See also, The Kinfolks discography.
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Image credit: Shelley Rená / Facebook
Dale Randall Puckett (October 7, 1947 – June 9, 2011) was a musician and singer. He was the first child born to Dorothy Jo Owens and Don Puckett. Dale learned to play saxophone in the school band and often played the instrument during live performances and on studio recordings for several artists, including his mother. Dale, his brother Dwight Puckett, and cousin Randy Parton played in cousin Stella Parton's first country band and performed on her 1972 album, Stella (And the Gospel Carrolls).  Once Dollywood opened in 1986, Dale performed there with several of his family members as The Kinfolks for many years and recorded with the group. Dale traveled and performed in a gospel group called The Generations with his mother and daughter Shelley Rená. He and Shelley Rená both made contributions to the 2024 Owens-Parton family album, Smoky Mountain DNA: Family, Faith and Fables.

In addition to the albums and singles below, Dale played saxophone and harmonica on Gary Chambers 1978 album, Born Again, and Larry Perry's 1984 album, Saturday Night. He played saxophone, harmonica, and bass guitar on his mother Dorothy Jo Owens' 1983 album, I Can Only Be Me, and played saxophone, lead guitar, bass guitar, and sang backing vocals on her 1989 album, Traveling and Singing. He also sang and played saxophone, bass, and guitar on Gary Parker and His Studio Sidemen's Country Christmas with Nashville Musicians album.

Live albums

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Album cover. Grenadier (1977)
The Nashville Sound of The Gary Parker Show: Live at Feature Sound Studio is a live album by Gary Parker with special guests Dale Puckett and Bob McCracken. It was released in 1977 by Grenadier Records. The album was produced by Butch Carr.

Track listing

  1. Alabama Jubilee (Theme)
  2. One Sweet Dream
  3. Ruben James
  4. Think About Loving Me
  5. Them Was the Good Old Nights
  6. Memories Are Made of This
  7. I Still Go to Memphis 
  8. Yakety Sax (Medley)
  9. Orange Blossom Special
  10. Together
  11. One Solitary Life (Recitation)
  12. Lonesome Road
  13. Alabama Jubilee (Theme)

Personnel

  • Butch Carr – producer
  • Joe Scaife – engineer

Extended plays

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EP A-side label. Future Sound Studio (1976)
Feature Sound Studio Souvenir Edition is an extended play by Dale Puckett. It was released in 1976 by Future Sound Studio. The EP was produced by Butch Carr.

Track listing

  1. Jambalaya
  2. Y'all Come
  3. Big Daddy's Alabamy Bound
  4. ​Cracklin' Jacks

Personnel

  • Butch Carr – piano
  • Bob McCracken – drums, piano
  • Richard Porter – bass
  • Dale Puckett – tenor sax, electric guitar
  • Joe Scaife – engineer

Singles

A-SIDE / B-SIDE (LABEL; CATALOG #; RELEASE DATE)
Dale Puckett:
  • Orange Blossom Special Etc. / Together Again (Royal American; RA-96; 1974)
  • I'm a Hog for You Babe / Good Good Lovin' (Scorpion; SC-0519; 1976)
  • Music Man / Y'all Come (Music Man Tours; NR8101; 1977)

Yvonne O'Leefe featuring the Reverbs:
  • Delta Dawn / Swinging Doors (Jolie; NR7455; 1976) (Dale plays bass)

Other album appearances

TITLE / ARTIST / ALBUM / YEAR
  • Singing His Praise / Daddy Was an Old Time Preacher Man / Bill Owens, Louis Owens, and Family* / Smoky Mountain DNA: Family, Faith and Fables / 2024
  • ​When It's Family / Dolly Parton and Family* / Smoky Mountain DNA: Family, Faith and Fables / 2024

* Dale provided backing vocals on these tracks.