Dolly Parton Says Johnny Cash Was Like Her Husband
Dolly Parton appeared on Jelly Roll’s wife Bunnie XO’s podcast and talked about her friendship with country icon Johnny Cash and his wife June Carter Cash.
She noted that she became good friends with the couple over the years. Dolly told Bunnie, “He was a real nice guy and very quiet… She was a loudmouth like me, so we got along just fine.”
Parton added, “And I remember when somebody said something about, ‘Johnny, don’t you get tired of hearing June talk all the time?’ And he said, ‘No. I do some of my best thinking when June’s talking.'”
The country icon said that Cash’s way with his wife was sort of like how Dolly’s husband Carl Dean deals with her. She said, “I think he does some of his best thinking when I’m talking.”
In my many interviews with Parton over the years, she once told me how Johnny Cash made her feel before she knew him when she was just a kid. She offered, “He was just so magnetic, and I was a young girl, I was in the audience and I was probably thirteen or something. I was young. That was my first experience of what sex appeal was and thinking, you know, grown-up thoughts. I always kidded him that he was my first crush, my first grown crush.”
Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash were married in 1968 and remained together until her death at age 73 in 2003. Johnny died just four months later, at age 71.
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Dolly’s Broadway Show
Since I began interviewing Dolly back in the late ’90s, she has been talking about doing a Broadway musical of her life story. The thought apparently never left her mind, and now, almost 30 years later, her Broadway musical looks like it’s going to happen. She recently announced an open casting call for someone to play her and other members of the cast on Broadway.
In a video she shared last week (12/5), Parton announced she and the production team have embarked on a nationwide search for some Dollys to bring her story to the stage.
She said in the video posted on her social media, “As you may have heard, my life story is coming to Broadway in a new show called Dolly: An Original Musical. And now, I’m announcing the search for Dolly. Now, whether you’re chasing your dreams from a small town or you’ve spent years performing on stages across the country, I want to give you the chance to help me bring my story to Broadway — and maybe even play me!”
She captioned the video on Instagram, “I’m happy to announce the #SearchForDolly (butterfly emoji) My brand new show ‘Dolly: An Original Musical’ is coming to Broadway and I want to give YOU the chance to help me bring my story to the big stage!”
