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Beth Simpson

John Mayer honours Dolly Parton with a tender electric guitar cover of I Will Always Love You: "This is what a life well-lived looks like, feels like, sounds like"

AMAGANSETT, NEW YORK - AUGUST 26: John Mayer performs live for SiriusXM at The Stephen Talkhouse on August 26, 2026 in Amagansett, New York. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM).

Dolly Parton is still in the thoughts of many in the music world, and in the last 48 hours, a number of artists have been paying tribute to her in the live arena.

During John Mayer’s concert at Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett, New York, the guitarist played I Will Always Love You as the intro to his 2006 hit Gravity, which was his final song of the night. As you can see below, it’s a particularly tender and soulful version of the song that Parton released back in 1974 and which later became a blockbuster hit for Whitney Houston.

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