Last night, Nashville came together for the live special “CMA Presents I Will Always Love You: A Celebration of Dolly Parton,” which aired on ABC and Disney+ (and will be available on Hulu starting today). For two hours, some of country music’s biggest names paid tribute to one of the all-time greats. Here’s a quick recap of the evening:
- Julia Roberts, Katy Perry, Oprah Winfrey, Sabrina Carpenter, Goldie Hawn, Bono, Carol Burnett all spoke about Dolly Parton throughout the show
- Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Bela Fleck, Molly Tuttle and others performed “A Few Old Memories” to open the show
- Reba McEntire spoke emotionally about who Dolly Parton was
- Lainey Wilson performed “Train, Train”
- Ashley McBryde performed “Coat of Many Colors”
- Katy Perry introduced Ella Langley, who performed “Jolene”
- Kelsea Ballerini sang “Here You Come Again”
- Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town introduce Darius Rucker, who performs “Two Doors Down”
- Carly Pearce and Kristin Chenoweth perform “9 to 5”
- Lady A performs “Islands In The Stream”
- Lainey Wilson duets with Lukas Nelson on “You Can’t Make Old Friends”
- Brad Paisley and Kimberly Paisley-Williams talk about Dolly
- Little Big Town perform “Light of a Clear Blue Morning”
- Amy Grant introduces Reba, who performs “He’s Alive”
- Zac Brown performed “Butterfly” accompanied by Dolly Parton’s recorded vocal track
- Brad Paisley and Sierra Hull perform “When I Get Where I’m Going”
- Carrie Underwood closed out the show with a performance of “I Will Always Love You”
