A coldness between music legends Bob Dylan and Dolly Parton seems to have come out of the blue, according to the 9 to 5 singer.
Parton once shared her worries of accidentally offending the Mr. Tambourine Man hitmaker. Though the pair have not had too many interactions, it appears Dylan’s attitude left much to be desired. These encounters were so awkward in fact, Parton believes she “offended” Dylan somehow, though she’s not sure how. Parton would go on to call Dylan a “weird buckaroo” and says she doesn’t know what Dylan thinks of her or her music. Though Parton made it clear the interactions don’t bother her too much, it was noted by the country star as an awkward encounter with a music legend.
Parton shared: “I’ve met him a few times, but I never felt any warmth from him to me. I think I have offended him somehow by the way I looked or the way I was. I love his music, but he’s a weird buckaroo.” She would also say in a separate interview: “I don’t feel like we ever connected. Maybe he just thought I was too phony or he didn’t get to know me too well.”
A proposed collaboration between the two on a cover of Blowin’ in the Wind was reportedly canned once Dylan refused to appear on the song. Parton would allegedly scrap the entire album as a result of this refusal. She would clarify that the pair had not spoken personally, but she had sent a message asking for “at least one line” on the song.
Dylan would refuse, and instead of a full covers album, Parton opted for just a cover of Blowin’ in the Wind with Nickel Creek singing on it. She would suggest to the Irish Times it “worked out better” with Nicke Creek.
She said: “To be fair, I didn’t actually speak to him personally. I got the message back that he didn’t want to do it, so I got Nickel Creek to sing on it, so, in a way, it worked out better. I was going to do a whole album of his [songs], and I was going to call it Dolly Does Dylan. Now I’m having second thoughts.”
Parton has said Dolly Does Dylan will likely never see a release, though she did confirm her love for the veteran songwriter’s music. She said: “I always loved his music. His mind is so deep, but his melodies are so good. They lend themselves so well to harmonies.”
Between a handful of cold interactions and his refusal to appear on a covers album of his own music, it appears Parton is unsure what to make of Dylan. He would appear on a collaboration with Barbra Streisand, where the pair covered The Very Thought of You.
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