Track listing
* Previously released on Kenny Rogers' 2013 album. You Can't Make Old Friends.
** Previously released on Willie Nelson's 2013 album, To All the Girls...
Walmart edition bonus tracks
13. Get Up, Get Out, Get On* (Dolly Parton) 2:55
14. Olive Branch (Dolly Parton) 3:09
15. Early Morning Breeze (Dolly Parton) 2:56
16. Angels in the Midst (Dolly Parton) 3:11
* A shorter alternate version of "Get Up, Get Out, Get On" was released in 2024 as a bonus track on a digital reissue of Dolly's 2011 album Better Day which mistakenly includes the bonus tracks from the Walmart edition of Blue Smoke.
QVC bonus disc: Dolly Parton Live*
* All tracks on this bonus disc are taken from the 2009 album ?Live from London.
UK edition bonus disc: Blue Smoke: The Best of Dolly Parton
Dolly mentioned working on a new album in July 2013. In December 2013, she announced that the album would be released through a partnership between Dolly Records and Sony Masterworks.
The title Blue Smoke was inspired by the mist that covers the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. The title song was previously performed by Dolly on The Vintage Tour in 2005 and was originally to appear on what became the Those Were the Days album. When the direction of this album changed to be a covers album, the song was shelved for almost a decade.
?The majority of the album was recorded at Kent Wells Productions in Franklin, Tennessee. Additional recording took place at Starstruck Studios in Nashville, Blackbird Studios in Nashville, Digital Audio Post in Nashville, Ben's Studio in Nashville, Sound Emporium Recording Studios in Nashville, the Sound Kitchen in Franklin, and Doppler Studios in Atlanta, Georgia.
?Blue Smoke features a duet with Kenny Rogers on "You Can't Make Old Friends," which was originally released on his 2013 album of the same name. The album also includes a new recording of "From Here to the Moon and Back" with Willie Nelson, which was also on Nelson's 2013 album To All the Girls.... Blue Smoke also includes covers of Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" and Bon Jovi's "Lay Your Hands on Me".
?Three songs featured on the album had previously been recorded by Dolly. "Unlikely Angel" was originally written and recorded for the 1996 film of the same name. The version featured in the film was never commercially released. "From Here to the Moon and Back" was previously recorded by Dolly with Jeremy Jordan and Kris Kristofferson for the 2012 film, Joyful Noise, and was released on the film's soundtrack album. The bonus track "Early Morning Breeze" was originally recorded by Dolly for her 1971 album, Coat of Many Colors, and again for her 1974 album, Jolene.
The album was first released on CD, digital download, and streaming on January 31, 2014, in Australia and New Zealand to coincide with Dolly's tour in those countries. The album was released on CD, LP, digital download, and streaming on May 13, 2014, in the North America. Walmart stores offered a deluxe edition featuring four bonus tracks. A bonus CD containing five tracks from Dolly's Live from London album was offered through the QVC shopping network. A special edition of the album titled Blue Smoke: The Best of Dolly Parton was released in Europe to coincide with the European leg of the tour on June 9, 2014, with a bonus disc featuring 20 of Dolly's biggest hits.
"You Can't Make Old Friends" was Musical Event of the Year at the 48th Annual Country Music Association Awards in 2014. It was also nominated for Best Country Duo/Group Performance at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards in 2014.
The album was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry on July 4, 2014, for sales of 60,000, Gold on July 18 for sales of 100,000 copies, and Platinum on December 12 for sales of 300,000 copies. ?It also received a Platinum certification in Russia from the National Federation of Phonographic Producers for sales of 20,000 copies.
Personnel
Nick Buda – drums, percussion
Chad Cromwell – drums
Bob Mater – drums
Greg Morrow – drums
Steve Turner – drums, percussion
Kent Wells – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drum programming
Eric Darken – percussion
Mike Brignardello – electric bass
Dennis Crouch – upright bass
?Steve Mackey – electric bass
Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass, electric bass
Jay Weaver – upright bass
Pat Buchanan – electric guitar, harmonica
J.T. Corenflos – electric guitar
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Steve Gibson – electric guitar
Steve Hinson – lap steel
Dann Huff – electric guitar
Tom Rutledge – acoustic guitar
Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar
Bobby Terry – acoustic guitar
Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar
Derek Wells – electric guitar
Tommy White – steel guitar
Jim "Moose" Brown – piano
Michael Davis – keyboards
Richard Dennison – piano, background vocals
Paul Hollowell – piano, B3, keys
Charlie Judge – piano, strings, synths
Jim Hoke – harmonica
Mickey Raphael – harmonica
Monty Allen – background vocals
?Rebecca Isaacs Bowman – background vocals
Christian Davis – background vocals
Terry Eldredge – background vocals
Vicki Hampton – background vocals
Sonya Isaacs – background vocals
Carl Jackson – background vocals
Jamie Johnson – background vocals
Willie Nelson – lead vocals, Trigger
Jennifer O'Brien – background vocals
Dolly Parton – lead vocals
Kenny Rogers – lead vocals
Val Storey – background vocals
David Angell – strings
Monisa Angell – strings
Zeneba Bowers – strings
Seanad Chang – strings
Wei Tsun Chang – strings
David Davidson – strings
Stuart Duncan – fiddle
Aubrey Hayne – fiddle, mandolin
Randy Kohrs – dobro
Anthony Lamarchina – strings
Jimmy Mattingly – fiddle, mandolin
John Mock – harmonium
Kathryn Plummer – strings
Sarighani Reist – strings
Danny Roberts – mandolin
Pamela Sixfin – strings
Scott Vestal – banjo
Kristin Wilkinson – strings
Karen Winkelmann – string
Bobby Wood – synthesizer
Production
Natthaphol Abhigantaphand – assistant engineer
Daniel Bacigalupi – assistant engineer
Drew Bollman – mixing assistant, engineer
Will Brierre – mixing assistantSean Daugherty – assistant engineer
Sorrel Brigman – assistant engineer
Buddy Cannon – producer
Butch Carr – mixing, additional engineering
Michael Davis - recording
Richard Dennison – vocal arrangements
Kyle Dickinson – recording assistant, mixing assistant, additional background vocal recording, vocal recording assistant, overdub recording assistant, additional overdub recording assistant
Drew Douthit – recording assistant
Shannon Finnegan – production coordinator
Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator
Adam Grover – assistant engineer
Dann Huff – producer
Jonathan Jost – recording assistant
Mike Lancaster – assistant engineer
Steve Marcantino – engineer, mixing
Steve Marcussen – mastering
Andrew Mendelson – mastering
Seth Morton – assistant engineer
Patrick Murphy – recording, mixing, vocal recording, overdub recoding, additional overdub recording
Mark Needham – mixingSean Neff – digital editing
Justin Neibank – mixing
Ernesto Olvera – recording assistant
Dolly Parton – executive producer
Stefan Petrescu – string
Mike Stankiewicz – assistant engineer
Russell Terrell – additional engineering
Taylor Tharpe – recording assistant, mixing assistant, vocal recording assistant, overdub recording assistant, additional overdub recording assistant
Todd Tidwell – engineer
Mary Vanosdale – strings
Kent Wells – producer, arrangements
Christine Winslow – production assistant
Other personnel
Allister Ann – photo
Kii Arens – design
?Kirt Webster and Associates – publicity
Cheryl Riddle – hair
Steve Summers– stylist
Mac Whiting – cover painting
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