Owepar Records and Van-Par Productions are excited to announce the release of “Nothing Like A Momma’s Love” by Freida Parton, the first single from the forthcoming album, The Crops Came In.
The single and album are remixed and remastered from tapes Parton originally cut with her cousin, Richie Owens, in 1987 for a lost, classic Americana album, Precious Memories, that was only sold for a limited time on cassette at Dollywood that same year.
“Nothing Like A Momma’s Love” is a loving memorial to Parton’s mother, Avie Lee Parton, who passed away in 2003. Fusing traditional mountain ballad themes with modern pop and rock sensibilities, the song is also a tribute the women that Parton calls her “three mommas.”
“My momma, Avie Lee, is who I first learned music and the old songs from,” Parton says. “Then there’s my oldest sister, Willadeene who told me about how things were before I was born, and she helped Momma raise all of us. And then there’s Dolly, who looked after me and my brother Floyd when we were 13 because Momma was sick at the time. She made sure we kept writing songs and kept us in line.”
Listen and purchase “Nothing Like A Momma’s Love” HERE.