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Dolly Parton · Let's Ask the Mamas!

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  Speaker 1: We've got a question for American Mamas. Dear Mamas, we
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  Speaker 1: know how you both loved Dolly. How has her passing
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  Speaker 1: affected y'all this week? Well, let's ask our American Mamas.
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  Speaker 2: Mama, Mama, Mama.
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  Speaker 1: Mama told me not to come. She said that ain't
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  Speaker 1: the way to happen, no. And joining us now, our
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  Speaker 1: American mama, Terry Nederville. I'm not sure there's a bigger
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  Speaker 1: Dolly Parton fan anywhere on the planet than you.
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  Speaker 2: I adore her. That's where I went on my honeymoon.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: You went to Dollywood? I went to Dollywood. And I
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  Speaker 2: was there two weeks ago. Yeah. Took my oldest son
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  Speaker 2: and his family to Dollywood for his birthday.
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  Speaker 1: And I would say, look, I wouldn't have thought there
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  Speaker 1: was anybody who was a bigger fan of Dolly Parton.
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  Speaker 1: And then I saw Kimberly on posting online. Mm-hmm. And
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  Speaker 1: there's this video.
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: So this was from a funeral of Mike's cousin.
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  Speaker 2: So Kimberly's husband's cousin. And it was in Montana. And
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  Speaker 2: she said that, I mean, everybody knew that Sharon and
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  Speaker 2: Dolly were friends.
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  Speaker 1: Okay. So there's like a family connection to Dolly Parton
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  Speaker 1: through the Spinks sisters here.
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  Speaker 2: Sharon, yes.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And when she came on the screen, she first wanted
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  Speaker 2: to impress upon the guests there and the friends of Sharon.
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  Speaker 2: She said, listen, I know we all prayed hard. We
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  Speaker 2: wanted her here.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And, you know, we just want her here. But maybe
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  Speaker 2: God needed her more than we wanted her to stay. Right.
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  Speaker 2: And then she said she made this song, and so
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  Speaker 2: when you hear this song, she rewrote the lyrics as
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  Speaker 2: if Sharon is speaking from heaven to her family and friends.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, so this is, I've got a clip here.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: This is Dolly Parton singing at the funeral for Mike's cousin.
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  Speaker 1: Take a listen.
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  Speaker 2: All rest assured that she is now resting in peace. Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 1: And the video, she's on a big screen.
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  Speaker 2: If I should stay You know I would But let's
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  Speaker 2: not think that way It's time I go But you know.
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  Speaker 1: So, I mean, that a beautiful thing and a beautiful moment,
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  Speaker 1: but one of the things I saw Kimberly's post, she
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  Speaker 1: was saying, yes, those were words that Dolly was singing
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  Speaker 1: to comfort Mike's family. But really that's kind of where
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  Speaker 1: now it's, it's stuff she's singing for all of us
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  Speaker 1: to comfort all of us. Right.
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  Speaker 2: Right. You can almost feel her saying those very words
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  Speaker 2: to all of us. Have you ever in your life
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  Speaker 2: Talk about a unifying global icon. I don't think one
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  Speaker 2: person on the left or the right, politics aside, she's
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  Speaker 2: a legend. Yeah. She's one in a million.
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  Speaker 1: The closest I can think of was when Betty White
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  Speaker 1: passed away.
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  Speaker 2: I said the same thing yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: But this is beyond that. In New York City, they
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  Speaker 1: lit up the Empire State Building pink.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 1: In Britain, they had the royal bands play nine to
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  Speaker 1: five out in front of Windsor Castle. They lit up
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  Speaker 1: bridges all over the country, pink, buildings pink.
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  Speaker 2: And in the White House, the flags are at half staff.
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  Speaker 1: There's now a proposal to name September 25th Dolly Parton Day.
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  Speaker 2: I'm for that.
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  Speaker 1: Because that would be 9-2-5.
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  Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, that's perfect.
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  Speaker 1: That's why people want to name September 25th Dolly Parton Day.
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  Speaker 2: You know what it is that makes her so great?
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  Speaker 2: And if we could all just learn this lesson, if
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  Speaker 2: we could all just try to learn to do this.
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  Speaker 2: She did the one single thing God has asked of us.
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  Speaker 2: Love each other.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, love your neighbor.
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  Speaker 2: Love your neighbor as yourself.
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  Speaker 1: Well, and more, to love one another as I have
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  Speaker 1: loved you, love one another.
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  Speaker 2: That's how she's done it. She did not care about race, class, religion,
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  Speaker 2: political affiliation.
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  Speaker 1: That's a great point. So her biggest song probably is
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  Speaker 1: that one, I Will Always Love You. She did it.
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  Speaker 1: It went great. Whitney Houston wanted to do it. She went, absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: Whitney Houston, a black female artist, and that never even
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  Speaker 1: crossed her mind that, oh, no, I can't have a
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  Speaker 1: black artist. That was never, she was happier for Whitney's
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  Speaker 1: success than she was.
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  Speaker 2: For her own. And you know what else I loved
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  Speaker 2: about her that is just so endearing? She had that
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  Speaker 2: self-deprecating humor.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, very much so.
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  Speaker 2: That is so endearing. It's an endearing quality on anybody.
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  Speaker 2: And whenever she was up against those hardcore journalists that
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  Speaker 2: were trying to get her to needle her to say
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  Speaker 2: who she was for, politically speaking, she was able to
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  Speaker 2: disarm them. Make them melt with her humor, with her ability,
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  Speaker 2: her wit. I mean, with her wit and her smart.
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  Speaker 2: She's so highly intelligent.
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  Speaker 1: President Trump tried to give her the U.S. Medal of
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  Speaker 1: Freedom twice.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And for health reasons or whatever schedule, she couldn't do it.
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  Speaker 1: And then Joe Biden becomes president and he wanted to
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  Speaker 1: give her the Medal of Freedom. And Dolly Parton said,
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  Speaker 1: I can't do it because I told Trump no twice.
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  Speaker 1: It would look like I'm in favor of you twice.
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  Speaker 1: and trying to diss Trump, and I don't mean it
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  Speaker 1: that way. It was just a scheduling thing, so I
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  Speaker 1: can't do that now. She turned down the Presidential Medal
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  Speaker 1: of Freedom three times.
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  Speaker 2: Because that wasn't as important to her as her fans
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  Speaker 2: and for what people thought about her. She wanted to
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  Speaker 2: be that neutral force for good that everybody could look
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  Speaker 2: to for love.
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  Speaker 1: If you'd like to ask her a American Moments question,
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  Speaker 1: go to our website, AmericanMomentsRadio.com.