That is how it is for singer Stella Parton, whose sister is global music iconDolly Parton.
“Well, I always never tried to be a burden on her,” Stella says.
“I’ve never been on her coattails.
I love her too much to do that.”
This was not the younger Parton’s only encounter with violence.
She also had an abusive partner who had threatened to kill her if she tried to leave him.
“I think intuitively she knew something was wrong.”
She later told theBristol Herald Courierthat the move was driven by the need to succeed.
“What inspired me was necessity,” she said.
“I had to have a hit before I could get a record deal.”
She went on to sign with Elektra Records, who she recorded three albums for.
Stella and Dolly Parton don’t always see eye to eye.
But it’s high time that some of these older women speak up and speak out.
They’ve all gone through all kinds of abuse in this industry so: speak up!"
