“Delta Dawn, what’s that flower you have on / Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?” asks country music legend Tanya Tucker in her 1972 debut hit, “Delta Dawn.” The chart-topping single kickstarted a prolific career that would span decades, with 25 studio albums, dozens of music award nominations, and a long-overdue Grammy victory for her 2019 comeback album “While I’m Livin’” and single “Bring My Flowers Now.”
Listening to the single, you’d never guess that the commanding, soulful voice narrating the woes of a jilted, middle-aged Southern belle belonged to a 13-year-old girl hailing from Wilcox, Arizona. Did that 13-year-old girl know that “Delta Dawn” would