Honey B, meet Dolly P.
Without singing a single note, Dolly Parton appears as a special guest on Beyoncé’s just-released country album “Cowboy Carter,” a twist on the usual Nashville narrative. .
And what better place for the Queen of Country’s cameo than in the intro to Honey B’s “Dolly P”? A cover of her certified classic “Jolene”, People who recently turned 50 years old.
“Hi, Miss Honey B, this is Dolly P,” Parton, 79, says with her familiar warmth.
“You know that bastard with the nice hair that you sing about?” she continued, referring to “Lemonade” standout, the infamous, stealthy “Becky” and uttered, “I’m sorry.”
“It reminds me of someone I used to know / Except she had fiery auburn hair… just a different hair color, but the same pain.”
Bey then grabs the microphone and soulfully strums out Parton’s seminal hit on acoustic guitar. This hit song shot to the top of her country charts after being released in October 1973 and as the title song of Parton’s 1974 album.
It has a country feel to it, but there’s a hint of hip-hop behind the propulsive beat, letting you know this is a Beyoncé album after all.
And after the ballroom house beat of the first act of Renaissance, released in July 2022, this is Bey unplugged, raw and rootsy, before the venue’s loud choir backs her up. Betrayal is crushing colorlessness. end.
But Parton isn’t the only country legend to co-sign ‘Cowboy Carter’ after Beyoncé implied she was ‘not welcome’ when she performed ‘Daddy Lessons’ with the Chicks at the 2016 CMA Awards .
OG outlaw Willie Nelson hosts two interludes on KNTRY’s radio show in Beyoncé’s home state of Texas, “Smoke Hour” and “Smoke Hour II.”
The first interlude delves into country music’s black roots, while the second interlude delves into Bey’s mission to bring country music back to black people. The origins of the banjo itself can be traced back to Africa.
“Sometimes I don’t know what I like/And someone I trust tells me what’s really good,” says the 90-year-old pot-smoking icon as he introduces “Just for Fun.” I say this.duet with beyoncé Willie Jones, the black country upstart.
Other guests on “Cowboy Carter,” the “second act” of Bey’s “Renaissance” trilogy, include other African American artists who have crossed country music’s color line by two steps. Masu.
Tanner Adele, Britney Spencer, Tierra Kennedy and Rayna Roberts back her up Country-specific cover of the Beatles’ famous song “Blackbird” It looks like Destiny’s Southern Child.
Meanwhile, Linda Martel, the first black woman to perform at the Grand Ole Opry in 1969, has received intergenerational love for her two interludes, including “The Linda Martel Show.”
And Blue Ivy, Beyoncé’s 6-year-old daughter Rumi Carter with her husband Jay-Z, is featured in close-up at the beginning of “The Protector.”
But “Cowboy Carter” doesn’t discriminate. Two of today’s biggest white pop stars – Miley Cyrus (“II Most Wanted”) and Post Malone (“Levis Jeans”) are also invited to the genre-busting hoedown.
