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Nashville, 1962. Portrait by Walden S. Fabry. Annenberg Space for Photography. View full size.
NASHVILLE, Oct. 4 -- Loretta Lynn, the singer who rose from a hardscrabble upbringing to become the most significant female artist in country music history, died today at her home in Hurricane Mills. She was 90. -- Nashville Tennessean
A golden voice. A beautiful woman. A long life.
One of the all-time greats.
She was my first taste of real country music at its finest.
My father-in-law hailed from Hazzard County in Kentucky and was a big fan, as was my mother-in-law and my wife. When I first heard Coal Miner's Daughter I felt the wave of reality in both the song and the singer.
This transplanted Englishman got to love her voice and the reality of her emotive singing. Loretta never held back the whole gamut of emotions when singing a song.
A true star for any genre.
The dress in this portrait is homemade, and that is a lovely thing. Given how many new and upcoming performers' images are slickly groomed and managed from the get-go, this dress seems a bit emblematic of an era, and illustrates Doug Floor Plan's comment.
As I commented about Althea Gibson, we never know where genius is going to come from. Loretta Lynn's journey to success and her longevity at the top are unlikely to be repeated today.
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