Dolly Parton Covers Tom Petty’s “Southern Accents”: Watch

Dolly
Parton
has
released
a
new
cover
of

Tom
Petty’s
1985
song
“Southern
Accents.”
It’ll
appear
on
the
forthcoming
compilation


Petty
Country:
A
Country
Music
Celebration
of
Tom
Petty.
Watch
Parton’s
new
“Southern
Accents”
music
video,
directed
by

Trey
Fanjoy,
below.

“I
was
fortunate
enough
to
get
to
know
Tom
over
the
years,”
Parton
stated
in
a
press
release.
“He’s
such
an
iconic
artist
and
important
songwriter.
I’m
so
honored
to
be
a
part
of
this
special
album
and
to
be
able
to
share
my
version
of
one
of
Tom’s
best
songs,
‘Southern
Accents.’”

George
Drakoulias,
Randall
Poster,
and
Scott
Borchetta
are
the
executive
producers
of

Petty
Country:
A
Country
Music
Celebration
of
Tom
Petty.
The
tribute
album
features
Willie
and
Lukas
Nelson,
Steve
Earle,
Rhiannon
Giddens,
Chris
Stapleton,
Luke
Combs,
Midland,
Margo
Price,
and
more.
The
LP
is
out
on
June
21.

Dolly
Parton
has
been
in
the
headlines
lately
for

her
work
on
Beyoncé’s


Cowboy
Carter.
She
is
on
the
new
album’s
“Dolly
P”
and
“Tyrant,”
and
Beyoncé
memorably
covers
Parton’s
“Jolene.”