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American Masters – Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
Premieres nationwide Friday, March 4 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings)
Film Interviewees (in alphabetical order)
Bill Anderson , country music star; Loretta Lynn has performed many of his songs, including “Once a Day” and “Then and Only Then;” they were record label mates early in their careers
Michael Apted , directed the 1980 film adaption of Loretta Lynn’s autobiography Coal Miner’s Daughter
Garth Brooks , country music star; sang duets with Loretta Lynn
John Carter Cash , parents Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash were longtime friends of Loretta Lynn’s; producer of Lynn’s first studio album in over 10 years, Full Circle (Legacy Recordings), available March 4, 2016
Tim Cobb , longtime personal assistant, designer and museum curator; lives with Lynn in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee
Sheryl Crow , musician; sang on the 2010 tribute to Loretta Lynn at Lynn’s request; looks up to Lynn as a powerful female role model
Charlie Dick , husband of the late country music star Patsy Cline, who was Loretta Lynn’s idol and best friend
Miranda Lambert , partnered with Sheryl Crow and Loretta Lynn to sing “Coal Miner’s Daughter” on Loretta’s 2010 tribute CD; likened to Lynn over other influences for her raw, honest approach to songwriting and strong female persona
Ernest Ray Lynn , Loretta Lynn’s son
Emmy Rose Lynn , Loretta Lynn’s granddaughter
Loretta Lynn , film subject
Patsy Lynn Russell , Loretta Lynn’s daughter
Peggy Marchetti , Loretta Lynn’s daughter
Reba McEntire , country music star and actress; good friends with Loretta Lynn; widely viewed as carrying on Lynn’s legacy as an outspoken female musician with rural roots
Willie Nelson , country music star who rose to fame in the same Nashville circles as Loretta Lynn; sang with Lynn on his duets album To All The Girls…
Robert Oermann , country music journalist
Sissy Spacek , actress who portrayed Loretta Lynn in the 1980 film adaption of her autobiography Coal Miner’s Daughter
Jim Webb , Loretta Lynn’s longtime tour bus driver, who added bodyguard, schedule keeper and unofficial road manager to his list of duties
Jack White , musician; producer of Loretta Lynn’s two-time Grammy-winning 2004 album Van Lear Rose
Trisha Yearwood , country music star; cites Loretta Lynn as one of her greatest influences
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