Step back in time to a moment of pure country music magic—when legends collided, and history was made. In 2003, Shania Twain and Dolly Parton stood side by side for the first time, their voices weaving together in a soul-stirring rendition of Coat of Many Colors. But that wasn’t all. Add Alison Krauss to the mix, and suddenly, the stage wasn’t just a stage—it was a sacred ground for country music royalty. The holy trinity, in perfect harmony, delivering a performance for the ages.

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Shania Twain and Dolly Parton are actually the duo I always knew I both wanted and needed.

Shania has stated many times that Dolly is her ultimate musical hero and inspiration, and has also noted that Dolly’s hit “Coat of Many Colors” is her favorite song of all time

But it wasn’t until 2003 that they actually teamed up to perform together for the first time, singing the aforementioned “Coat of Many Colors” on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

Shania introduced Dolly to the audience, saying that this moment was a dream come true for her:

“Well, everyone, this is definitely a lifelong dream of mine. And what more can I say than that this is my hero, musical and personal hero of all time.

Beautiful person inside and out, and the person that I always wanted to grow up to be. Please everybody, Dolly!”

Dolly’s song was inspired by a coat her mom made her when she was growing up dirt poor in the hills of East Tennessee, just like she says in the song.

Her mom sewed the coat together with rags people gave Dolly’s family, and as she worked, her mother told her children the story of Joseph in the Bible, as he had his own Coat of Many Colors which was given to him by his father Jacob and a very significant part of his story.

The coat and meaning behind it taught Dolly to be proud of and thankful for what she had, even if it meant nothing to anyone else:

“And oh, I couldn’t understand itFor I felt I was richAnd I told ’em of the loveMy momma sewed in every stitchAnd I told ’em all the storyMomma told me while she sewedAnd how my coat of many colorsWas worth more than all their clothes”

A solo write by Dolly, “Coat of Many Colors” was released in September 1971 as the second single and title track to her Coat of Many Colors album. It peaked at #4 on the U.S. Hot Country Songs chart later that year.

She actually got the idea and initially penned the track in 1969 while traveling with Porter Wagoner on a tour bus, but had to write it on the back of a dry cleaning receipt from one of his suits because she had no paper on the bus.

Once the song became a huge hit, he of course had that receipt framed, as she explained in her 1994 memoir, My Life and Other Unfinished Business.

And for this performance, not only did Dolly take over background vocal duties on her own song (a queen move, by the way) Alison Krauss played the fiddle as part of the band.

I think it’s high time we get all three of them on stage together again…

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