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A Rare Encounter With Dolly Parton’s Elusive Husband, Carl Dean: What a Journalist Learned From Her Glimpse of the Couple at Home
One of the few journalists ever to meet Carl Dean, Alanna Nash, recalls what it was like encountering Dolly Parton's very reclusive husband at home.
Even within the music industry, few had ever encountered Dean, who famously went to a BMI dinner early in Parton’s career and hated it so much he made her vow he’d never have to attend such a function with her again. As we sat together listening, Dolly sang along to the first cut, “Light of a Clear Blue Morning,” slapping her thigh to the beat, her foot popping up reflexively on the offbeat. Long after Ronnie relayed these anecdotes to me, in which it was clear that he had a lingering affection for his old classmate, I learned that he and Carl had grown tighter and ultimately become close friends over subsequent decades.
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