We lost one of country music’s most influential artists with the passing of Loretta Lynn at 90 years old this week.
Many fellow country artists have shown their respect to the legend since the sad news broke, too many to note, but we wanted to highlight a couple kind tribute to the Coal Miners Daughter.
Alan Jackson shared a video of a phone call he had with Loretta where they trade jokes and kind words.
@officialalanjacksonSweet Loretta Lynn, there will never be another Honky Tonk girl like you. I’m gonna miss you. – AJ♬ original sound – Alan Jackson
Randy Travis shared a statement about Lynn’s passing and all the kind acts she showed to another icon in country music. Well before her stroke in 2017 she attended Travis’s last public performance before his severe stroke that completely changed his career.
“My roots in country music run deep because of my love and admiration for ‘Ms Loretta.’ She was there in the ’80s, when I arrived in Nashville, to encourage me and allow me to open for her on tour… and, she was there to open for me, in Aurora, IL, in 2013, which unknowingly was my last public concert before my stroke.
The years in between are each gifts wrapped in respect, admiration, awe and love — and we shopped for lots of dresses through those years! Whenever I heard ‘my Randy,’ I knew Loretta was near and her kind, sweet kisses left lipstick memories on my forehead and both cheeks.
I wish I could have bottled those kisses and saved them for a day like today, when I learned of her passing. An emptiness came over me as I reflected on the magnitude of Ms Loretta’s presence—in the heart and soul of country music, and the entire world–and the void now created.
If your path ever crossed with hers, you immediately felt her magic. Loretta and Doolittle ‘Doo’ represented a legacy marriage with six beautiful children as proof… and, a lot of us that Ms. Loretta took under her wing.
I thank God that my career overlapped with The Queen’s—it’s an honor and a privilege. After 90 years of teaching us how to live and love here on earth, we sing her home to heaven, with grateful hearts. Our thoughts and prayers follow the precious Lynn family down this road of loss and transition—thank you for sharing Ms Loretta with us.
We will never have another Loretta Lynn…this world isn’t good enough for two of her. – Randy Travis.”
This week, the Grand Ole Opry’s first priority will be honoring the memory of Loretta Lynn. It happens to be the Opry’s 97th birthday week, which means it’s been at the core of country music only a little bit longer than Lynn, who was 90 years old.
Again there are too many tributes to mention them all and they will continue to come. Loretta meant a whole lot to many
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