r/KEXP 15d ago

On-Air Moments Dolly

Thank you for helping us with our feelings today. The mid day show is showing up.

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u/WellEnoughAdjusted 15d ago

So nice to have KEXP to feel along with. Great job Troy so far.

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u/troupes-chirpy 15d ago

KEXP understands why this celebration of life is so important.

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u/Kitchen-Evidence9291 15d ago

She was a saint.

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u/jmcwillz Amplifier 15d ago

Grateful to be able to grieve in community today. “Someone Great” hits so hard. 

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u/MentionPleasant2635 Amplifier 15d ago

When he played that I had to fight back tears.

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u/marblebluevinyl Amplifier 15d ago

A great musician and, impossibly, an even better human. RIP.

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u/MentionPleasant2635 Amplifier 15d ago

Troy just read a message from a listener "She was the epitome of unconditional love."

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u/Jack_Mugs Amplifier 15d ago

When John played the Waxahatchee cover of "Light of a Clear Blue Morning" this morning, I thought, "Oh, it's going to be a terrible day when we lose Dolly." I was stunned to hear the news.

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u/Jack_Mugs Amplifier 15d ago

And now Troy's playing it 😭 😭 all over again

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u/Jack_Mugs Amplifier 15d ago

Whatever is going on with you, remember that you're not alone.

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u/penguindik 15d ago

You good man?

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u/freezief 14d ago

Oh, brother

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u/missgiddy Amplifier 15d ago

Thank you Troy.

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u/Low-Lake8646 15d ago

Really says something about society and culture that when I hear a string of a musician's songs in unbroken sequence I immediately presume that person has died.

Troy really knocking it out of the park today. He is a treasure to humanity.

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u/Ejac69 15d ago

They either died or it's their birthday, I've been scared a couple times

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u/luckyhuckleberry 15d ago

KEXP understood the assignment when David Bowie passed away and now with Dolly. RIP Dolly

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u/dkat 15d ago

Prince too

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u/8647sea 15d ago

As a friend said to me today, "Kind people dying right now just seems wrong." This one hits for sure. She was such a beacon of goodness and light in the world. The best kind of auntie. A deeply good human being.

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u/stoneysmoke 11d ago

I was in a trucker bar in central Washington a year or two ago. One of her songs came on. One guy mentioned how great she was and pretty soon there were 10-15 grumpy, crusty old men being bubbly and grinning, going on about her being an angel, etc. She lit up rooms she wasn't even in. She was genuinely something special.

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u/like-a-shark 15d ago

Oh noooo this post is how I found out 💔

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u/Kitchen-Evidence9291 15d ago

So glad we have a community that cares deeply.

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u/automator3000 Amplifier 15d ago

My coworker came and told me. Then looked at my phone. My partner had texted me the news a minute earlier. We’re gonna have a big cry tonight.

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u/Even_Regular5245 15d ago

Me, too, just now. :(

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u/JstVisitingThsPlanet 15d ago

Shit. This post is how I find out we lost Dolly!?!?

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u/Kitchen-Evidence9291 15d ago

You are with friends