1 00:00:05,205 --> 00:00:07,807 [music playing] 2 00:00:07,807 --> 00:00:12,812 - To my friends, thank you for giving me such a great laugh. 3 00:00:12,812 --> 00:00:17,317 I have never taken it or you for granted. 4 00:00:17,317 --> 00:00:21,054 Because of you, my kids didn't have to grow up poor the way 5 00:00:21,054 --> 00:00:22,655 I did. 6 00:00:22,655 --> 00:00:27,160 As a mother, I didn't have to go to bed heartbroken. 7 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:31,097 What you gave to me allowed me to give them a better life. 8 00:00:31,097 --> 00:00:34,701 I hope you know what a gift that is. 9 00:00:34,701 --> 00:00:38,938 I have shared my story so many times through my songs, 10 00:00:38,938 --> 00:00:42,108 through my books, through my movie. 11 00:00:42,108 --> 00:00:46,279 I have tried to give back to you as much as I could, 12 00:00:46,279 --> 00:00:48,281 even though I know I can't. 13 00:00:48,281 --> 00:00:51,985 I could never repay you for the life and the love 14 00:00:51,985 --> 00:00:54,053 that you have given to me. 15 00:00:54,053 --> 00:00:56,756 Thank you. 16 00:00:56,756 --> 00:00:58,992 I've traveled all over the world, 17 00:00:58,992 --> 00:01:01,261 but I've never got to see much. 18 00:01:01,261 --> 00:01:05,732 That is except for you, my fans, my friends. 19 00:01:05,732 --> 00:01:07,667 I want you to know that I saw, and I 20 00:01:07,667 --> 00:01:10,103 remember every one of you. 21 00:01:10,103 --> 00:01:12,705 I Thank you from the bottom of my heart. 22 00:01:12,705 --> 00:01:14,441 I love you. 23 00:01:14,441 --> 00:01:20,079 Your friend, Loretta Lynn. 24 00:01:20,079 --> 00:01:27,086 [music - "how great thou art"] 25 00:01:32,492 --> 00:01:39,499 - [vocalizing] 26 00:01:50,443 --> 00:01:57,450 (SINGING) Oh, Lord, my God. 27 00:01:58,718 --> 00:02:05,725 When I in all some wonder, considered all the words 28 00:02:16,870 --> 00:02:23,877 thy hands have made. 29 00:02:26,246 --> 00:02:33,152 I see the stars. 30 00:02:34,153 --> 00:02:41,060 I hear the rolling thunder. 31 00:02:44,664 --> 00:02:51,638 Thy power throughout the universe displayed. 32 00:03:03,316 --> 00:03:10,290 When Christ shall come with shouts of acclimation 33 00:03:22,068 --> 00:03:27,674 and take me home. 34 00:03:27,674 --> 00:03:34,647 What joy shall fill my heart. 35 00:03:42,488 --> 00:03:49,295 Then I shall bow in humble adoration 36 00:03:58,404 --> 00:04:05,378 and there proclaim my God how great thou art. 37 00:04:20,526 --> 00:04:27,467 Then sings my soul my savior God to thee. 38 00:04:48,187 --> 00:05:00,700 How great thou art. 39 00:04:53,726 --> 00:05:00,700 How great thou art. 40 00:05:02,068 --> 00:05:08,775 How great-- come on. 41 00:05:08,775 --> 00:05:15,782 --thou art. 42 00:05:55,488 --> 00:05:58,024 - Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our host 43 00:05:58,024 --> 00:06:01,527 for this evening, Jenna Bush Hager. 44 00:06:01,527 --> 00:06:05,531 - Wow, wow, wow. 45 00:06:05,531 --> 00:06:08,801 Wynonna, the Gaithers, and Larry Strickland, 46 00:06:08,801 --> 00:06:11,170 how great y'all are. 47 00:06:11,170 --> 00:06:16,542 What a beautiful way to start this incredible evening. 48 00:06:16,542 --> 00:06:19,645 I know, like most of you all, this is an incredible honor 49 00:06:19,645 --> 00:06:22,682 to be here tonight to celebrate the life, 50 00:06:22,682 --> 00:06:26,085 music, and legacy of the queen of country 51 00:06:26,085 --> 00:06:32,058 music, Miss Loretta Lynn. 52 00:06:32,058 --> 00:06:36,129 Y'all, Loretta was so loved. 53 00:06:36,129 --> 00:06:39,465 Thousands started lining up in the rain to be here 54 00:06:39,465 --> 00:06:42,201 at 4:00 AM inside the Opry. 55 00:06:42,201 --> 00:06:44,437 They're all here tonight. 