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THE CROWD EXPECTED A TRIBUTE. THEY GOT A HANDOFF BETWEEN TWO LEGENDS. At CMT Giants: Reba McEntire in 2006, Dolly Parton walked onstage to sing Reba’s “How Blue.” On paper, it was a tribute. In the room, it felt more personal than that. Dolly took the song first, smiling through it in her own easy way, then stopped just short of owning the moment completely. Instead, she turned back toward Reba and brought her in. For a few seconds, the song belonged to both women at once. Dolly did not step up to outshine Reba. She stepped in, warmed the room, and then handed the song back to the woman it had always belonged to. What the audience saw was not just a duet. It was one legend honoring another without making a speech about it.

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