{"id":65826,"date":"2026-08-31T11:06:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T17:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/?p=65826"},"modified":"2026-08-31T11:06:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T17:06:55","slug":"bad-wolves-jolene-dolly-parton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/bad-wolves-jolene-dolly-parton\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Wolves release \u201cJolene\u201d after Dolly Parton\u2019s death as internal dispute comes to light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Bad Wolves released their cover of Dolly Parton\u2019s \u201cJolene\u201d on August 31, 2026, six days after the country music icon died at the age of 80. Issued through Better Noise Music, the recording arrives without the vocal contribution Parton had been preparing to make, with proceeds benefiting Dolly Parton\u2019s Imagination Library. Its release has also become the center of a dispute that contributed to guitarist AJ Rebollo leaving the band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Work on the cover began before Parton\u2019s death. According to Bad Wolves founder, drummer and songwriter John Boecklin, the idea developed after current vocalist Sara \u201cKillboy\u201d Skinner had expressed her enthusiasm for \u201cJolene.\u201d The band subsequently created a heavier interpretation for its upcoming album, and the finished recording eventually reached Parton\u2019s camp through Better Noise Music executive Dan Waite and her longtime manager Danny Nozell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Boecklin said Parton heard the arrangement, liked what the band had done and intended to record vocals for it. The necessary stems had already been sent to her studio team as preparations for the collaboration progressed. Those plans were cut short when Parton died on August 25, 2026, following a brief battle with cancer, prompting tributes across the music world and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Better Noise Music moved forward with the August 31 release without Parton\u2019s vocals and announced that proceeds would support Dolly Parton\u2019s Imagination Library, the literacy program she launched in 1995. The organization provides free, age-appropriate books to registered children from birth through age five and now operates across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and the Republic of Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Bad Wolves - Jolene (Official Art Track)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JZTjws8Ps9E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Bad Wolves - Jolene (Official Art Track)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JZTjws8Ps9E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">That decision became a breaking point inside Bad Wolves. On August 28, AJ Rebollo announced his departure and described the situation surrounding \u201cJolene\u201d as the culmination of broader frustrations with decisions he said were being made for the band by its label. According to Rebollo, multiple members had expressed their opposition to releasing the song after Parton\u2019s death because they feared it could understandably appear to outsiders as an attempt to capitalize on the timing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Rebollo described the release as the \u201cfinal nail in the coffin\u201d for his time in the group and said he felt there was \u201cill intent\u201d behind the decision, while separately acknowledging that directing money toward the Imagination Library was a positive choice. His comments represent his account and interpretation of the dispute; no evidence has established that Better Noise Music intended to improperly exploit Parton\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Danny Nozell confirmed that Parton had listened to Bad Wolves\u2019 arrangement weeks before her death, approved it and was excited about joining the recording. He also said that releasing the finished version as a tribute while directing proceeds toward the Imagination Library reflected what Parton and her team wanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">The circumstances inevitably recall the most successful cover in Bad Wolves\u2019 history. In 2018, the band broke internationally with its version of The Cranberries\u2019 \u201cZombie.\u201d Dolores O\u2019Riordan had been scheduled to contribute vocals to that recording before her sudden death prevented the collaboration from happening. Bad Wolves went ahead with the release and later provided substantial proceeds to O\u2019Riordan\u2019s family. Don Burton, O\u2019Riordan\u2019s husband and manager, has now publicly referenced that experience while supporting the way the group approached the new Parton tribute.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bad Wolves public\u00f3 este 31 de agosto de 2026 su versi\u00f3n de \u201cJolene\u201d, el cl\u00e1sico de Dolly Parton, apenas seis d\u00edas despu\u00e9s de la muerte de la cantante estadounidense a los 80 a\u00f1os. El lanzamiento, distribuido por Better Noise Music, llega sin la participaci\u00f3n vocal que Parton ten\u00eda previsto grabar y con sus ingresos destinados a Dolly Parton\u2019s Imagination Library, pero tambi\u00e9n aparece en medio de una controversia que ya provoc\u00f3 la salida del guitarrista AJ Rebollo. 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