Universally Dolly

Dolly appeared as part of the 5th Annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, a festival that takes place in Golden Gate Park. It's three days, five stages, and sixty bands. And it's totally FREE. (This thanks to philanthropist Warren Hellman, heir of the Hellman aka Best Foods Fortune. ) The line-ups are already fantastically varied: from Earl Scruggs to Emmylou Harris to Split Lip Rayfield to Hazel Dickens. The minute Dolly got added to the roster, however, I'm fairly certain that the draw on this particular day of the festival doubled. Because, damnit, this is San Francisco, and whether you're the most beautiful cross-dresser this side of the Castro or a grizzled roadhouse biker or a squirrely alt-rocker with Jeff Tweedy's home address tattooed on your eyelids, you.love.Dolly.Parton. Dolly, as I screamed to my friend while she danced and spilled Jim Beam all over her picnic blanket, "IS UNIVERSAL!".
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