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Great moments in country music at the 大象传媒

Ya'll ready for 大象传媒 Four and Radio 2's ?

Whet your appetite with these gems we plucked from the archive, and once you've had your fill for the next couple of weeks.

Dolly Parton wraps Glastonbury 2014 around her finger with an irresistible set of career highlights

Where else would we start? If there were a roof at the Pyramid stage this year, Dolly would have raised it.

Dolly Parton on the Pyramid stage

Highlights of Dolly Parton's set on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury 2014

Willie Nelson talks to Kinky Friedman in 1981 about touring, running and 'weed pollen'

We're pretty sure Willie doesn't run 100 miles every day (as he insists here).

But it's a nice, unguarded moment with the man, and it closes out with a sensational clip of an unbearded Willie singing a heart-stopping version of Ain't It Funny How Time Slips Away.

Willie Nelson talks to Kinky Friedman on his tour bus

Kinky Friedman interviews Willie Nelson in his tour bus in 1981, and Willie sings.

Jimmy Webb and Carol Kaye reveal how they wrote Glen Campbell's Wichita Lineman

The brief? "We need a song about a town." Webb and Kaye grumbled; hadn't they just written one?

Jimmy Webb and Carol Kaye describe the origin of Glen Campbell's hit 'Wichita Lineman'

Jimmy Webb and Carol Kaye reveal how 'Wichita Lineman' came to life.

Tammy Wynette sings a heartbreaking rendition of The Bottle in 1987, a song about her superstar husband George Jones' alcohol addiction

The singer of D-I-V-O-R-C-E and Stand By Your Man wasn't afraid of telling it like it was, which she did here for a 大象传媒 Arena film about her life and music.

Tammy Wynette - The Bottle

Tammy Wynette performs the song she wrote in response to her husband George Jones' alcohol adiction. Taken from the 1987 film Stand By Your Dream, a 大象传媒 Arena production which profiles Wynette.

War, drugs and quiet rebellion: Steve Earle sings Copperhead Road in 2012 for 大象传媒 Four

Outlaw country artist Steve Earle sings his crossover hit about a Vietnam vet who comes home and puts a modern twist on hillbilly moonshine makin'.

Steve Earle - Copperhead Road

Steve Earle performs Copperhead Road as part of 大象传媒 Four's Songwriters' Circle.

Patty Griffin and Robert Plant sing Highway Song on Radio Scotland's Another Country with Ricky Ross in 2013

Don't sleep on Scotland! Ricky Ross books some sensational sessions, like this meditation on life and loss from two master musicians.

Patty Griffin and Robert Plant - Highway Song

Gorgeous duet - Patty Griffin with Robert Plant on backing vocals and harmonica.

Florida Georgia Line talk to Patrick Kielty about writing music, growing up in the South, and their Country Music Association Awards win

Now let's bring it bang up to date. Here's Vocal Duo of The Year chatting with our very own Patrick Kielty this week in Nashville about how rock and hip hop feed into their sound.

Florida Georgia Line

Patrick chats to Country Duo Florida Georgia Line