Dolly Parton paid tribute to her late husband Carl Dean on Thursday with the release of a soaring new ballad honoring him.
The song, If You Hadn’t Been There, was released just three days after the 79-year-old country music icon revealed that her reclusive husband had died at 82.
Dolly announced the release of her single on Instagram and revealed the artwork, an old photo showing her standing up behind Carl and wrapping her arms around her neck while beaming for the camera.
‘Carl and I fell in love when I was 18 and he was 23, and like all great love stories, they never end,’ she sweetly captioned the post. ‘They live in memory and in song, and I dedicate this to him.’
The new single opened with delicate piano, acoustic guitar and pedal steel guitar before Dolly’s opening line, which restated the title.
Dolly Parton paid tribute to her late husband Carl Dean on Thursday with the release of a soaring new ballad honoring him, If You Hadn’t Been There
The single was released just three days after the 79-year-old country music icon revealed that her reclusive husband had died at 82
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