56 00:06:44,437 --> 00:06:46,305 And of course, there are so many 57 00:06:46,305 --> 00:06:48,775 of y'all watching from home. 58 00:06:48,775 --> 00:06:53,146 Like all of y'all, I absolutely adored her. 59 00:06:53,146 --> 00:06:56,916 Through three generations and for over 30 years, 60 00:06:56,916 --> 00:07:00,153 she was a precious family friend. 61 00:07:00,153 --> 00:07:02,088 She once did her best to help me 62 00:07:02,088 --> 00:07:03,990 learn how to play the guitar. 63 00:07:03,990 --> 00:07:06,626 During this session, she said now, Jenna, come on, 64 00:07:06,626 --> 00:07:09,695 use your middle finger. 65 00:07:09,695 --> 00:07:11,798 I said, well, Loretta, you know I've used 66 00:07:11,798 --> 00:07:13,766 that once or twice before. 67 00:07:13,766 --> 00:07:16,936 She said, honey, that's why I'm telling you to use it. 68 00:07:16,936 --> 00:07:18,871 I know it's strength. 69 00:07:18,871 --> 00:07:22,475 She was hilarious and gutsy. 70 00:07:22,475 --> 00:07:25,144 She's the only person I know who got away with calling 71 00:07:25,144 --> 00:07:28,781 my dad little George. 72 00:07:28,781 --> 00:07:31,617 Well, at least to his face. 73 00:07:31,617 --> 00:07:35,221 Born in Butcher Holler, Kentucky in 1932, 74 00:07:35,221 --> 00:07:37,523 raised in the poverty of Appalachia, 75 00:07:37,523 --> 00:07:42,528 this tiny woman with a huge, one-of-a-kind voice helped 76 00:07:42,528 --> 00:07:45,898 define modern country music. 77 00:07:45,898 --> 00:07:49,669 She was a culture shifting icon who wore sparkly ball gowns 78 00:07:49,669 --> 00:07:56,142 and wrote and sang some of the most real, raw, timeless songs 79 00:07:56,142 --> 00:07:58,511 in country music history. 80 00:07:58,511 --> 00:08:05,518 Little girls, y'all can clap. 81 00:08:07,687 --> 00:08:11,557 Little girls who became women, many of whom 82 00:08:11,557 --> 00:08:15,161 are here in this room tonight, watched and wanted 83 00:08:15,161 --> 00:08:17,597 to be just like her. 84 00:08:17,597 --> 00:08:21,601 All that grace and talent and willingness 85 00:08:21,601 --> 00:08:23,870 to speak the truth. 86 00:08:23,870 --> 00:08:26,339 Loretta became a member of the Grand Ole Opry 87 00:08:26,339 --> 00:08:30,643 in 1962, saying, "the greatest moment of my life 88 00:08:30,643 --> 00:08:34,113 was when they inducted me into the Grand Ole Opry." 89 00:08:34,113 --> 00:08:38,684 Well, tonight, even after she is gone, 90 00:08:38,684 --> 00:08:45,691 she fills it once again. 91 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,263 What a privilege for all of us that tonight some 92 00:08:50,263 --> 00:08:54,433 of our dearest friends, the biggest names in country music 93 00:08:54,433 --> 00:08:58,604 and her beloved family have come here together to share 94 00:08:58,604 --> 00:09:01,974 stories and share her music. 95 00:09:01,974 --> 00:09:04,877 Loretta once told me that her greatest regret 96 00:09:04,877 --> 00:09:08,414 was that her beloved daddy didn't get to hear her 97 00:09:08,414 --> 00:09:10,750 sing Coal Miner's Daughter. 98 00:09:10,750 --> 00:09:15,154 But her faith totter that one day she would sing it to him. 99 00:09:15,154 --> 00:09:17,123 She would sing it with him. 100 00:09:17,123 --> 00:09:19,792 And so tonight, with Loretta's family, 101 00:09:19,792 --> 00:09:22,895 we celebrate the original Coal Miner's 102 00:09:22,895 --> 00:09:29,902 Daughter, Miss Loretta Lynn. 103 00:09:31,170 --> 00:09:37,977 Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Keith Urban. 104 00:09:45,618 --> 00:09:48,888 - Thank you, Jenna. 105 00:09:48,888 --> 00:09:52,224 Good evening, everybody. 106 00:09:52,224 --> 00:09:53,926 It's an honor to be here tonight, 107 00:09:53,926 --> 00:09:57,396 and I'm very, very grateful that I get a chance to show 108 00:09:57,396 --> 00:09:59,231 my respects to Miss Loretta. 109 00:09:59,231 --> 00:10:05,871 I was her date for the 2005 CMT Awards. 110 00:10:05,871 --> 00:10:08,407 And that was one of the most memorable evenings 111 00:10:08,407 --> 00:10:11,844 that I would ever get with somebody like Miss Loretta. 