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For more info. and Videos , pleas join «The Original Emmylou Harris Facebook Group» With the hectic schedules of three in-demand performers to consider, it’s a wonder the long-discussed and often-delayed LP project that combined the supreme talents of Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt ever came to fruition. The three had collaborated on several one-off recordings together since first becoming fans of one another’s work in 1973. then friends. On New Year’s Eve . . Early tunes they recorded included the 1975 Christmas single, “Light of the Stable,” which also featured Neil Young . 1978, Harris and Ronstadt flew from their homes in L.A. to Nashville, to Parton’s Nashville home, where Dolly’s mother stopped by with black eyed peas, a Southern dish as traditional at that time of year as “Auld Lang Syne.” They soon went inot the studio and recorded a whole album with Emmylou Harris’s producer and husband, the Great Brian Ahern in 1978. They didnt release that album but, nearly a decade later, only a handful of records had the three performing the glorious, heaven-sent harmonies that fans longed to have captured on a full-length album. In March 1987, that album, simply titled Trio, arrived. Produced by George Massenberg, who had engineered and produced albums by Ronstadt, Little Feat and bluegrass acts Tony Rice and the Seldom Scene, Trio was a showcase for each singer as lead vocalist and solid proof that their voices together were magnificent and magical. ” The day finally came in early March 1987, and Trio was met not only with rave reviews and brisk sales, but a dizzying media blitz worthy of the three superstar entertainers. Right out of the starting gate the LP’s first single, “To Know Him Is to Love Him,” penned by Phil Spector, charged to Number One on the country chart and the album would spawn three more huge hits: “Telling Me Lies,” “Wildflowers” and “Those Memories of You,” all of which reached the Top Ten. On March 13, 1987, a high-profile story on the Trio project appeared in the Los Angeles Times detailing the intense three-day media frenzy the singers endured, including insight into Parton’s patented humor after having repeatedly been asked about her recent weight loss. (In classic Dolly fashion, she replied, “I just pulled my head out of the lard bucket for a change.”) That same day, Harris, Parton and Ronstadt appeared as musical guests on the Tonight Show With Johnny Carson. Parton was a favorite (and her voluptuous figure a favorite target) of the late-night host, so the appearance was hardly unexpected. What was surprising – and yet certainly appropriate – was that the ladies were given three performance slots – and some valuable couch time to gab with Carson. Opening with the lively “Those Memories of You,” seen in the above clip, the entire performance was backed by an ace band which included Mark O’Connor on fiddle, Herb Pedersen and John Starling on guitars, Steve Fishell on Dobro, Leland Sklar on bass and Russ Kunkel on drums. “To Know Him Is to Love Him” followed and after chatting with Carson, the trio and musicians returned to the stage for “Hobo’s Meditation,” with lead vocals from Ronstadt. People are always askin’, ‘What’s Johnny Carson really like?'” Parton joked when the host asked about some of the most-asked questions they encountered during their recent press junket. “Why don’t you find out sometime?” he quipped, causing the unflappable Parton to reply, “Who knows? You get around, so I might be next.” Forty-one years after they first met, Harris, Parton and Ronstadt are being celebrated with another long-awaited release. The Complete Trio Collection, out today, compiles the 1987 Trio album, the 1999 sequel and 20 additional tracks comprised of alternate takes and previously unreleased tunes from the legends. While the spectacular harmonies and song selection throughout are plenty enough to make the set essential listening, as a bonus the beautifully compiled package comprehensive liner notes, with an extraordinary overview of the entire Trio output from former Rolling Stone Press editor Holly George-Warren. Songs Performed : - Those Memories - To Know Him is To Love Him - Hobo’s Meditation