| "I'm about as old-fashioned as I can be and, I hope you're likin' what you see... |
| 'cause if you're lookin' at me, you're lookin' at country." - Loretta Lynn |
| No one defines country music like the coal miner's daughter, Loretta Lynn. When a person attends her concerts, they experience pure music enjoyment. From the moment she appears out on the stage adorned with classy sequins and says, "Howdy Ya'll," until the time she bids her farewells, you can feel the country dancing through your veins. She doesn't just perform for her audience; she creates for them a memory to last a lifetime. |
| With her fine country mannerism and earnest smile, Loretta Lynn knows how to make her guests feel welcome. When she enters the stage, she asks how everyone has been and, then she begins telling them about how her own life has been. She talks about her family and her friends. By the time she finally begins singing, she has you feeling like you are attending a big family reunion and she's your aunt. Unlike most artists, she makes her audience feel as if she came to see them. She reflects a persona that states, "I am just as glad to be here visiting with you as you are with me." That style of warm sincerity truly makes a person feel wonderful. |
| It doesn't matter which song Loretta sings first, whether it's "Blue Kentucky Girl" or "God's Country," her fans glow with incredible excitement as they cheer. She puts a lot of heart into her singing. When the sweet sound of her unique voice sweeps through the crowd, one cannot help finding pleasure in it. As well as pulling on heart-strings and bringing tears to their eyes with emotion-filled songs like "On My Own Again" and "They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy," she entertains her audience with songs like "The Pill" and "Fist City" that make them feel like laughing. |
| Most of all, there is so much truth in Loretta Lynn. I believe what she claimed in one of her latest hits, "Country in My Genes," when she said "What you get is what you see." The country twang you hear in her voice is as honest as you can get. She didn't take voice lessons to get that sound; she was born with it. Furthermore, she wrote or co-wrote most of the songs that she sings and they are frequently true stories pertaining to her life. For example, with the assistance of Cody James and Kendal Franceschi, Loretta wrote "I Can't Hear The Music" in dedication to her late husband, "Mooney" Lynn, because shortly before he passed away he told her that he couldn't hear the music anymore. |
| Loretta Lynn is a genuine, true-blue country singer, songwriter, and performer. She is an artist deserving of recognition. Until a person has had the privilege of attending one of her concerts, they have not experienced country music the way it was meant to be. If I had the choice to see only one more concert for the rest of my days, I would choose to see the coal miner's daughter, Loretta Lynn. Within her is where the heart of country lives. |
| Loretta Lynn: The Heart of Country |
| October 7,2002 |
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