My Tennessee Mountain Home is the eleventh solo studio album by Dolly Parton. It was released on April 2, 1973, by RCA Victor. The album was produced by Bob Ferguson. It is Dolly's first album to be comprised entirely of solo compositions. It peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The title track was the only single released and it peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
2007 CD reissue bonus track 12. Sacred Memories (Dolly Parton) 2:42 Originally released on the 1974 album Love Is Like a Butterfly.
Recording sessions for the album began at RCA Studio B on September 1, 1972. Three additional sessions followed on September 5, October 2 and 3.
September 1, 1972 My Tennessee Mountain Home Wrong Direction Home Daddy's Working Boots
September 5, 1972 Old Black Kettle Down on Music Row The Letter
October 2, 1972 Dr. Robert F. Thomas In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)
October 3, 1972 Back Home I Remember The Better Part of Life
Largely a concept album about her childhood in rural East Tennessee, the album begins with a recitation of the first letter Dolly wrote to her parents shortly after moving from her hometown of Sevierville to Nashville in 1964. Most of the songs are fond reminiscences of her youth and family, though in one song, "In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)", she candidly admits that though she is grateful for the lessons the poverty of her childhood taught her, she is in no hurry to repeat the experience. The final cut on the album, "Down on Music Row", recounts her first days on Nashville's Music Row, trying to get a record deal, and thanking those who helped her along the way, making specific mention of Chet Atkins and the album's producer, Bob Ferguson.
"In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)" was previously recorded and released on Dolly's 1969 album of the same name.
Dolly re-recorded "Wrong Direction Home" with Margo O'Donnell and Maura O'Connell for O'Donnell's 1998 album, ?The Highway of My Life: Shade of the Family Tree.
?The album was released April 2, 1973, on LP, cassette, and 8-track.
Singles ?The album's single and title track, "My Tennessee Mountain Home", was released on December 4, 1972. It debuted at number 57 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart dated January 6, 1973. It peaked at number 15 on the chart dated March 10, its tenth week on the chart. The single charted for 13 weeks. It also peaked at number 12 on the Cashbox Country Singles chart. The single peaked at number 10 in Canada on the RPM Country Singles chart.
Credits are adapted from the original album liner notes and the 2007 CD reissue.
Original album Joe Babcock – background vocals Jimmy Capps – guitar Jerry Carrigan – drums Jimmy Colvard – guitar Pete Drake – dobro, steel guitar Bobby Dyson – bass Dolores Edgin – background vocals Bob Ferguson – producer Johnny Gimble – fiddle Mary Hoephinger – harp Dave Kirby – rhythm guitar Mack Magaha – fiddle Charlie McCoy – harmonica Carol Montgomery– background vocals Ron Oates – piano Louis Owens – cover photo ?June Page – background vocals Avie Lee Parton – liner notes Dolly Parton – lead vocals, guitar Lee Parton – liner notes Tom Pick – recording engineer Bill Preston – back cover photo James Riddle – harmonica Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano Roy Shockley – recording technician Jerry Stembridge (Chip Young) – rhythm guitar Bobby Thompson – rhythm guitar Buck Trent – electric banjo Don Warden – dobro ?Hurshel Wiginton – background vocals?
2007 CD reissue bonus track Joe Babcock – background vocals Jimmy Capps – guitar Jerry Carrigan – drums Jimmy Colvard – guitar Pete Drake – steel guitar Bobby Dyson – bass Dolores Edgin – background vocals Bob Ferguson – producer Johnny Gimble – fiddle Mary Hoephinger – harp Dave Kirby – rhythm guitar Mach Magaha – fiddle Charlie McCoy – harmonica ?June Page – background vocals Dolly Parton – lead vocals, guitar Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano Jerry Stembridge (Chip Young) – rhythm guitar ?Bobby Thompson – rhythm guitar Buck Trent – electric banjo Don Warden – dobro ?Hurshel Wiginton – background vocals
