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Loretta Lynn
Still A Mountain Girl (YAP Films - American Masters)
Film Reviews | May 10th, 2016
Still A Mountain Girl tells the life story
of Loretta Lynn from her
hardscrabble upbringing in Butcher
Holler, Kentucky to her present day
stardom as “The Queen of Country
Music.” The lm is rich in rst hand
accounts of how Ms. Lynn came to
singing as a bored housewife in rural
Washington state. Her husband
“Doolittle” recognized her immense
talent rooted in bluegrass music,
bought her rst guitar, arranged her
rst recording contract and became
her manager. Their often
tempestuous marriage, and his
notorious cheating and drinking,
provided the inspiration for her
songs to which the common man
and woman could relate.
The lm features insightful
interviews with a cast of characters
and who’s who in country music.
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Justin Piper
Jack White, (producer of Lynn’s Grammy-winning album Van Lear Rose) gets emotional
and waxes poetic about her storytelling prowess and lyrical depth. Sheryl Crow
meditates on her importance as a feminist, and Willie Nelson recounts Ms.Lynn’s
connection to Patsy Cline, for whom he provided the megahit “Crazy.” Garth Brooks
and Trisha Yearwood give great a capella demonstrations of how Ms. Lynn’s duets
with Conway Twitty helped elevate their singing respectively. “Mississippi Woman,
Mississippi Man” is a prime example. With deep a ection, Sissy Spacek recounts
portraying her in the lm “Coal Miner’s Daughter.” Their bond is wholehearted, and
Loretta refers to her as “my sister.”
Real life family members spin often hilarious yarns, especially Loretta’s son and
guitarist Ernest Ray Lynn, though her daughters also speak of the sacri ces their
mother made by touring non-stop to support her six children. Though their
relationship was often rocky, Loretta stayed married to “Doo,” and their character as
sincere, honest people shines through. The family takes pride in how through hard
work they overcame adversity and poverty. Performances with her sisters Crystal
Gayle and Peggy Sue, as well as by her talented granddaughter Emmy Rose, further
enrich the depth of this unique family’s musical legacy. Given their hillbilly roots, it was
a revelation to learn that Ms. Lynn is part Cherokee Indian.
Still A Mountain Girl paints an enduring portrait of one of country music’s greatest
living legends. Still performing and recording today, Loretta Lynn remains an
inspiration across generations. “She’s written anti-war anthems, songs about birth
control, pregnancy and divorce, all with a sincerity and honesty that transcends music
genres, politics and gender,” said executive producer Elizabeth Trojian of Yap Films Inc.
I highly recommend this documentary for those wishing to know more about her life,
her in uence as a singer, and as a real rags to riches story.
-Michael Cobb
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