{"id":177666,"date":"2022-10-05T08:40:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T12:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=177666"},"modified":"2022-10-05T08:42:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T12:42:00","slug":"r-i-p-loretta-lynn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=177666","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. Loretta Lynn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_1943.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"673\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-177667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_1943.jpg 466w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_1943-138x200.jpg 138w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_1943-277x400.jpg 277w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_1943-69x100.jpg 69w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nSo much history passed through this woman&#8217;s life, so much history &#8211; of culture, of music, of social upheaval, of celebrity and technology &#8211; not to mention her own personal journey from poverty to fame &#8211; exists in her life. I spent yesterday watching old television clips and am swept away &#8211; as always &#8211; by the power of her voice, and the vivid-ness of her storytelling. There are times when she opens her mouth wide, to soar her voice upwards, and the sound pierces right through you. There was no one like her and she remains an almost untouchable icon. She&#8217;s &#8220;the one to beat&#8221;, to steal a phrase. Although you can&#8217;t beat her, you can just be inspired by her example. <\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OBnkAkmLtaw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\nOne of the things I so love about her is that she sings her tough-minded &#8220;I&#8217;m not taking your shit anymore, man&#8221; songs with a huge bright smile. <\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C_zwBHvXIZQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\nListen to the bluesy rhythm of that one: ^^  There&#8217;s a reason she had such wide crossover appeal, and shows &#8211; in the body of her work &#8211; the cross-pollination that was going on, and the similar source from which both sounds came. The source being <i>the dirt<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g5iQDZm9jbM\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\nThere&#8217;s so much more where that came from. And thank you, Jack White, for your devotion to these iconic ladies born in the 1930s. Introducing them to new generations, and, in many cases, winning them Grammys and\/or Billboard Top 100s (Wanda Jackson received her first of the latter because of her collaboration with Jack White.) And love the Jack White-Loretta Lynn album.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_1947-e1664973539661.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-177672\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nShe was 90 years old. RIP Loretta Lynn. <\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Loretta-Lynn-1961-portrait-bw-billboard-1548-e1664973637267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"463\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-177673\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So much history passed through this woman&#8217;s life, so much history &#8211; of culture, of music, of social upheaval, of celebrity and technology &#8211; not to mention her own personal journey from poverty to fame &#8211; exists in her life. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=177666\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177666"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=177666"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":177677,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177666\/revisions\/177677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=177666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=177666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=177666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}