Dolly Parton used to introduce live versions of “Jolene” with a story. It was that the song was about an affair her husband, the country music television celebrity Porter Wagoner, had had. Parton sang as a cheated wife, pleading for her husband’s mistress, the seductive Jolene, not to take him. It was a good tale and a powerful song, but the scenario was entirely of Parton’s invention. Although they were on the verge of separating, Parton was certain that Wagoner had been faithful.
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