‘Queen of Country’ Loretta Lyn dies.

[Cycleops]

The Country music legend has passed away at the age of ninety.
Queen of Country music Loretta Lynn dies aged 90 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63134852
She was an icon for country music fans and for feminists. She wrote most of her songs based on her experiences. She really was a coal miners daughter.


View: https://youtu.be/GvJPPTNwIHE

Sissy Spacek won an Oscar for her performance in the 1980 film about her life with Tommy Lee Jones:


View: https://youtu.be/V8I2cF51Npc

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Proper Grand Dame of Country

 

[bluenotebob]

An impressive and influential woman and widely recognised for her achievements.

There's a very good documentary about her life and music which has been shown on BBC4 a couple of times. Hopefully the Beeb will pull it out of the archives and show it again soon.

She was part of - and leaves behind - a large musical family.

RIP Loretta

 

[tyred]

RIP

Definitely one of the greats.

 

[wiggydiggy]

RIP. I'd imagine this weeks Bob Harris show will mention her a lot

 

[matticus]

1980 film about her life with Tommy Lee Jones:

She married Tommy Lee Jones?!? Wow, he gets around!

 

[Bonefish Blues]

There's plenty of great material to go for, but I particularly like her album Van Lear Rose, produced by Jack White

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I certainly remember hearing her a lot on the Wally Whyton Country show on Radio 2
Crystal Gayle ("Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue") is her sister

 

[Chris S]

I certainly remember hearing her a lot on the Wally Whyton Country show on Radio 2
Crystal Gayle ("Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue") is her sister

Everybody is related in the Deep South

 

[Cycleops]

Everybody is related in the Deep South

You watched Deliverance didn't you?

 

[Accy cyclist]

It said on the radio that she died on her ranch in Tennessee. If you're a county and western icon you've gotta die on a ranch, not in some old fogies home!!

 

[wiggydiggy]

RIP. I'd imagine this weeks Bob Harris show will mention her a lot

Replying to myself but I finally got around to listening to Bob Harris: Loretta Lynn in conversation. I'm not a country music aficionado by any means but it's a good show I enjoyed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b071shg6