Dolly Parton Missed Out On Singing This Stevie Nicks Song
Despite the understandably traumatic ordeal of her father's open-heart surgery, Stevie Nicks' dad did survive. Still, she was shaken to her core. "From that day onward, I was never, ever the same," she admitted to Rolling Stone, "It was such a horrible thing for me and [my brother] and my mother. ... Nothing else mattered; Lindsey didn't matter, music didn't matter, songs didn't matter, nothing mattered more. I said, 'Dear God, I would give everything up if you would just let me keep him for a little while.' "
After coming back to Los Angeles, and back to her life as a struggling musician, Nicks penned her feelings in the song that would eventually become "After The Glitter Fades." Initially, Nicks thought this twangy song was more of a fit for legendary country singer, Dolly Parton.
"I wanted [Dolly Parton] to do 'After the Glitter Fades' 'cause I really thought it would be perfect for her," Nicks said via Far Out. "And it got sent to her and I don't think Dolly ever really got it. I think if she'd ever got the song, she would have wanted to do it."
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