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[R.I.P.] Loretta Lynn has died

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What a woman! I think my favorite song is "You Ain't Woman Enough to Take My Man," and I was going to post the following video but decided that because of that one recurring line, today was probably not the day. But since it already is:

 
nota bene said:
LORETTA LYNN, THE beloved singer and songwriter whose seven-decade career broke down barriers for women in country music, died Tuesday at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. She was 90. Lynn’s publicist confirmed her death to Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/loretta-lynn-dead-obituary-65340/





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You beat me to it!

So, I'll just leave the OP I had prepared but didn't post:

Loretta Lynn, the “Coal Miner’s Daughter” whose gutsy lyrics and twangy, down-home vocals made her a queen of country music for seven decades, has died. She was 90.

Lynn’s family said in a statement to CNN that she died Tuesday at her home in Tennessee.
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www.cnn.com

Loretta Lynn, coal miner's daughter turned forthright country queen, dies at 90 | CNN

Loretta Lynn, the "Coal Miner's Daughter" whose gutsy lyrics and twangy, down-home vocals made her a queen of country music for seven decades, has died. She was 90.
www.cnn.com www.cnn.com

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We may have lost Patsy Cline early in life, but her best-friend Lorretta Lynn stayed with us through the years. The subject of the 70's book to become movie, "Coal Miner's Daughter, Lynn - like Johnny Cash - recorded until the very end. She released an album earlier this year! Interestingly, she he also corroborated with Jack White in 2004, producing an (IMO) unique album.

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May she R.I.P.
 
Rest peacefully Loretta.
 
Chomsky said:
You beat me to it!

So, I'll just leave the OP I had prepared but didn't post:


www.cnn.com

Loretta Lynn, coal miner's daughter turned forthright country queen, dies at 90 | CNN

Loretta Lynn, the "Coal Miner's Daughter" whose gutsy lyrics and twangy, down-home vocals made her a queen of country music for seven decades, has died. She was 90.
www.cnn.com www.cnn.com

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We may have lost Patsy Cline early in life, but her best-friend Lorretta Lynn stayed with us through the years. The subject of the 70's book to become movie, "Coal Miner's Daughter, Lynn - like Johnny Cash - recorded until the very end. She released an album earlier this year! Interestingly, she he also corroborated with Jack White in 2004, producing an (IMO) unique album.

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May she R.I.P.
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I'm eager to hear what Dolly Parton has to say about Loretta Lynn's contributions. Meanwhile, I'd like to think that she has been reunited with 'Doo and their son Jack. She was very frail, and I am sure she was ready.
 
justabubba said:




her songs were the background music to my youth
R.I.P.
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Oh man, is that first one (Don't Come Home a Drinkin') a bar-room juke-box classic, or what??? Right up there "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer"!
 
nota bene said:
I'm eager to hear what Dolly Parton has to say about Loretta Lynn's contributions. Meanwhile, I'd like to think that she has been reunited with 'Doo and their son Jack. She was very frail, and I am sure she was ready.
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I remember reading somewhere she got married at 15, and had 4 kids in 4 years! Wow! if that don't build strength, I don't know what will???

She was a survivor, alright.
 
Chomsky said:
Oh man, is that first one (Don't Come Home a Drinkin') a bar-room juke-box classic, or what??? Right up there "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer"!
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Loretta Lynn really spoke to women. Whom among us hasn't thought, "You come loaded, and guess who's not getting laid?!"



 
Chomsky said:
I remember reading somewhere she got married at 15, and had 4 kids in 4 years! Wow! if that don't build strength, I don't know what will???

She was a survivor, alright.
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Have you seen the movie Coal Miner's Daughter? Sissy Spacek was brilliant. Tommy Lee Jones played 'Doo.
 
RIP Loretta.
 
nota bene said:
Have you seen the movie Coal Miner's Daughter? Sissy Spacek was brilliant. Tommy Lee Jones played 'Doo.
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You know, I think I caught pieces back in the day - but never sat to watch it.

But interesting that you mention Parton, because while her, Cline, and Lynn were all born dirt poor, Dolly turned into a phenomenal businesswomen! She is younger than the deceased two, but it's kinda' hard to not see them as a trio of like kind.
 
nota bene said:
Loretta Lynn really spoke to women. Whom among us hasn't thought, "You come loaded, and guess who's not getting laid?!"



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She get a lot of mileage out of the phrase, "one's on the way!" In both tunes!

Does anyone still say that? Brings back memories, along with "buns in the oven!"
 
Chomsky said:
You know, I think I caught pieces back in the day - but never sat to watch it.

But interesting that you mention Parton, because while her, Cline, and Lynn were all born dirt poor, Dolly turned into a phenomenal businesswomen! She is younger than the deceased two, but it's kinda' hard to not see them as a trio of like kind.
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Don't forget Maybelle and Sara Carter or Kitty Wells.

I learned so much from Ken Burns's documentary. These were all remarkable and talented women!
 
She was one of the rare few who wrote her own music, much of it based on her own poor background and troubled marriage. This made her unique among her peers. Though she never had the pipes of her mentor Patsy Cline, her lyrics spoke for many women of similiar backgrounds.
 
Chomsky said:
You know, I think I caught pieces back in the day - but never sat to watch it.

But interesting that you mention Parton, because while her, Cline, and Lynn were all born dirt poor, Dolly turned into a phenomenal businesswomen! She is younger than the deceased two, but it's kinda' hard to not see them as a trio of like kind.
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Though I am no fan of Country Music, having grown up with it and having now an aversion there are those that transcend the genre.

Lynn never could break thru the CW label as Parton and Cline achieved. Though I suspect Miss Lynn was quite satisfied staying a country girl, true to her roots.
 
yankintx said:
Though I am no fan of Country Music, having grown up with it and having now an aversion there are those that transcend the genre.
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Interesting. Country is way down on my list of most played, but it does have a place when the mood strikes.

yankintx said:
Lynn never could break thru the CW label as Parton and Cline achieved. Though I suspect Miss Lynn was quite satisfied staying a country girl, true to her roots.
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I dunno. I think the book & movie put her into the mainstream, albeit at a time past her early success. And some of her earlier stuff got cross-over play in my northern city. Of course that was often the joy of A.M. radio back in the day, at least in my city; there was variety, often on the same station.
 
nota bene said:
Have you seen the movie Coal Miner's Daughter? Sissy Spacek was brilliant. Tommy Lee Jones played 'Doo.
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I can cite most of the lines in that movie still.

I may be ignorant but I ain't stupid.
 
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