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Texas Tech Grad Rose from Errand Runner to Emmy-Winning Dolly Parton Producer

Ashley Grotegut

September 25, 2026

Hickman Hudson with Dolly Parton with the Pure & Simple logo on wall behind them

Hudson Hickman thought he wanted to be an entrepreneur like his dad. But his interests led him to the theater department at Texas Tech instead: Act 1 of his show business career.

“If you had told me when I was 17 years old that one day I would work with Dolly Parton, I would’ve thought, ‘You’re crazy!’” he remembered with a laugh. 

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