I want to write this to say Thank You to Jewel, Dolly and everyone behind making my dream come true this past year. What is this dream? Hearing Jewel and Dolly sing together on one of the most personal songs that rings true for both of them, My Father's Daughter. I remember so long ago thinking it would be so wonderful to have the both of them together on one song together since they come from similar backgrounds and both are excellent song writers and have such great personalities. I also remember listening to the Angel Food version of My Father's Daughter and wishing that it would make it onto a record some day. I was privileged to go to the Swanky Soirée in Nashville
and I was ecstatic to listen to her sing My Father's Daughter. I tweeted Jewel and asked if some of the songs she would be playing at the Nashville event would be on her new record and she said yes so, as many would expect, I was anxious to hear it! Then fast forward to 2015 laying in my bed in my
hotel at the beach on my vacation. The balcony door open which overlooked the beach, my friend Nikki asleep in the other bed, and a nice breeze blowing through the doorway. I pick my phone up to notice a notification saying my download of My Father's Daughter was available. This came as a surprise as I didn't know it was coming and to beat it all that the first song from the new record was one I've admired for so long, it hit home. So I laid there with my speaker to my ear feeling the breeze and watching the gentle waves crash on the surface of the sand. Then came the second verse. Without any inkling that Dolly was to be on the song I was immediately floored to hear Dolly's voice. I couldn't contain my excitement so I sat up in my bed and Nikki awoke and asked what was going on. I then turned the volume up and restarted the song. She knew just how much Jewel and Dolly meant to me. Tears started streaming from joy and witnessing a dream come true. I will never forget that moment of serenity and joy from enjoying something so meaningful on so many levels. So thank you for making this dream come true and always know that we are everyday angels that can never be broken. Then a dream I never thought would possibly be able to come true came true. I got to meet Jewel in person at a book signing in Lexington, KY. I shared with her about how my mother introduced me to her music while she drove me around as a kid. I asked Mom who is that signing. She told me and ever since that moment I requested the record to be played so much that she gave it to me. Fast forward to 2015 the release of Picking Up The Pieces a bookend to that original album that united my Mom and I musically. Picking Up The Pieces, a title that fits my Mom's journey to now. I shared with her the song Mercy after she had been battling something very personal which has caused many rifts over the years between us which broke my heart over and over and over. I played Mercy to her and she began to tear up and told me to please turn the song off. The next morning I received the call that would redirect the wind and set things back on track to a healthy Mother and Son relationship. So in this way the music by Jewel has created such a connection to my Mother and I. This was the dream come true that was most needed. Thank you Jewel for your voice to the lyrics that many desperately needed to hear.
Love,
Kenny B Cable
