Loretta Lynn
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- Wolfboy
I'm not into country music really, but I've just bought Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn and I'm now listening to it.
It is fantastic.
- vespa0
why yes it is.
little red shoes.
- ok_not_ok0
Rated X is her best song ever.
- JazX0
that's real Country that you speak of, not this modern day pop-crap-cuntry
Hank Williams Sr.
Johnny Cash
Red Foley
Lefty Frizell
Cowboy Copas
Patsy Clineetc.
all influenced Rock-A-Billy and bands like Social D. to an extent
- robotron3k0
her best song is "A six-pack of beer and you"
- JazX0
Well, I was born a coal miner's daughter
In a cabin on a hill in Butcher Holler
We were poor but we had love
That's the one thing my Daddy made sure of
He shoveled coal to make a poor man's dollarMy daddy worked all night in the Van Lear coal mine
All day long in the field hoeing corn
Mama rocked the baby at night
Read the Bible by a coal oil light
And everything would start all over come break of mornDaddy loved and raised eight kids on a coal miner's pay
Mama scrubbed our clothes on a washboard every day
I've seen her fingers bleed
To complain there was no need
She'd smile in Mama's understanding wayIn the summertime we didn't have shoes to wear
But in the wintertime we'd all get a brand new pair
From a mail-order catalogue, money made by selling a hog
Daddy always seemed to get the money somewhereI'm proud to be a coal miner's daughter
I remember well, the well where I drew water
The work we done was hard
At night we'd sleep, cause we were tired
I never thought I'd ever leave Butcher HollerWell a lot of things have changed, since way back when
And it's so good to be back home again
Not much left but the floor
Nothing lives here anymore
Just a memory of a coal miner's daughter
- Jaline0
that's why Jack White from The White Stripes worked with her.
- neonbeige0
You should rent the movie "Coal Miner's Daughter" It is awesome & came out in the 80's. Sissy Spacek plays Loretta Lynn and does a really amazing job.
Also, some good songs of her's:
"You're Looking At Country"
"Fist City"
and my favorite "One's On the Way"
- BonRickles0
Loretta Lynn holds the biggest amateur motocross event in the country each year at her ranch. it's a benchmark for most athletes that eventually go pro.
- 67nj0
viva loretta!
ahahahah
- JazX0
http://www.lorettalynn.com/home/…
I got a soft spot in my heart for Southern Belles
- monkeyshine0
Loretta Lynn is one of the most under appreciated songwriters IMHO. She recorded Van Lear right up the street from where I live too. :)