My First Interview With Dolly Parton: Coming Face to Face With the Country Queen Who Soundtracked My Life

I am sitting on a couch in a hotel suite in midtown Manhattan. I have two tape recorders on the coffee table ready to document my interview with one of my idols. I hear someone whistling from behind French doors. It’s not just any person whose whistle I hear. It’s Dolly Parton and she is…