112 00:10:11,844 --> 00:10:14,480 That was in 2005. 113 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:21,487 In 2018, I got this call that I want to share with you. 114 00:10:27,593 --> 00:10:28,728 - Hi, Keith. 115 00:10:28,728 --> 00:10:30,730 This is Loretta, and I'm having a birthday. 116 00:10:30,730 --> 00:10:33,866 And I want to see your butt there. 117 00:10:33,866 --> 00:10:40,773 - [laughing] 118 00:10:40,773 --> 00:10:43,976 So you bet I was there. 119 00:10:43,976 --> 00:10:45,678 I came running then. 120 00:10:45,678 --> 00:10:47,380 I came running tonight. 121 00:10:47,380 --> 00:10:50,249 I will always come running for Miss Loretta. 122 00:10:50,249 --> 00:10:57,256 [MUSIC - YOU'RE LOOKIN' AT COUNTRY"] 123 00:10:59,158 --> 00:11:02,528 (SINGING) Well, I like my loving done country style. 124 00:11:02,528 --> 00:11:05,231 And this little girl to walk a country 125 00:11:05,231 --> 00:11:09,635 mile, to show her a good old slow talking country boy. 126 00:11:09,635 --> 00:11:12,204 I said a country boy. 127 00:11:12,204 --> 00:11:15,641 I'm about as old fashioned as I can be. 128 00:11:15,641 --> 00:11:19,311 And I hope you're liking what you see. 129 00:11:19,311 --> 00:11:26,018 Because if you looking at me, you're looking at country. 130 00:11:27,153 --> 00:11:30,322 You don't see no city when you look at me, 131 00:11:30,322 --> 00:11:33,459 because country is all I am. 132 00:11:33,459 --> 00:11:36,862 I love running barefooted through the old cornfields, 133 00:11:36,862 --> 00:11:39,598 and I love that country ham. 134 00:11:39,598 --> 00:11:41,367 Yes, I do. 135 00:11:41,367 --> 00:11:44,837 Well, you say I was made just to fit your plans. 136 00:11:44,837 --> 00:11:48,741 But there's a barnyad shovel fit your hands. 137 00:11:48,741 --> 00:11:55,247 Because if you're looking at me, you're looking at country. 138 00:11:55,247 --> 00:12:01,821 Hey. 139 00:12:03,022 --> 00:12:05,825 Well, at least your country is a little green. 140 00:12:05,825 --> 00:12:09,295 But there's a lot of country that you ain't seen. 141 00:12:09,295 --> 00:12:12,998 I'll show you around if you show me a wedding band. 142 00:12:12,998 --> 00:12:15,434 I said a wedding band. 143 00:12:15,434 --> 00:12:19,038 When it comes to love, well, I'm not about that country 144 00:12:19,038 --> 00:12:22,475 folks sure know where it's at. 145 00:12:22,475 --> 00:12:24,610 Because if you're looking at me-- 146 00:12:24,610 --> 00:12:25,678 sing it to me. 147 00:12:25,678 --> 00:12:27,313 - (SINGING) You're looking at country. 148 00:12:27,313 --> 00:12:28,314 - Ah. 149 00:12:28,314 --> 00:12:29,682 Whoo. 150 00:12:29,682 --> 00:12:33,953 Oh, you don't see no city when you look at me 151 00:12:33,953 --> 00:12:36,722 'cause country is all I am. 152 00:12:36,722 --> 00:12:40,025 Love her running barefooted through the old cornfields, 153 00:12:40,025 --> 00:12:44,597 and I love that country ham. 154 00:12:44,597 --> 00:12:47,867 Well, you say I was made just to fit your plans, 155 00:12:47,867 --> 00:12:51,570 but there's a barnyad shovel fit your hands. 156 00:12:51,570 --> 00:12:58,344 Because if your eyes are on me, you're looking that country. 157 00:12:58,344 --> 00:13:05,351 Up there on that screen, yeah, you're looking at country. 158 00:13:07,586 --> 00:13:10,189 God bless you, Loretta. 159 00:13:10,189 --> 00:13:16,729 Thank you. 160 00:13:16,729 --> 00:13:18,697 - Loretta Lynn's voice rose from 161 00:13:18,697 --> 00:13:21,534 the poverty-stricken hills of Kentucky out of the home 162 00:13:21,534 --> 00:13:26,205 of her loving parents. 163 00:13:26,205 --> 00:13:28,274 - My mama told me she thought that I was born singing. 