Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2016
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country, Country Rock
[Tracklist]
Trio (1987)
1-01 The Pain Of Loving You (2:32)
1-02 Making Plans (3:36)
1-03 To Know Him Is To Love Him (3:48)
1-04 Hobo's Meditation (3:17)
1-05 Wildflowers (3:33)
1-06 Telling Me Lies (4:26)
1-07 My Dear Companion (2:55)
1-08 Those Memories Of You (3:58)
1-09 I've Had Enough (3:30)
1-10 Rosewood Casket (2:59)
1-11 Farther Along (4:10)
Trio II (1999)
2-01 Lover's Return (4:00)
2-02 High Sierra (4:21)
2-03 Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (3:16)
2-04 After The Gold Rush (3:31)
2-05 The Blue Train (4:57)
2-06 I Feel The Blues Movin' In (4:31)
2-07 You'll Never Be The Sun (4:43)
2-08 He Rode All The Way To Texas (3:07)
2-09 Feels Like Home (4:47)
2-10 When We're Gone, Long Gone (4:00)
Unreleased & Alternate Takes, Etc.
3-01 Wildflowers (3:37)
3-02 Waltz Across Texas Tonight (3:49)
3-03 Lover's Return (4:00)
3-04 Softly And Tenderly (5:29)
3-05 Pleasant As May (2:34)
3-06 My Dear Companion (2:58)
3-07 My Blue Tears (2:41)
3-08 Making Plans (3:40)
3-09 I've Had Enough (3:30)
3-10 Grey Funnel Line (2:11)
3-11 You Don't Knock (3:17)
3-12 Where Will The Words Come From (2:53)
3-13 Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (3:33)
3-14 Are You Tired Of Me (2:36)
3-15 Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (3:56)
3-16 Mr. Sandman (2:20)
3-17 Handful Of Dust (2:20)
3-18 Calling My Children Home (3:13)
3-19 In A Deep Sleep (2:52)
3-20 Farther Along (4:04)
[Credits]
Dolly Parton (vocals) Emmylou Harris (guitar/vocals) Linda Ronstadt (vocals) Albert Lee (guitar) Ry Cooder (guitar) John Starling (guitar) Carl Jackson (guitar) Mark Casstevens (guitar) Dean Parks (electric guitar/mandolin) Steve Fishell (steel guitar) Ben Keith (steel guitar) Herb Pedersen (banjo) Mark O'Connor (fiddle/viola/mandolin/guitar) Alison Krauss (fiddle) David Lindley (mandolin/dobro/autoharp/zither) David Grisman (mandolin) Steve Fishell (dobro) Jodi Burnett (cello) Dennis Karmazyn (cello) Marty Krystall (clarinet) Brice Martin (flute) Bill Payne (piano) Dennis James (harmonica) Robby Buchanan (piano) Kenny Edwards (bass) Leland Sklar (bass) Roy Huskey Jr. (bass) Edgar Meyer (bass) Leland Sklar (bass) Russ Kunkel (drums) Larry Atamanuik (drums) Jim Keltner (percussion)
[Notes]
Talking about the first time she harmonized with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt in 1975, Dolly Parton said, "We all got to singin' and it was absolutely incredible. It gives me chills, even now." Given Parton's remarkable life and career, one would imagine it would take a lot to prompt that reaction, but there's no false modesty in Dolly's words. Parton, Harris, and Ronstadt were all splendid vocalists on their own, but they'd also shown a talent for collaborating with others throughout their careers. And when the like-minded women decided to make an album together, they created something rare, a collaboration between three major stars that never smacks of ego. Parton, Harris, and Ronstadt brought out the best in one another on their brilliant 1987 album, Trio, with the group harmonies sounding even more glorious than their lead vocals. (Trio also found Parton and Ronstadt working with better and more flattering material than they'd had on their solo albums in quite a while.) Trio was enough of a success that the singers carved out time in their busy schedules to make another album together, 1999's Trio II, with similarly impressive results. Ronstadt's health prevents her from making another Trio album in the 21st century, but Rhino Records have given us the next best thing with The Complete Trio Collection. This three-disc set brings together Trio and Trio II in full with a bonus disc of 20 outtakes and alternate versions recorded during the sessions for the original albums. Both Trio and Trio II have aged quite well, especially the first album with its emphasis on acoustic, bluegrass-influenced arrangements that blend well with three-part harmonies. (As Harris quips in the liner notes, they were playing Americana music before it had a name.) And if disc three often covers material that appears elsewhere in the set, Parton, Harris, and Ronstadt tried enough different approaches to these songs that the variants still sound fresh, and the performances are a knockout throughout. At the end of an unreleased take of "You Don't Knock," Harris quietly says, "That one felt real good," and like Dolly, she speaks the truth. For fans of the original Trio albums, buying The Complete Trio Collection to get the disc of unreleased takes might seem a bit excessive, but for anyone with a taste for great country or folk singing who has never heard Parton, Harris, and Ronstadt's work together, this set is nothing less than essential.-- Review by Mark Deming
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