Dolly Parton wants to rock you: how the music industry plans to make it happen

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took herself out of the running to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year — “I don’t feel that I have earned that right,” she said in an Instagram post— she revealed that she hopes to one day be “worthy” of another nomination.“This has … inspired me to put out a hopefully great rock ’n’ roll album at some point in the future, which I have always wanted to do!” she said.And if Johnny Cash could work with Rick Rubin and Loretta Lynn could collaborate with Jack White, then certainly Parton could get some rock love.Rundgren — who in addition to being inducted into the RRHOF last year as an artist, has produced everyone from Badfinger and the New York Dolls to Meat Loaf’s “Bat Out of Hell” — would love to collaborate with Parton behind the boards. “Who wouldn’t?” Rundgren, 73, said.“She’s made so many records, has so much experience, you know there’s not going to be any sort of funny business about doing it.

I would just get everybody in the world who ever wanted to play with Dolly Parton … from Heart to Joan Jett to Pearl Jam to Greta Van Fleet, for God’s sake.”And Rundgren knows exactly the kind of record he would want to make with Parton: “The point is, first of all, do a real rock album,” he said. “If you’re gonna do a rock album, do a rock album.

Don’t diddle around the edges of it. But also, do it like Dolly would do it. Don’t try and make funny things with her voice or anything, trying to tell the world [she’s] tough or anything like that.

There isn’t any necessity for that.”Noted producer Steve Albini — who worked on Nirvana’s classic “In Utero”  — has also thrown his hat in the ring to rock with Parton.