![]() ![]() The dimensions of that story are recognizable, marking the stations on a musician or guitarist’s path to mastery and success. And in 1975, at 15, she finds herself playing guitar in The Runaways, the first-ever all-girl rock ‘n’ roll band. There, she meets Kim Fowley, producer of novelty singles, notably “Alley Oop,” who helps her assemble a group. Guitar acquired, she takes lessons from a teacher who, informing her girls don’t play rock ‘n’ roll, teaches her the chords to “On Top of Old Smokey.” She learns none of that and instead, trailing the spirit of Suzi Quatro, proceeds to hang out at Rodney Bingenheimer’s English Disco on Sunset Boulevard in her leather jacket and torn jeans. “And I don’t want no folk guitar,” she clarifies. As a pre-adolescent, she discovers rock ‘n’ roll by age 12, she’s asking her parents for a guitar for Christmas. They made for a compelling sight and sound, as Joan Jett playing guitar is bound to be and they were a revelation, because however seamless their marriage, they were an unlikely match to begin with. She and her guitar were always in loud and electric union. But Joan Jett played guitar in that she wielded, commanded, and prevailed over the instrument, making it unmistakably hers. I mean, of course, I’d seen women playing guitar: the likes of Joni Mitchell and Joan Baez strumming along to songs about circles. ![]() “Let It Be” (featuring Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr with special guests Peter Frampton and Mick Fleetwood)ģ0.Joan Jett was the first woman I’d ever seen playing guitar. “I Dreamed About Elvis” (featuring Ronnie McDowell with special guests the Jordanaires)Ģ9. “Bittersweet” (featuring Michael McDonald)Ģ8. “Heartbreaker” (featuring Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo)Ģ7. “You’re No Good” (featuring Emmylou Harris and Sheryl Crow)Ģ6. “My Blue Tears” (featuring Simon Le Bon)Ģ5. “Bygones” (featuring Rob Halford with special guests Nikki Sixx and John 5)Ģ3. “Stairway to Heaven” (featuring Lizzo)Ģ2. “Tried to Rock and Roll Me” (featuring Melissa Etheridge)Ģ0. “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” (featuring Elton John)ġ9. “Heart of Glass” (featuring Debbie Harry)ġ8. ![]() “Keep On Loving You” (featuring Kevin Cronin)ġ7. “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (featuring P!nk and Brandi Carlile)ġ6. “Wrecking Ball” (featuring Miley Cyrus)ġ5. “Night Moves” (featuring Chris Stapleton)ġ4. “I Hate Myself for Loving You” (featuring Joan Jett & the Blackhearts)ġ3. “Baby, I Love Your Way” (featuring Peter Frampton)ġ2. “What Has Rock and Roll Ever Done for You” (featuring Stevie Nicks with special guest Waddy Wachtel)ġ1. “I Want You Back” (featuring Steven Tyler with special guest Warren Haynes)ĩ. “Long As I Can See the Light” (featuring John Fogerty)Ĩ. “Magic Man” (featuring Ann Wilson with special guest Howard Leese)Ħ. “Every Breath You Take” (featuring Sting)ĥ. “Rockstar” (special guest Richie Sambora)ģ. Maybe she’ll duet it with co-host Garth Brooks? In the meantime, find the full track list for Rockstar, out November 17, below.ġ. That’s the same day Parton is set to co-host and perform at the Academy of Country Music Awards. The album has nine original songs, including the title track and lead single “World on Fire,” and is out this Thursday, May 11. (She did get the next best thing: Lizzo and Sasha Flute!) And casting a wide net did lead to a few less-than-ideal collabs - like with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, recently accused of sexually assaulting a teen in the 1970s, on a cover of “I Want You Back” and loudly noted anti-trans conservative Kid Rock on original song “Either Or.” The biggest names missing are Robert Plant and Jimmy Page - after Parton said she’d want to do “Stairway to Heaven” with the Led Zeppelin rockers. Parton laid out her wish list of collaborators in a few recent interviews - including Nicks (check), Chris Stapleton (check), and her goddaughter Miley Cyrus (check). Yes, she even did “Free Bird” - with slide guitar from the late Gary Rossington and archival vocals from the late Ronnie Van Zant, no less. She did duets with Stevie Nicks, Elton John, Debbie Harry, Sting, Ann Wilson, Steve Perry, Joan Jett, and somehow many others still. What do you mean she didn’t belong in the Rock Hall? She got Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, along with Peter Frampton and Mick Fleetwood, to do “Let It Be.” She sang “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” with P!nk and Brandi Carlile. That much is clear now that the country legend unveiled the track list for her album Rockstar, per Consequence, with some 30 tracks and more than 40 featured musicians, many of them legends in their own right. When Dolly Parton started talking about making a rock album, she wasn’t messing around. ![]()
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