{"id":15207,"date":"2025-04-19T01:11:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T01:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=15207"},"modified":"2025-04-19T01:11:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T01:11:05","slug":"carly-pearces-tribute-to-dolly-parton-at-nbcs-opry-100-a-live-celebration-didnt-sit-well-with-everyone-the-country-star-took-the-stage-at-the-grand-ole-opry-to-perform-jol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=15207","title":{"rendered":"Carly Pearce\u2019s tribute to Dolly Parton at NBC\u2019s Opry 100: A Live Celebration didn\u2019t sit well with everyone. The country star took the stage at the Grand Ole Opry to perform Jolene in honor of Parton, but her rendition sparked unexpected criticism. Before singing the iconic hit, Pearce expressed her condolences to Parton, whose husband, Carl Dean, passed away on March 3. 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The star-studded lineup included Opry members Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Vince Gill, Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini, Reba McEntire, Blake Shelton, and many, many more.<\/p>\n<p>Performers honored members who have passed on and some who are still living and have made a profound impact on the genre. One of the night\u2019s most anticipated performances came from Carly Pearce, who paid tribute to Dolly Parton.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-carly-pearce-s-tribute-performance-was-a-full-circle-moment-of-sorts-for-the-artist\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Carly Pearce\u2019s tribute performance was a full-circle moment of sorts for the artist.<\/h2>\n<p>Carly Pearce started her career at Dolly Parton\u2019s theme park, Dollywood, when she was 16 years old.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, fifteen years after she first started performing at Dollywood, Carly was surprised by\u00a0an invitation\u00a0from Dolly to join the Grand Ole Opry. It was the first time the \u201cJolene\u201d singer had done the honors of extending an invitation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rll-youtube-player\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lve1e5yyUMs\" data-id=\"lve1e5yyUMs\" data-query=\"si=dNM66-rlxOs2VUq_\" data-alt=\"YouTube video player\">\n<div data-id=\"lve1e5yyUMs\" data-query=\"si=dNM66-rlxOs2VUq_\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lve1e5yyUMs\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dolly Parton shocks ex-Dollywood performer with Grand Ole Opry invite\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lve1e5yyUMs\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a\u00a02022 interview, Pearce shared that Dolly has been an inspiration for her since she was a little girl.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p id=\"ez5mpEwNROl0\">\u201cShe has taught me so much over the years from her kindness and the way she treats others, to her incredible songwriting and her ability to speak from the heart in all of her songs. Her impact on myself and country music as a whole is something I\u2019ll always cherish.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"h-carly-pearce-performed-in-honor-of-dolly-parton-during-wednesday-night-s-opry-100-special\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Carly Pearce performed in honor of Dolly Parton during Wednesday night\u2019s Opry 100 special.<\/h2>\n<p>Carly took the stage to perform \u201cJolene\u201d as a tribute to Dolly, who has long been known as a trailblazer for women in country music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJolene\u201d was written and recorded by Dolly in 1973 on the same day she wrote \u201cI Will Always Love You.\u201d She was inspired to write the tune by a red-headed bank clerk who flirted with her husband shortly after they were married.<\/p>\n<p>The song became Dolly\u2019s second solo No. 1 hit and has since become known as one of the greatest country songs of all time.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Carly Pearce\u2019s tribute to Dolly in the video below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DHZ4wqnJngE\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Flitaglobal.com&amp;rp=%2Fmaiplinh%2Fcarly-pearces-tribute-to-dolly-parton-at-nbcs-opry-100-a-live-celebration-didnt-sit-well-with-everyone-the-country-star-took-the-stage-at-the-grand-ole-opry-to-perform-jolene-in%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1389.2999999523163%2C%22ls%22%3A1101.6999999284744%2C%22le%22%3A1375.2999999523163%7D\" height=\"987\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-dolly-parton-s-opry-history\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dolly Parton\u2019s Opry History<\/h2>\n<p>Dolly Parton made her Grand Ole Opry debut when she was only 13 years old. She became an official member ten years later following the release of her first full-length solo album,<em>\u00a0Just Because I\u2019m A Woman<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>She once said that she received three encores during her Opry debut after she sang George Jones\u2019 \u201cYou Gotta Be My Baby\u201d and was immediately hooked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I heard the band play my introduction, I lifted my head and looked up toward the lights. I smiled at the people in the balcony and then let \u2018er rip,\u201d\u00a0she recalled.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the 55th anniversary of her Opry membership in 2024,\u00a0Dolly said,\u201dIt was always my dream to be on the Opry. They call it the \u2018Mother Church\u2019 because the old Ryman was a church, but it\u2019s sacred to me, wherever it goes \u2014 the church of my heart. For me, the Opry is like the song \u201cNew York, New York\u201d \u2014 if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carly Pearce Honors Dolly Parton With \u201cJolene\u201d Performance During Opry 100 Celebration Carly Pearce pays tribute to Dolly Parton during the Opry 100 celebration (Photo credit: GAB&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Carly Pearce\u2019s tribute to Dolly Parton at NBC\u2019s Opry 100: A Live Celebration didn\u2019t sit well with everyone. 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