Brad Paisley sent an unfinished demo to Dolly Parton in 2005 hoping for a gospel harmony to comfort those facing loss, and she agreed immediately without setting a single commercial term. Recorded for Paisley’s album Time Well Wasted, the collaboration reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 2006. The milestone gave Dolly her twenty-fifth career chart-topper and earned the pair the CMA Award for Musical Event of the Year. In the accompanying music video, where public figures held portraits of departed loved ones, Dolly brought a personal photograph of her maternal grandfather, the Reverend Jake Owens, who had first guided her into music and faith. Twenty-one years after that studio session, the meaning of the ballad came full circle. Following Dolly’s passing in 20
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a man and woman singing into a microphone with the caption'when i get where i'm going, there'll be only oneBrad Paisley sent an unfinished demo to Dolly Parton in 2005 hoping for a gospel harmony to comfort those facing loss, and she agreed immediately without setting a single commercial term. Recorded for Paisley’s album Time Well Wasted, the collaboration reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 2006. The milestone gave Dolly her twenty-fifth career chart-topper and earned the pair the CMA Award for Musical Event of the Year. In the accompanying music video, where public figures held portraits of departed loved ones, Dolly brought a personal photograph of her maternal grandfather, the Reverend Jake Owens, who had first guided her into music and faith. Twenty-one years after that studio session, the meaning of the ballad came full circle. Following Dolly’s passing in 2026, Paisley stepped onto a quiet stage alone with an acoustic guitar. Standing before a large backdrop displaying archival photographs of Dolly smiling through the decades, he sang the familiar melody into a hall that listened in collective silence. Two decades earlier, Dolly’s harmony had offered comfort to Paisley and millions of grieving families. On that stage, Paisley used those same acoustic chords to bid farewell to the woman who had guided him. The performance closed a partnership built on genuine faith, while the studio sessions and private conversations from 2005 reveal how two artists turned shared grief into one of country music’s most enduring hymns. – OldiesSong
Dolly Parton And Brad Paisley Song
After paying tribute to Dolly Parton by singing their poignant duet, "When I Get Where I'm Going, at his first show after her death, Brad Paisley got choked up when talking about the first time he heard her voice on the song.
Watch his performance, and his sweet tribute, here: https://go.countryrebel.com/BradPaisleyChokesUp
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Paisley and Parton released the ballad ‘When I Get Where I’m Going’ in 2005
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A terrific, yet unlikely country duo. While no one is entirely sure what happens after we die, Dolly Parton and Brad Paisley have an idea. With their song “When I Get Where I’m Going,” the two superstars sing about the afterlife and what they think is coming next. #BradPaisley #DollyParton #Music #Afterlife
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