Genre
Country, bluegrass, and Appalachian folk. The album draws on the full range of the American roots music tradition - traditional Appalachian ballads, bluegrass, gospel, and country pop - in spare, acoustic-leaning arrangements built around the extraordinary natural blend of three of the most celebrated female voices in country music history.
Release
Released on March 2, 1987, by Warner Bros. Nashville. Recorded between January and November 1986 at The Complex (Los Angeles), Woodland (Nashville), and Ocean Way (Los Angeles).
Production
Produced by George Massenburg, who also served as recording engineer. Session musicians included Albert Lee on acoustic guitar and mandolin, David Lindley on mandolin, Mark O'Connor on fiddle and mandolin, Steve Fishell on pedal steel guitar, and John Starling on acoustic guitar; orchestrations on selected tracks were by David Campbell.
Reception
"Trio" became one of the most honoured albums of 1987, winning the Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and receiving a nomination for Album of the Year. It was certified triple platinum by the RIAA. Four singles charted on the US Country Singles chart: "To Know Him Is to Love Him" (No. 1), "Telling Me Lies" (No. 3), "Those Memories of You" (No. 6), and "Wildflowers" (No. 6).
Dolly Parton / Linda Ronstadt / Emmylou Harris
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946, Locust Ridge, Tennessee) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and philanthropist, the most decorated female country artist in history, with 47 RIAA - certified gold, platinum, and multi-platinum awards. Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946, Tucson, Arizona) is an American singer who achieved pre-eminence across rock, country, pop, and operetta, winning 11 Grammy Awards and charting 38 US top-40 singles before being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2012, which ended her singing career. Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947, Birmingham, Alabama) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, one of the most influential figures in country and americana, whose career as a performer and as a champion of other artists has won her 14 Grammy Awards. The three had first collaborated harmonically on Gram Parsons's Grievous Angel sessions in the early 1970s.
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