Living country legend Dolly Parton switched to rock at 77

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America’s Saint Dolly PartonThe country music legend who has been a global icon of American pop culture for six decades returns to the fray with a new challenge. New album at 77 years old. This is the seven-time Grammy winner’s 59th studio album and the album that includes 25 compilations. But this time, the Tennessee singer, millionaire businesswoman and philanthropist decided to change her style. Inside ‘rock star’The album, which goes on sale Friday, November 17 via Butterfly Records and Big Machine Label Group, debuts as a rocker.

really? 30 tracks including 9 new songs and 21 classic covers There are rock (like ‘Purple Rain’ or ‘We Are the Champions’) and collaborations with other icons like Chris Stapleton, Elton John, John Fogerty, Miley Cyrus, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Nicks, Sting, Pink…

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So far, he has released several singles, including the title song. ‘The world is burning’ (which takes aim at lying, greedy politicians and topped Billboard’s digital rock sales chart in May) and ‘Let It Be’ featuring surviving members of The Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starramong other songs.

This album comes after the LP ‘Run, Laugh, Run’ from 2022, and just a year after the creator of hits like this ‘I Love You Always’ or ‘Jolene’ He was rewarded with induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. That’s when she revealed in ‘People’ magazine what inspired her to create a rock album and how important her husband’s support has been for her since 1966. Carl Thomas Deana lifelong rock fan.

“I dedicate this to my husband Carl.”

“I dedicate this to him because he always loved rock ‘n’ roll; the stronger and louder the better,” the artist explained in a recent interview on ‘Billboard’. “The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and I started with the classics,” he commented.

Elton John He appeared in the program ‘Let the Sun Set on Me’, Anne Wilson Appeared on Heart’s ‘Magic Man’ and John Fogerty To give a few examples, Creedence is a guest on Clearwater Revival’s ‘Long As I Can See The Light’ program.

“I’m starting to feel a little bit like a rock, but I’ll always be a country girl. Here I am, a rock star at my age,” she told the aforementioned magazine. “I’ve done country covers of some great classic songs, but I’ve never really done a rock ‘n’ roll album. It was a challenge but a great joy. That and I was surprised I could sing it,” the star continued.

‘Satisfaction’, feminine power

The album includes a cover ‘(No) I Can’t Get No Satisfaction’ by the Rolling Stones With Brandi Carlile and P!nk. This is one of the few versions of their upcoming album that does not feature the original artist. Mick Jagger. The British artist “was very busy with her own album, which I totally understand, and I didn’t have any more time, we had a deadline. I would have loved to sing with Mick, but then I thought, ‘Well, if Parton told Billboard, ‘You’re not going to sing this with me, on this version “I’m going to get some girl power,” she said.

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