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Lainey Wilson Tells Kelly Clarkson Her Mantra To Live By

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

Lainey Wilson appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show this week, and the show kicked off with the two of them singing Lainey’s latest song, “Country’s Cool Again.”

 

Kelly professed herself to be an “obsessed fan” of Wilson’s as the two women sat down to talk. The subject? Dolly Parton, of course.

Clarkson started the conversation by telling Lainey that she is a fan of ’90s country, saying, “’90s country is usually my genre.” Wilson replied, “Mine too.” Kelly then observed Lainey’s voice, “Your voice is a musical baby of Dolly Parton and Lee Ann Womack.” Wilson replied, “I’ll take it, I’ll take it.”

Clarkson then brought up Lainey’s mantra, and Wilson said, “The one that I think about daily is WWDD, and that is, ‘What Would Dolly Do?'” Kelly laughs, “WWDD!” Lainey quipped, “You see what I did? I love that woman.”

Clarkson gushed of Parton, “She is so kind, so cool, so genuine and even better in person than on TV. She’s awesome on TV, but you meet her in person, and you’re like, ‘How are you this nice?'” Wilson said, “Well, and that’s how I feel about y’all (Kelly and Hoda Kotb) too. I’m not just sitting here saying that.”

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Kelly added, “You know, sometimes you meet people, and it’s not that lovely.” Lainey agreed, “I know they say don’t meet your heroes, but it’s really cool that you see people are just as kind as they are talented. That right there, it’s wild, and she’s (Dolly) given me so much advice. And even before I knew her, the amount that she taught me just from the way that she carried herself. She’s not scared to go do it all, to straddle that line. She’s this little girl from this little town where probably nobody ever left.”

She concluded, “I just look up to her a whole lot. I think she’s the best.”

Clarkson has another reason to love Parton: “I knew I would love her when I found out she contacts people via fax machine.” Lainey laughed, “I heard that too.” Kelly added, “I was like, come again. And they’re like, no, she doesn’t have a phone number to give out, so she has a fax machine. I was like, ‘Oh my God, miss 9 to 5.’ This is so amazing.” Wilson said, “I know; I’m waiting on that fax from Dolly. I guess I need to get me a fax machine.”

Kelly summed it up, saying, “She’s loved everywhere. You can go to any country, and they know Dolly Parton. That’s not easy to me.”

Dolly Parton: Her Five Most Fabulous Music Videos

  • "Real Love" (1985)

    This music video shows footage and moments of Dolly and Kenny Rogers when they toured together for a few years in the early 1980s. It is to be cherished; although they recorded together many times, the music icons only toured together in the 1980s.

  • "Silver Threads And Golden Needles" (1993)

    This music video is also a gem. It is the only music video to feature Parton with fellow country music Queens and icons Tammy Wynette and Loretta Lynn, who have both since passed. The beginning of the music video shows a fun clip of music and guitar icon Chet Atkins trying to get backstage to see the country queens. The security guard says, “I don’t care if you are Chet Atkins, you can’t get in,” and Chet replies, “I am Chet Atkins.” It was Atkins who first signed Dolly to a RCA recording contract in the 1960s.

  • "Why'd You Come In Here" (1989)

    This fun video starts with Dolly auditioning men to play her leading man in the video, and it’s pretty funny. At one point, a car salesman auditions just to meet her, and she quips, “I think you’re real cute.” The video starts after he says, “Dolly, is that you?” This is just pure fun.

  • "Jesus & Gravity" (2006)

    This is one of Dolly’s songs that I always thought should have been a big hit. It was one of the rare songs not written by Parton. The music video, shot in black and white, shows Parton singing as well as scenes of people overcoming obstacles in their lives.

  • "Better Get To Livin'" (2007)

    Broadway actress and movie star Kristin Chenoweth plays in this video that is circus-themed and shows Parton dressed as a circus conductor advising women to “get to living.” In true Dolly style, the song shows a positive attitude toward life, something she has always possessed.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.

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Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group
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