Dolly Parton’s Song Featuring Rob Halford Rocks
It’s a combination that at face value just makes sense. Dolly Parton, international country music star and just honestly awesome individual, is putting out a rock record titled Rockstar after being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and she’s recruited a number of rock and metal musicians to pitch in.Then you have Rob Halford — the legendary Judas Priest frontman and self-described Dolly fan.
Bringing the two of them together for the newly released track “Bygones” predictably created something that actually sounds pretty damn good. Couple that with the fact that the song also features John 5 on guitar and Nikki Sixx’s backing tracks on bass and you’ve got a star-studded track on your hands.
Sure, it’s definitely more radio rock than the type of metal we tend to feature on the site, but it’s Dolly fucking Parton. I mean, I don’t know what else to say other than the track is pretty good.
Rockstar will be released on November 17 and will feature nine original songs and 21 covers. The full list of those tracks are as follows:
- Rockstar (with special guest Richie Sambora)
- World on Fire
- Every Breath You Take (feat. Sting)
- Open Arms (feat. Steve Perry)
- Magic Man (feat. Ann Wilson with special guest Howard Lee)
- Long As I Can See The Light (feat. John Fogerty)
- Either Or (feat. Kid Rock)
- I Want You Back (feat. Steven Tyler & special guest Warren Haynes)
- What Has Rock And Roll Ever Done For You (feat. Stevie Nicks & special guest Waddy Wachtel)
- Purple Rain
- Baby, I Love Your Way (feat. Peter Frampton)
- I Hate Myself For Loving You (feat. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts)
- Night Moves (feat. Chris Stapleton)
- Wrecking Ball (feat. Miley Cyrus)
- (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (feat. P!nk & Brandi Carlile)
- Keep On Loving You (feat. Kevin Cronin)
- Heart Of Glass (feat. Debbie Harry)
- Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me (feat. Elton John)
- Tried To Rock And Roll Me (feat. Melissa Etheridge)
- Stairway To Heaven (feat. Lizzo & Sasha Flute)
- We Are The Champions
- Bygones (feat. Rob Halford with special guests Nikki Sixx & John 5)
- My Blue Tears (feat. Simon Le Bon)
- What’s Up? (feat. Linda Perry)
- You’re No Good (feat. Emmylou Harris & Sheryl Crow)
- Heartbreaker (feat. Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo)
- Bittersweet (feat. Michael McDonald)
- I Dreamed About Elvis (feat. Ronnie McDowell with special guest The Jordanaires)
- Let It Be (feat. Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr with special guests Peter Frampton & Mick Fleetwood)
- Free Bird (feat. Ronnie Van Zant with special guests Gary Rossington, Artimus Pyle and The Artimus Pyle Band)
