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 Eugene Oregon - Dolly Parton Posted by:  TheBeanTeam
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The song Eugene Oregon was written in appreciation of the kindness the artist encountered while performing with Porter Wagner.
Coordinates are at City Hall but this waymark can be visited from anywhere in Eugene with a photo and visit comment.
Waymark Code: WM7VP0
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 12/08/2009
Views: 6
The song is featured in the 99 song compilation set titled "Dolly". Eugene Oregon is a previously unreleased song recorded in 1972 as part of the RCA Studios Nashville sessions for the album "My Tennessee Mountain Home".
Register-Guard columnist Bob Welch relates the story regarding the circumstances behind the writing of the song Eugene Oregon by Dolly Parton.
Text Source: Eugene Register Guard Sunday, Dec 6, 2009
To listen to the song Eugene Oregon on NPR visit this link.
I contacted Dolly’s publicist, Teresa Hughes, in Nashville, and learned that sometime in the late 1960s or early ’70s, before she made it big, Parton was traveling with the Porter Wagoner Show. By the time the show hit Eugene — Parton didn’t mention the exact venue — she got terribly sick.
“I stayed in my little room in the bus and cried while Porter and the band went on and did the shows without me,” she wrote to me. “In Eugene, Oregon, I decided that I had to get up and get on stage that night. I was so weak that it took me all afternoon to get ready. I went out on stage, informed the audience that I was sick and asked them to please forgive my weakness. They totally supported me, they loved me and gave me my first standing ovation — actually two. I got one after I finished my song “Coat of Many Colors” and I cried like a baby. I almost couldn’t go back into the next song I was so touched by it. Then I got another standing ovation when I left the stage. I went back a couple of times for encores. I was so touched by their kindness that I went straight to the bus, as sick as I still was, and wrote the song, ‘Eugene, Oregon.’ To this day it is one of my favorite songs and I will remember Eugene, Oregon, for the rest of my life.”
Musician: Dolly Parton
Name of Song: Eugene Oregon
Relevant Verse:
Eugene, Oregon, I'll remember you for the rest of my life
I won't forget how good you were to me
No and I won't be forgettin' all the kindness that you show
To a homesick country girl a long, long way from Tennessee
Tired and weary and feelin' low
Among strange people I didn't know
A long, long way from home and a long time gone
Oh but Eugene, Oregon, you were kind
The love you gave was genuine
You gave me inspiration and the strength to carry on
Eugene, Oregon, I'll remember you for the rest of my life
And I won't forget how good you were to me
Oh an' I won't be forgettin' all the kindness that you show
To a homesick country girl a long, long way from Tennessee
Oh Eugene, Oregon, I have been trying to find a way to say thanks again
For standing up for me when I was alone
Oh and I couldn't think of a better way
To say the things that I wanted to say
Than to take my old guitar, sit right down and write you a song
Eugene, Oregon I'll remember you for the rest of my life
I won't forget how good you were to me
No and I won't be forgettin' all the kindness that you show
To a homesick country girl a long, long way from Tennessee
Fade:
The love you gave was genuine
Eugene, Oregon I'll remember you for the rest of my life... Source: Dolly Online (see link below)
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