Stevie and Dolly Parton New Collab
 

Dolly is doing a rock and roll album, and Stevie has done a song with her:

Listen around the 2 minute mark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUZEjbuNFs4

Am I right in thinking she wanted Dolly to sing After The Glitter Fades originally?

Yes, supposedly she sent it to Dolly in the early seventies hoping Dolly would use it on an album, and never heard back about it.

It seems like they have been circling each other's orbits for a long time without really connecting before now. A few years back Dolly made some really nice (and untrue) comment about how Stevie was such a fine songwriter that Dolly couldn't match her.

I have never seen a picture of them together. Surely this collaboration won't have been the first time they have met, though?

I am not sure that someone like Dolly would wish to be around someone with the current Stevie's self absorbtion and bloated sense of importance. The country singers of Dolly's generation often came from childhoods of abject poverty. Stevie complained about having to make hamburger helper during the few months that her wealthy parents cut her off before she joined FM. I know that Stevie was in Betty Ford at the same time as the late Tammy Wynette. Tammy in spite of all her troubles remained a down to earth and kind lady. I don't believe that they interacted and Tammy also would have looked askance at the narcissistic mess that Stevie had become even by that time.

I'm a huge country music guy, and I can tell you that fans of their generation simply wouldn't tolerate uppity self absorbed stars. It's different now(I did monitors for Miranda Lambert, and she had her handlers surrounding her, even keeping the sound people(me) from speaking to them).

Is Stevie going to do 9 to 5?




I would love to hear her botch the lyrics to it.

:lol:

Well you must be wrong because Dolly just said she recorded a song with Stevie. So she must not mind being around someone like Stevie. And I’m sure Dolly has plenty of experience being around narcissistic people, anyway.

She’d be rambling on how she could never work between 9-5 since as a rockstar she stays up until 5am.

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From Stevie on Facebook:

"Happy Birthday to my new friend, Dolly Parton! Had so much fun singing with you!"

Seems like Lindsey recorded quite a few songs with her as well if memory serves me right.:laugh:

I know this sounds really mean, but I've thought it the last several times I've seen Stevie--her hair looks like an unkempt rat's nest. It's just not working.

Waddy has better hair. :laugh:

The truth will set you free.Retirement time.

Lol this is a statement that has never been made, ever before, in the history of the world! But also, straight facts!

Does Stevie have running tights on?

Amazing comment 🪦

But also, Dolly looks like she’s been unplugged from the matrix. They both need to take a look at their heads.

Dolly wears wigs, quite famously. https://www.countrythangdaily.com/do...n-without-wig/

Silly, it's 9pm-5am.

Yes of course she does …. And?:confused:

Cool! And I liked that of all the guest artists she names (Paul McCartney, Steve Perry, Pink, Brandi Carlisle) around that 2:00 mark, Stevie is the one who gets applause!

Stevie's version:

Rumble out of that bed and head to the kitchen
Pouring myself a glass of inspiration or something French.....champagne
Stretching and trying to come alive
Jump in the bath and my heart starts pumping
People like me singing it to ya

Singing it to ya
What a way to make a living
barely getting by
all taking and sometimes giving
Somtimes you get used
and you dont get credit
its enough to drive you wild...wild baby
Singing it to ya
for service and devotion
what about a promotion
moving forward but Mick does not seem to let me
I swear sometimes that man is out to get me
the sky never expects it working 9 to 5

I have know this much longer than I've known you
I know what it sounds like working 9 to 5
I know what it feels like working 9 to 5
Say hey hey now


This.........is........serious........
Would you like to say something to the audience?

no and. just sharing info in case some people are unaware :nod::xoxo:

I'd love to be a fly on the wall for this session. Dolly seems like the type that she's going to do 15 takes until she gets the vocal just right...Stevie these days is not at all about that life.

She still loves to tell the stories about Don Henley and Kenny Loggins being task masters in the studio...

If only someone could zoom in and see if some lyrics are on the papers on the board! I tried but don't have any good tools.

And I bet Dolly ate those stories up, too! I highly doubt that Dolly had heard any of those stories before. Unlike us, who read and follow every word any of them say, Dolly hasn’t, so I wouldn’t be surprised if she got a kick out of hearing them. And likewise, I expect Dolly shared some of her stories of recording with different artists as well. Dolly aphas worked with some incredible folks in the past, and I would love to hear stories about Porter Waggoner, Kenny Rogers, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, etc. Stevie could definitely learn a thing or two from Dolly.

Dolly has stated that she wanted to use a cattle prod to get Linda Ronstadt to work during the recording of the second Trio album. I hoped that she saved that prod for Stevie because compared to her Linda was a pro and a workaholic.:rolleyes:

"I had a fragile dream in a great house in The Hamptons. I'd been there before, singing songs and doing benefits"

FFS let's pray that the writing was left to Dolly.

I prayed "Please God show him the way. Please God show her the way. Please God"

Is that god related to the commercial gods, to whom she also preys? :wavey:

I just read that Mick Fleetwood Will also be playing on a song with Dolly Parton. Interestingly enough, out of all the musicians they listed, such as Cher, Stevie, Pat Benatar, Brandi Carlisle, Pink, Paul McCartney, etc, Mick is the only non-singing musician listed. Well, Ringo Starr, too.

Apparently the name Fleetwood still carries some weight in the music biz! The obvious assumption is Mick will be playing on the song that Stevie and Dolly are working on, but we’ll see.

Songs listed included Stairway to Heaven, Purple Rain, Freebird, and Open Arms.

So it is all remakes. Dolly already did Stairway to Heaven on one of her excellent Bluegrass albums. I wonder if Stevie will be croaking along to Purple Rain since she claims that Prince offered it to her first.

There will be some original songs on the album as well- Dolly sang a new rock song at her RRHOF induction.

Gotcha. I figured the clips or whatever those are on the back of Dolly’s head gave it away at last. :laugh::laugh:

My comment was not about wigs or extensions but more about being aware of how the whole head looks. Whoever posted a photo of these two ladies from behind in the studio… did them dirty.

I remember when I was little and I learned that Dolly had fake boobs (she also famously said nearly everything on her was fake) and I was shocked — shocked.

Almost as good as Stevie’s other version of a Dolly song: “And heeeee will always love herrrrr”

Gotcha. I figured the clips or whatever those are on the back of Dolly’s head gave it away at last. :laugh::laugh:

My comment was not about wigs or extensions but more about being aware of how the whole head looks. Whoever posted a photo of these two ladies from behind in the studio… did them dirty.

I remember when I was little and I learned that Dolly had fake boobs (she also famously said nearly everything on her was fake) and I was shocked— shocked.

I love Dolly Parton. She is part of the American fabric. Can anyone imagine a United States without Dolly? I can't.

Ringo Starr sings.

Since this is the photo that was posted, imagine what they looked like from the front! And I don't blame them - I wouldn't want to get all dolled up and camera ready just for a long day in the studio either!

Pretty much every celebrity with long hair has extensions. Except Stevie, apparently, as I doubt they make extensions with that texture. If that's all her real hair, that's a sign of good health (getting all those vitamins) especially for a woman of her age.

I hope Stevie and Dolly sing SOUL MAN by Sam and Dave, LOTTA LOVE by Neil Young, CALIFORNIA DREAMING by John Phillips, GAMES WITHOUT FRONTIERS by Peter Gabriel, GET IT WHILE YOU CAN by Howard Tate, OH NO NOT MY BABY by Maxine Brown, UMBRA by Karnivool, or SENSUAL SEDUCTION by Snoop Dogg. Any of these would be dreamy.