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\n AUSTIN, TEXAS – MARCH 18: Dolly Parton performs on stage at ACL Live during Blockchain Creative Labs’ Dollyverse event at SXSW during the 2022 SXSW Conference and Festivals on March 18, 2022 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Michael Loccisano\/Getty Images for SXSW)<\/p>\n
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On Tuesday, August 25th, American country musician, philanthropist, and icon Dolly Parton died at the age of 80 in Nashville, Tennessee.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Years before her death, she asked her nephew and head of security, Bryan Seaver, to make a video announcing her passing. In the video posted to social media yesterday, he shared this exchange with his aunt:
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\u201cDolly called me and said she wants to rest on a beautiful bed of plush cotton because after a life of wearing heavy rhinestones, she finally deserves to be comfortable, and have some rest.\u201d
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In 2023, we celebrated the queen of rhinestone\u2019s achievements and music here on 1A. Please enjoy this replay of that show in honor of Dolly Parton\u2019s legacy. Here’s what we wrote about that conversation at the time.<\/p>\n
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Dolly Parton\u2019s resume is as big as her hair. And at age 77 she\u2019s adding another title to it: \u201cRockstar.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Her new album was released on Nov. 17. It\u2019s a mix of covers of classic rock songs, featuring collaborations with a whopping list of who\u2019s who in Rock-n-Roll. And there are almost 30 tracks \u2013 give or take a few \u2013 depending on the version of the album<\/a> that you buy. With 9 new singles, \u201cRockstar\u201d is Dolly\u2019s most significant foray into Rock and Roll music.<\/p>\n While Dolly has fully embraced a new \u201cRockstar\u201d persona \u2013 down to the black studded outfits \u2013 glimmers of rockstar have existed in Dolly\u2019s previous eras<\/a>. And over the past fifty years, Dolly has won plenty of awards and accolades for her songwriting, becoming one of music\u2019s most prolific songwriters<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sit back and grab yourself a cup of ambition. For this edition of the 1A Record Club \u2013 Dolly Parton\u2019s new album \u201cRockstar\u201d and what her latest musical evolution represents.<\/p>\n Find more of our programs online<\/a>. Listen to 1A sponsor-free by signing up for 1A+ at plus.npr.org\/the1a<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, TEXAS – MARCH 18: Dolly Parton performs on stage at ACL Live during Blockchain Creative Labs’ Dollyverse…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-417821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}