Pie (Don McLean cover)
If I Had a Hammer (Pete Seeger cover)
Blowin’ in the Wind (Bob Dylan cover)
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Band cover)
The Seeker (from Dolly: The Seeker/We Used To, 1975)
I’ll Fly Away (cover of song by Albert E. Brumley)
Set 2
Baby, I’m Burning (from Heartbreaker, 1978)
Outside Your Door (from Pure & Simple, 2016)
The Grass Is Blue (from The Grass is Blue, 1999)
Those Memories of You (from Trio, 1987)
Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (from Do I Ever Cross Your Mind, 1982)
Little Sparrow (from Little Sparrow, 2001)
Two Doors Down (from Here You Come Again, 1977)
Here You Come Again (from Here You Come Again, 1977)
Islands in the Stream (from the Kenny Rogers Album Eyes That See in the Dark, 1983)
9 to 5 (from 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs, 1980)
Encore 1
I Will Always Love You (from Jolene, 1974)
Encore 2
Hello God (from Halos & Horns, 2002) / He’s Alive (from White Limozeen, 1989)
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