{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name        = The Grass is Blue
| Type        = Album
| Artist      = Dolly Parton
| Cover       = Grassisblue.jpg
| Released    = October 1999
| Recorded    =  1999
| Genre       = Bluegrass
| Length      = ?:?
| Label       = Sugar Hill
| Producer    = Steve Buckingham
| Reviews     = 
*Allmusic  [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:aw7zeflk1gf8 link]
| Last album  = ''Hungry Again'' (1998)
| This album  = ''The Grass is Blue'' (1999)
| Next album  = ''Little Sparrow'' (2001)
}}

'''''The Grass is Blue''''' is a bluegrass album by Dolly Parton, released in October 1999. In addition to rejuvenating Parton's then lagging career, the album, along with the ''O Brother, Where Art Thou'' soundtrack and the work of Alison Krauss, is credited with making bluegrass a hugely popular musical genre during the early 2000s.  Though the album received little airplay on mainstream country radio, it sold well (peaking at number 24 on the U.S. country albums charts), and was among the most critically acclaimed albums of Parton's career, making many critics' year-end "best of" lists.

The songs included a mixture of Parton originals and folk and bluegrass standards, as well as a Billy Joel cover.  "Silver Dagger", a late nineteenth century ballad, had been popularized by Joan Baez during the early 1960s.  Norah Jones would later record the title song on a 2003 Parton tribute album.

==Track listing==
#"Travelin' Prayer" (Billy Joel)
#"Cash on the Barrelhead"  (Louvin Brothers)
#"A Few Old Memories" (Hazel Dickens)
#"I'm Gonna Sleep With One Eye Open" (Lester Flatt , Earl Scruggs)
#"Steady As the Rain" (Dolly Parton)
#"I Still Miss Someone" (Johnny Cash)
#"Endless Stream of Tears"  (Dolly Parton)
#"Silver Dagger" (Traditional)
#"Train, Train" (Shorty Medlocke)
#"I Wonder Where You Are Tonight" (Johnny Bond)
#"Will He Be Waiting For Me" (Dolly Parton)
#"The Grass Is Blue" (Dolly Parton)
#"I Am Ready"  (Rachel Parton Dennison)

'''''The Grass is Blue''''' är ett bluegrassalbum av Dolly Parton, släppt i oktober 1999. Tillsammans med soundtrack till ''O Brother, Where Art Thou'' och Alison Krauss skulle albumet göra bluegrassmusiken populär i början av 2000-talet. Låtarna från albumet spelades lite i mainstreamcountryradio, men albumet sålde bra och nådde topplaceringen #24 på USA:s countryalbumslistor, och fick bra kritik.

Materialet var blandat, både originallåtar och folk- och bluegrasstandardlåtar, liksom en cover på Billy Joel. "Silver Dagger", en ballad från slutet av 1800-talet som gjorts populär av Joan Baez i början av 1960-talet. Norah Jones kom senare att spela in titelspåret 2003 på ett tributalbum till Dolly Parton.

==Låtlista==
#"Travelin' Prayer" (Billy Joel)
#"Cash on the Barrelhead"  (Louvin Brothers)
#"A Few Old Memories" (Hazel Dickens)
#"I'm Gonna Sleep With One Eye Open" (Lester Flatt , Earl Scruggs)
#"Steady As the Rain" (Dolly Parton)
#"I Still Miss Someone" (Johnny Cash)
#"Endless Stream of Tears"  (Dolly Parton)
#"Silver Dagger" (Traditional)
#"Train, Train" (Shorty Medlocke)
#"I Wonder Where You Are Tonight" (Johnny Bond)
#"Will He Be Waiting For Me" (Dolly Parton)
#"The Grass Is Blue" (Dolly Parton)
#"I Am Ready"  (Rachel Parton Dennison)