I didn’t know Loretta Lynn until I saw this video. She passed away today.
When she collaborated with Jack White on Van Lear Rose Loretta Lynn was 72, and Jack was 28.
She calls herself a ‘coal miner’s daughter’; her father working the Van Lear coal mines. A Van Lear Rose if you will.
I couldn’t find her album, so I downloaded it and it’s wonderful. It feels like the missing piece between The White Stripes and The Raconteurs, then concluding with Jack’s solo albums.
Country music has always had two sides for me. I grew up thinking country pop was the only kind country music. But I’ve always respected and enjoyed the truth of country folk.