Before she was putting out incredible albums and selling out her own headlining shows, Ashley McBryde worked for the queen herself, Dolly Parton. While she didn’t work for her for very long, and this was a good 20 years ago, there were a few memorable moments that Ashley recalled during a recent interview with BBC Radio 2, saying she actually saved Dolly’s house from some destruction when a microwave caught on fire. She didn’t reveal exactly what might have caused the fire, but when the microwave went up in flames, Ashley jumped into action. She says she grabbed it with a bear hug and ran it out the door, because Dolly’s house was going through a remodel at the time and Ashley knew the smoke would only make that much more work for everyone. I mean, there’s probably no one else I would consider doing that for than Dolly, so I get it and it sounds like Ashley saved them a lot of time and money on everything they were in the process of with the re-wallpapering and all: “I did. For a short time. There was a microwave, and it was on fire. And that’s okay. I unplugged it from the wall, grabbed it with a bear hug and ran it out the door so that it wouldn’t… the thing was, they were remodeling the home. And so where we were staying was just one little portion of the home with two rooms, and a deep freeze, and a microwave and a bed. And they were re-wallpapering, so for that smoke to be billowing out of the microwave, it would have ruined everything in that room. So just bear hugged it and took it outside.” Dolly wasn’t upset about it at all, either… in fact, she gave the microwave to Ashley and told her how to get the smokey smell out of it. But Ashley says it just made everything else she put in their taste like smoke and vinegar, so I don’t think she kept it very long. But she remembered one other thing Dolly gave her from their short time working together, which was a tube of ChapStick Ashley says she kept for two decades and only used “on special occasions”: “She gave me the microwave, told me how to get the stink out of it. She said, ‘Just heat up a bowl of vinegar in there.’ And it still smelled like burnt things and vinegar after that. and she also have me a tube of ChapStick that I had for, I don’t know, probably 20 years after that. I would only use it on special occasions. I got to use my Dolly Parton ChapStick.” I wouldn’t have blamed her if she just framed it and hung it up in her house once she was done with it, too… View this post on Instagram Ashley just released her phenomenal new album Wild, and you can check out some of the standouts below. “Arkansas Mud” “Hand Me Downs” “Bottle Tells Me So” Ashley McBryde Tour Dates June 11 – Jackson, MS – Thalia Mara Hall June 12 – Biloxi, MS – IP Casino Resort and Spa June 19 – Rockton, IL – Settler’s Park June 25 – Belfast, UK – Custom House Square Belfast June 27 – London, UK – Hyde Park July 3 – Calgary, AB – Calgary Stampede July 9 – Deerfield, MA – Tree House Brewing Company July 10 – Bar Harbor, ME – 1932 Criterion Theatre July 11 – Cavendish, PE – Cavendish Beach Music Festival July 17 – Colorado Springs, CO – Phil Long Music Hall July 18 – Gypsum, CO – Lundgren Amphitheater July 24 – Larchwood, IA – Grand Falls Casino Resort Event Center July 30 – West Fargo, ND – The Lights Amphitheater July 31 – Plymouth, MN – Hilde Performance CenterThe post The Wild, True Story of How Ashley McBryde Saved Dolly Parton’s House Renovation From a Fire first appeared on Whiskey Riff.