Loretta, We Miss You
Loretta, We Miss You
sang about love. Drinking. Heartbreak. Jesus. Sex. Because that was country music in the ‘60s. It was uncivil. It was untamed. It was raw. It was the truth, is what it was. Her voice had a breathy quality, like she’d smoked too many Old Golds. Although she didn’t smoke. Her voice was genuine. Tinged with experience. Not like the fake accents you hear on the radio today. I first saw Loretta Lynn in concert when I was 9 years old. She sang “Don’t come home a’drinkin’ with lovin’ on your mind...” My father
sang about love. Drinking. Heartbreak. Jesus. Sex. Because that was country music in the ‘60s. It was uncivil. It was untamed. It was raw. It was the truth, is what it was. Her voice had a breathy quality, like she’d smoked too many Old Golds. Although she didn’t smoke. Her voice was genuine. Tinged with experience. Not like the fake accents you hear on the radio today. I first saw Loretta Lynn in concert when I was 9 years old. She sang “Don’t come home a’drinkin’ with lovin’ on your mind...” My father

Thu, 10/20/2022 - 5:00am

Nashville is screamingly busy today. This swollen town almost looks like New York, or L.A. Except for all the out-of-towners in cowboy hats and tennis shoes.I come from cow-people. We had an expression for folks like this: All hat and no cattle.I meet a young man from Cleveland, wearing a ...

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