Dolly Parton pays tribute to Tom Petty

Dolly Parton has new music out!

The legendary singer has done a cover of the popular song by Tom Petty, 'Southern Accents'. 

Dolly took to her social media pages to make the announcement. 

"I’ve always been a fan of @tompettyofficial and his songs," she wrote on Instagram. 

The 'Jolene' hitmaker revealed that she was featured in an album that honours the late singer. 

"It was such an honor to be a part of his upcoming tribute album, ‘Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty," she wrote. 

Dolly said she is covering Petty's hit song, 'Southern Accent'. 

"My version of 'Southern Accents' is out now!" she wrote. 

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Petty released 'Southern Accent' in 1985. 

In one of the interviews about the song, Tom explained, "It was around 4 am. Really, really late in the morning. Or early in the morning. I was all alone in the studio, everybody had gone, and I was playing the piano. And boom, here’s this song. In  F. On the piano," he reportedly said according to American Songwriter. 

He said it is one of the best songs he has ever written. 

"One of the best songs I ever wrote. It just appeared. I did it all real fast on the piano. And I had a cassette deck, and I remember I taped it on the cassette deck. And I couldn’t go to sleep, I was so excited about it. That was a lot of fun. I got Jack Nitzche,who  is one of my heroes. I got him to do the strings. That was the first time we ever used an orchestra. And that was a track I was really, really happy about. I thought it came out pretty well," he reportedly said. 

Below is Dolly's post about the song. 

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