Picture
Album cover. Sugar Hill / Blue Eye (SUG-CD-3900) (1999)
Dolly Parton
The Grass Is Blue
Sugar Hill / Blue Eye (SUG-CD-3900)
October 26, 1999

  1. Travelin' Prayer (Billy Joel) 4:15
  2. Cash on the Barrelhead (Ira Louvin, Charlie Louvin) 3:07
  3. A Few Old Memories (Hazel Dickens) 4:01
  4. I'm Gonna Sleep with One Eye Open (Lester Flatt) 3:04
  5. Steady as the Rain (Dolly Parton) 3:04
  6. I Still Miss Someone (Johnny R. Cash, Roy Cash Jr.) 3:37
  7. Endless Stream of Tears (Dolly Parton) 2:39
  8. Silver Dagger (Traditional, arr. by Dolly Parton) 4:54
  9. Train, Train (Shorty Medlocke) 2:49
  10. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight (Johnny Bond) 3:13
  11. Will He Be Waiting for Me (Dolly Parton) 3:25
  12. The Grass Is Blue (Dolly Parton) 3:43
  13. I Am Ready (Rachel Parton Dennison) 2:44

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album liner notes.
Performance
  • Barry Bales – bass, harmony vocals
  • Steve Buckingham – rhythm guitar
  • Sam Bush – mandolin, harmony vocals
  • Jerry Douglas – dobro, harmony vocals
  • Stuart Duncan – fiddle, harmony vocals
  • Alison Krauss – harmony vocals
  • Keith Little – harmony vocals
  • Patty Loveless – harmony vocals
  • Claire Lynch – harmony vocals
  • Jim Mills – banjo
  • Louis Nunley – harmony vocals
  • Alan O'Bryant – harmony vocals
  • Dolly Parton – lead vocals, harmony vocals
  • Bryan Sutton – guitar
  • Dan Tyminski – harmony vocals
  • Darrin Vincent – harmony vocals
  • Rhonda Vincent – harmony vocals
Production
  • Steve Buckingham – producer
  • Jennie Casey – production assistant
  • Sandy Jenkins – assistant engineer
  • Marshall Morgan – additional production
Other personnel
  • Tim Campbell – recording studio photos
  • Dennis Carney – cover photo
  • Rob Draper – photo of Barry Bales​

Releases

FORMAT / TITLE / LABEL & CATALOG # / REGION / RELEASE DATE (MM-DD-YYYY)
  • CD / The Grass Is Blue / Sugar Hill; Blue Eye SUG-3900 / US / 1999 (promo, card sleeve with sticker)
  • CD / The Grass Is Blue / Sugar Hill; Blue Eye SUG-CD-3900 / US / 10-26-1999
  • Cassette / The Grass Is Blue / Sugar Hill; Blue Eye; SUG-MC-3900 / US / 10-26-1999
  • CD / The Grass Is Blue / Sugar Hill; Blue Eye SHCD3900 / Canada / 1999
  • CD / The Grass Is Blue / SugarHill; Blue Eye SHCD3900 / Australia / 1999
  • CD / The Grass Is Blue / Sugar Hill; Blue Eye; Playground Music Scandinavia SHCD 3900 / Scandinavia / 03-01-2000
  • Digital download / The Grass Is Blue / Sugar Hill / Various / 01-03-2006
  • 3xCD+DVD / The Acoustic Collection, 1999–2002 / Sugar Hill; Blue Eye SUG-CD-4008 / US / 10-10-2006
  • LP / The Grass Is Blue / Sugar Hill; Blue Eye SUG-LP-3900 / US / 04-18-2015 (Record Store Day, limited to 1,700 copies)
  • Streaming / The Grass Is Blue / Sugar Hill / Various / Unknown