“””ELVIS NEVER SANG DOLLY’S GOODBYE—DECADES LATER, HIS GRANDDAUGHTER STEPPED INTO THE SPOTLIGHT The lights dimmed. Dolly Parton’s image filled the screen. Then Riley Keough, Elvis Presley’s granddaughter, walked quietly onto the imagined memorial stage and began “I Will Always Love You.” Decades earlier, Elvis had wanted to record Dolly’s masterpiece, but that recording never happened. Now, in this dramatized tribute, the song returned through his granddaughter in a way no one could have predicted. As the final notes drifted across the silent auditorium, two legendary musical histories seemed to meet at last. It was more than a performance—it was the unfinished goodbye Elvis never got to sing.”””
Introduction The lights dimmed inside the auditorium, and the soft, legendary image of Dolly Parton filled the backdrop screen. As the audience…