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Big Machine Label Group / Petty Legacy (digital single) (2024)
"Southern Accents" is a single by Dolly Parton. It was released on April 5, 2024, by Big Machine Label Group and Petty Legacy as the second single from the Petty Country: A Tribute to Tom Petty compilation album. The song was written by Tom Petty and produced by Dolly with Julian Raymond. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers had originally recorded the song for their 1985 album of the same name.

Track listing

  • Southern Accents (Tom Petty) 4:27

Music video

A music video directed by Trey Fanjoy was released the same day as the single. It incorporates home movies and personal photos of Tom Petty with shots of Dolly performing the song in a room filled with Petty's belongings.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from Apple Music.
Performance
  • David Angell – violin
  • Kevin Bate – cello
  • Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
  • Henri Cash – electric guitar
  • Andrew Dunn – cello
  • Alicia Enstrom – violin
  • Chris Farrell – viola
  • Paul Franklin – steel guitar
  • Victor Indrizzo – drums, percussion, programming
  • Jun Iwasaki – violin
  • ​Tim Lauer – piano, organ, Mellotron, conductor
  • Dolly Parton – lead vocals
  • Jung-Min Shin – violin
  • Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass
  • Kristin Wilkinson – viola
  • Charlie Worsham – acoustic guitar
Production
  • Austin Brown – assistant recording engineer
  • Adam Chagnon – assistant mixing engineer
  • Lars Fox – editing engineer
  • Ted Jensen – mastering engineer
  • Brian Judd – assistant mixing engineer
  • Stephen Lamb – engraving
  • ​Tim Lauer – string arrangement
  • Chris Lord-Alge – mixing engineer
  • Dolly Parton – producer
  • Julian Raymond – producer
  • Lowell Reynolds – recording engineer