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Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter

Thursday, December 23, 2010

This hit country song was written in 1970 by Loretta Lynn. With her plaintive, but proud voice, Lynn tells the story of growing up poor in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky. Lynn, Nashville veteran Harold Ray Bradley, and Jack White of The White Stripes explain what makes the song a classic.


Guests:

Harold Ray Bradley, Loretta Lynn and Jack White

Produced by:

Erik Beith, Ben Manilla and Devon Strolovitch

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