Watch Orville Peck pay moving tribute to Dolly Parton with cover of ‘I Will Always Love You’

Orville Peck has paid tribute to Dolly Parton by putting his own spin on her hit song ‘I Will Always Love You’. READ MORE: Dolly Parton, 1946-2026: the Queen of Country was a unifying force in a divided world Parton passed away on Tuesday (August 25), aged 80, following “a brief battle with cancer”. She had spoken publicly about her health in the run up to her passing, and shared an update last week, telling fans that she was dealing with issues she had neglected while caring for her husband of 58 years, Carl Dean, before his death last year. While on stage at Rough Trade East in London just hours after news of her passing broke on Tuesday, Orville Peck told his audience what the country music star’s impact on him was, and said that he was “a little bit of a mess” after hearing about the loss. “She really stood for kindness and I think that’s something that is really lacking in the world these days… I feel we can always remember what she stood for,” he shared. “I think as a gay man coming into country music and feeling sort of alone, the thing that always felt comforting [was] just knowing Dolly existed in country… made me feel like maybe I had a friend there.” Launching into a ren...