Name: Just Because I'm a Woman
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Just Because I'm a Woman

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Personnel includes: Dolly Parton (vocals); George McCormick, Wayne Moss, Chip Young (guitar); Lloyd Green (steel guitar); Charles Trent (electric banjo);
Mack Magaha (fiddle); Hargus "Pig" Robbins, David Briggs (piano); Junior Huskey (bass); Jerry Carrigan (drums); Anita Carter, Dolores Edgin (background vocals).
Recorded at RCA Victor Studio, Nashville, Tennessee. Originally released on RCA (3949). Includes liner notes by Rich Kienzle.
Dolly Parton's RCA Victor debut, coming after a couple of years recording for Nashville indie Monument Records, 1968's JUST BECAUSE I'M A WOMAN is several steps above the average country record of the period. Overseen by Parton's mentor Porter Wagoner, who co-produced with Bob Ferguson, the arrangements are largely free of the then-pervasive "countrypolitan" sound, eschewing the usual orchestras and choirs for a rootsy honky-tonk sound that better suits both the material and Parton's voice.
As was often the case in Parton's early career, she wrote all of the album's best material, including the defiant title track and "The Bridge," a gothic murder ballad that establishes Parton's familiarity with the traditional folk music of her Eastern Tennessee childhood. Other highlights include the winningly silly "I'll Oil Wells Love You," a clever song about gold-digging, and the gently self-mocking "False Eyelashes." This reissue includes two bonus tracks, 1968 live performances of the title track and the then-unrecorded "Coat of Many Colors."