This September, the legendary Dolly Parton is set to be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the prestigious Americana Music Association. Celebrating her profound influence on the genre over a career that spans decades, this accolade recognizes Parton’s enduring legacy. Unfortunately, due to health issues, Parton will not be able to attend the ceremony in person. Instead, she will graciously accept the award via a virtual appearance.
Dolly Parton will receive an AMA lifetime achievement award
Mark your calendars for September 16, as it is the day when the Americana Music Association will pay tribute to Parton by bestowing upon her this year’s coveted Lifetime Achievement Award.
Jed Hilly, the Executive Director of the Americana Music Association, expressed profound respect for Parton’s contributions. “The Americana Music Association has long held in high regard the remarkable talents of Ms. Parton as a singer, songwriter, and entertainer, in addition to her role as one of the music world’s finest ambassadors,” he stated. “Her outstanding achievements span from philanthropy and television to film and business. Our aim is to celebrate Dolly for the cornerstone of her legacy: an unparalleled songwriter and artist whose timeless songs have influenced generations.”
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<p id="par-4_12" index-data-stream="6" data-extracted-layout="normalized">With a remarkable career spanning six decades, Dolly Parton has gifted the world with a multitude of chart-topping hits, solidifying her status as an iconic figure in the music industry.</p>
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<p id="par-5_36" index-data-stream="7" data-extracted-layout="normalized">Parton will not attend the ceremony in person. Instead, she will accept the award virtually. Parton previously took a step back from her career amid health issues. She said she has been dealing with kidney stones.</p>
<p id="par-6_30" index-data-stream="8" data-extracted-layout="normalized">“I have some good news and a little bad news,” she said. “But the good news is I’m responding really well to meds and treatments, and I’m improving every day.”</p>
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She postponed a series of shows in Las Vegas while she recovers.
“Now, the bad news is, it’s gonna take me a little while before I’m up to stage-performance level, because some of the meds and treatments make me a little bit swimmy-headed, as my grandma used to say,” she said. “And of course, I can’t be dizzy carrying around banjos, guitars, and such on five-inch heels, and you know that I’m going to be wearing them. Not to mention all those heavy, rhinestone outfits, the big hair, my big personality.”
Parton has assured fans that she will make a return to her career in the future.
She has said she never wants to retire
Parton has been a performer for most of her life. She said she does not ever want to stop.
“As long as I feel good. I had a little problem last year (in 2015) … got stumped up with kidney stones, but it didn’t slow me down,” she said, per USA Today. “I was even working on the phone every day getting that TV movie together, even when I was in the hospital for a week or so. I’m amazed at this point of all the interest in my life.”
While she understands that her career might change as she ages, she doesn’t want to ever fully retire.
“I’m never going to retire,” she said. “I just want to do greater work. As mom would say, I’m letting the spirit lead me.”