Released today as the second song from this enormous album Rockstar by Dolly Parton, here is “Magic Man” with Ann Wilson and Howard Leese! The song has been partly rewritten.
Dolly: “I’ve always wanted a reason to sing ‘Magic Man’ by Heart and it was one of my first choices for the album,” Parton added. “I was so happy that Ann Wilson agreed to sing it with me. Nobody can outsing Ann, but I gave it my darndest, and we added a few lines that were not in the original. We wanted to have a few things that made it seem like ours. Thank you, Nancy, for letting me fill in for you on this. Hope I’ve made you both proud. I think it’s magic!”
Billboard: Indeed, three minutes in, Parton and Wilson trade lines in a new verse that conjures yet more mystery. “A magic man with luring eyes, changed the course of my young life/ He was a magic man/ I was oh so quick to learn, I was caught up in the burn/ Of the magic man,” they sing. “No one else could understand, unless you’ve loved a magic man.”
Matthew 5
When the words won’t come.
“all of these years and my life is STILL just tryin’ to get get up this great big hill of hope……… “ Linda Perry
Love,respect and admiration for Linda, Dolly and HEART