Sheryl Crow just released her final album, Threads, featuring a collection of collaborations with some of the biggest names in music, who have inspired her throughout her career, like Eric Clapton, Joe Walsh, Sting, James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt, and some of the brightest newer artists, like Maren Morris, Chris Stapleton and Jason Isbell, who she believes will continue to keep great music and great artistry alive. While virtually every person Sheryl asked to be on Threads said yes, she admits there is one person she would have loved to have included on the album that she couldn’t make work this time around – Elton John. “I don’t think he would mind me saying it, but I’ve sung with Elton a few times in my life, and he was such a monumental inspiration for me, and still is, and he’s a good man,” says Sheryl. “But, you know, he’s in the throes of his last tour, and it is a lot, particularly at my age on up, to come home and think, ‘Oh, I gotta go into the studio,’ when you’re working that hard.”
Although the timing didn’t work out for Elton to be a part of Threads, Sheryl is thrilled with how her final album turned out, and she says, “I hope there’ll be a time when [Elton and I] can go in and maybe record something. But my career has been blessed with the experiences of collab-ing with a lot of people, so I don’t think that that’s gonna end just because I’m not making albums anymore.”
While Threads is Sheryl’s last full-length studio album, because she feels people don’t listen to entire albums like they used to, instead opting to cherry pick songs through the radio or through streaming services, she is definitely not done making music. Now Sheryl will write and release songs in a timely manner whenever the urge strikes.
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“I don’t think he would mind me saying it, but I’ve sung with Elton a few times in my life, and he was such a monumental inspiration for me, and still is, and he’s a good man. But, you know, he’s in the throes of his last tour, and it is a lot, particularly at my age on up, to come home and think, ‘Oh, I gotta go into the studio,’ when you’re working that hard. So, you know, I hope there’ll be a time when we can go in and maybe record something. But my career has been blessed with the experiences of collabing with a lot of people, so I don’t think that that’s gonna end just because I’m not making albums anymore.”