Late Night Music Club: Dolly Parton - Southern Accents
A touching tribute to the late, great Tom Petty by the Queen of Country, Dolly Parton
When I started doing the music clubs all those months ago, I promised myself to go as long as I possibly could without repeating an artist or a song. I'm afraid that today is when I break that promise - twice. But when it's a brand new released video of Dolly Parton singing a cover of Tom Petty's Southern Accents, I am not ashamed for breaking that promise. Set to a background of Petty's home movies in a room full of Petty paraphernalia, you can't help but feel a little bit emotional at this beautiful rendition of one of his best songs.
And if you read Petty's own words on how he came up with this song and how strongly he felt about it, well, it gets you in the feels too.
And just for good measure, here is Petty singing his own song live: