My Dear Companion: Selections From The Trio Collection
Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, & Linda Ronstadt
My Dear Companion: Selections From The Trio Collection is a 2016, 14-track single-disc overview of the celebrated collaborations among Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt. Released alongside the larger three-disc Complete Trio Collection, it draws from the remastered Trio (1987) and Trio II (1999) albums as well as the archival disc of alternate takes and unreleased recordings. The title signals the collection’s central appeal: three highly individual singers blending with unusual ease in a repertory grounded in country, bluegrass, folk, gospel, and pop.
The set includes familiar Trio performances such as “The Pain of Loving You,” “To Know Him Is to Love Him,” “Telling Me Lies,” “Farther Along,” “Lover’s Return,” “After the Gold Rush,” “The Blue Train,” and “You’ll Never Be the Sun.” It also offers rarities, including the previously unreleased “Waltz Across Texas Tonight,” an alternate take of Parton’s “Do I Ever Cross Your Mind” with Dolly on lead vocal, an alternate “Wildflowers,” and an a cappella 1986 version of “Calling My Children Home.” As a compact introduction, the album highlights the Trio’s defining qualities: crystalline three-part harmony, sensitive song choices, and an affectionate return to American roots music.
My Dear Companion: Selections From The Trio Collection
Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, & Linda Ronstadt
My Dear Companion: Selections From The Trio Collection is a 2016, 14-track single-disc overview of the celebrated collaborations among Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt. Released alongside the larger three-disc Complete Trio Collection, it draws from the remastered Trio (1987) and Trio II (1999) albums as well as the archival disc of alternate takes and unreleased recordings. The title signals the collection’s central appeal: three highly individual singers blending with unusual ease in a repertory grounded in country, bluegrass, folk, gospel, and pop.
The set includes familiar Trio performances such as “The Pain of Loving You,” “To Know Him Is to Love Him,” “Telling Me Lies,” “Farther Along,” “Lover’s Return,” “After the Gold Rush,” “The Blue Train,” and “You’ll Never Be the Sun.” It also offers rarities, including the previously unreleased “Waltz Across Texas Tonight,” an alternate take of Parton’s “Do I Ever Cross Your Mind” with Dolly on lead vocal, an alternate “Wildflowers,” and an a cappella 1986 version of “Calling My Children Home.” As a compact introduction, the album highlights the Trio’s defining qualities: crystalline three-part harmony, sensitive song choices, and an affectionate return to American roots music.