Get that tear out of that beer, Penn Staters -- world-renowned country music superstar Dolly Parton will bring her Hello, I'm Dolly tour to Bryce Jordan Center Sunday night.

Parton began her career as a young teenager, frequently appearing at the Grand Ole Opry and on various television programs in her native Tennessee. At 21, she released Hello, I'm Dolly, an album that would catch the attention of country star and television host Porter Wagoner, who invited Parton to join his program.

The duets Parton and Wagoner performed on the show became legendary, and Parton's star continued to rise with hit record after hit record.

Unlike many females of country music, Parton has always had a hand in songwriting; her most famous composition is "I Will Always Love You," a song she wrote to announce her retirement from The Porter Wagoner Show further popularized in the early 1990s by Whitney Houston. After leaving the Wagoner show to seek solo success, Parton's fame continued to build, and she spent much of the 1970s releasing self-produced albums of eclectic country-based music and starring in her own television show, appropriately named Dolly.

Parton found success again with her version of "Here You Come Again," a song that would make her a star far outside of the world of country music.

But nothing could compare to the success of "9 to 5," the theme song to the movie of the same name that was her film debut. Parton has never shied away from movie roles, and her memorable role in 1989's Steel Magnolias further helped Parton secure her devoted audience.

Parton spent much of the '90s out of the spotlight, instead turning the focus back on her music.

She released a series of critically-acclaimed albums ranging from a collaboration with country sirens like Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris to Treasures, a record comprised entirely of covers of Parton's favorite songs.

The late '90s found Parton spending more time making the bluegrass music that she grew up with than the country-pop that had made her a star, and her forthcoming album Blue Smoke will consist of more of the same style.Parton's stop in State College Sunday night is sure to include plenty of that high lonesome sound to go along with her trademark stage presence.

Nashville bluegrass act The Grascals, who will open Sunday's show, play an amped-up style of bluegrass not unlike Parton's.

The band is comprised of many former members of the bluegrass band The Osborne Brothers.

The Grascals have recently released a single, "Viva Las Vegas," which features none other than Dolly Parton on vocals.