She had that rare kind of genius that can transform common experiences into unforgettable art. Lynn’s career is important not because she was typical of her community, but because she was atypical. It can suggest that Lynn’s music is important because it’s so “authentic,” that her background is what enabled her to write and record such powerful music. She used the phrase “Coal Miner’s Daughter” not only as the title for her self-penned 1970 #1 country single, but also as the title of her 1976 autobiography and as the title of the 1980 movie based on her life.īut the phrase can be misleading. And the songs that Lynn wrote and/or sang drew their details and attitudes from the lives of thousands of coal miners’ daughters. Lynn was indeed the child of Ted Webb, who worked in the Kentucky mines long enough to die of black lung disease in 1959 at age 52. It was often hard to separate Loretta Lynn, who died Tuesday at age 90, from her self-applied description, “Coal Miner’s Daughter.” But sometimes it was useful to do so.
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