Letter To Heaven: Songs Of Faith & Inspiration
Dolly Parton
Letter to Heaven: Songs of Faith & Inspiration is a 2010, 17-track gospel compilation that gathers Dolly Parton’s spiritual recordings from the early 1970s. Its first 10 songs reproduce her 1971 gospel album The Golden Streets of Glory, while the remaining tracks add religious material from the same period, including the Porter Wagoner duet “Daddy Was an Old Time Preacher Man” and her 1975 single “The Seeker.” The release presents Parton’s faith not as a stylistic detour, but as a central element of the country, church, and family culture in which she was raised.
Musically, the album blends hymns and traditional gospel standards—“I Believe,” “How Great Thou Art,” “Wings of a Dove,” and “Comin’ for to Carry Me Home”—with Parton originals such as “The Master’s Hand,” “Golden Streets of Glory,” “Lord Hold My Hand,” and “Letter to Heaven.” “Book of Life,” written by her grandfather, Rev. Jake Owens, gives the collection an especially personal connection to her family’s religious heritage. Produced largely by Bob Ferguson, the recordings use the polished Nashville Sound of their era while retaining a warm, plainspoken devotional character; they emphasize solace, salvation, memory, and the hope of reunion.
Letter To Heaven: Songs Of Faith & Inspiration
Dolly Parton
Letter to Heaven: Songs of Faith & Inspiration is a 2010, 17-track gospel compilation that gathers Dolly Parton’s spiritual recordings from the early 1970s. Its first 10 songs reproduce her 1971 gospel album The Golden Streets of Glory, while the remaining tracks add religious material from the same period, including the Porter Wagoner duet “Daddy Was an Old Time Preacher Man” and her 1975 single “The Seeker.” The release presents Parton’s faith not as a stylistic detour, but as a central element of the country, church, and family culture in which she was raised.
Musically, the album blends hymns and traditional gospel standards—“I Believe,” “How Great Thou Art,” “Wings of a Dove,” and “Comin’ for to Carry Me Home”—with Parton originals such as “The Master’s Hand,” “Golden Streets of Glory,” “Lord Hold My Hand,” and “Letter to Heaven.” “Book of Life,” written by her grandfather, Rev. Jake Owens, gives the collection an especially personal connection to her family’s religious heritage. Produced largely by Bob Ferguson, the recordings use the polished Nashville Sound of their era while retaining a warm, plainspoken devotional character; they emphasize solace, salvation, memory, and the hope of reunion.