164 00:13:28,274 --> 00:13:29,608 [MUSIC - LORETTA LYNN, "VAN LEAR ROSE"] 165 00:13:29,608 --> 00:13:34,146 One of my fondest memories was sitting 166 00:13:34,146 --> 00:13:41,153 on my daddy's knee listening to the stories that he told. 167 00:13:43,022 --> 00:13:44,890 - They brought home a Philco radio, 168 00:13:44,890 --> 00:13:47,293 and I would curl up in front of that radio 169 00:13:47,293 --> 00:13:48,827 every Saturday night. 170 00:13:48,827 --> 00:13:50,829 And when Ernest Tubb would sing, I'd cry. 171 00:13:50,829 --> 00:13:52,164 [MUSIC - LORETTA LYNN, "VAN LEAR ROSE"] 172 00:13:52,164 --> 00:13:54,466 This here's the Van Lear Rose. 173 00:13:54,466 --> 00:13:56,835 - Sparks flew when teenage Loretta 174 00:13:56,835 --> 00:14:00,606 met Oliver Doolittle Lynn, and the two married a month later. 175 00:14:00,606 --> 00:14:03,709 Feeding herself and her four children was still a struggle, 176 00:14:03,709 --> 00:14:06,278 even after Doo move the family to Washington 177 00:14:06,278 --> 00:14:07,513 for a better future. 178 00:14:07,513 --> 00:14:09,215 But Doo had an idea. 179 00:14:09,215 --> 00:14:11,884 - Doo said, Loretta, I listen to the girl singers in the car 180 00:14:11,884 --> 00:14:12,918 all the time. 181 00:14:12,918 --> 00:14:14,220 You're a better singer than they are. 182 00:14:14,220 --> 00:14:15,821 I'm going to put you out there to work. 183 00:14:15,821 --> 00:14:17,823 He got the $17 guitar. 184 00:14:17,823 --> 00:14:19,491 I learned myself how to play it. 185 00:14:19,491 --> 00:14:21,026 Then he'd come in one night, and he said, 186 00:14:21,026 --> 00:14:22,494 well, you're about ready now. 187 00:14:22,494 --> 00:14:23,596 I'm going to get you a job. 188 00:14:23,596 --> 00:14:28,634 (SINGING) And now I'm a honky tonk girl. 189 00:14:28,634 --> 00:14:35,641 - American music was changed forever. 190 00:14:40,379 --> 00:14:41,480 - Loretta Lynn. 191 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:43,749 I mean, where the hell do you even begin? 192 00:14:43,749 --> 00:14:47,119 I, uh-- well, it began for me being 193 00:14:47,119 --> 00:14:49,855 a nine-year-old down in Texas. 194 00:14:49,855 --> 00:14:52,258 And some of the first songs I ever learned 195 00:14:52,258 --> 00:14:53,759 were "Fist City" and "You Ain't Woman 196 00:14:53,759 --> 00:14:55,928 Enough To Take My Man," which is funny 197 00:14:55,928 --> 00:14:57,696 coming from a nine-year-old. 198 00:14:57,696 --> 00:15:00,799 But I have so many treasured memories 199 00:15:00,799 --> 00:15:02,468 of getting to be around her. 200 00:15:02,468 --> 00:15:04,837 You know, opening for her back in the day, 201 00:15:04,837 --> 00:15:09,375 bringing a serious sparkly country moment to the CMAs. 202 00:15:09,375 --> 00:15:12,144 But my favorite moments were just quietly getting 203 00:15:12,144 --> 00:15:15,581 to sit and talk with her honestly about ghosts 204 00:15:15,581 --> 00:15:19,084 and spirits and fried chicken and so many very fun 205 00:15:19,084 --> 00:15:20,386 real things. 206 00:15:20,386 --> 00:15:24,757 Loretta was such a brave woman and a creative. 207 00:15:24,757 --> 00:15:27,226 And I truly believe that I would not 208 00:15:27,226 --> 00:15:30,162 be where I am if Loretta hadn't made it easier for me 209 00:15:30,162 --> 00:15:31,230 and paved the way. 210 00:15:31,230 --> 00:15:34,266 I am so, so grateful for just simply 211 00:15:34,266 --> 00:15:37,436 getting to exist in the same time that Loretta did. 212 00:15:37,436 --> 00:15:38,570 And 213 00:15:38,570 --> 00:15:41,140 I'm so fortunate that we have this legacy 214 00:15:41,140 --> 00:15:43,042 that she left behind, and it's going to last forever. 215 00:15:43,042 --> 00:15:44,076 But I'm sending all my love. 216 00:15:44,076 --> 00:15:49,014 I wish I could be there. 217 00:15:49,014 --> 00:15:55,988 - Please welcome, Barbara Mandrell. 218 00:15:59,758 --> 00:16:04,797 - I'm here with you tonight at the Grand Ole Opry House. 219 00:16:04,797 --> 00:16:08,200 And people are watching from all over the world 220 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:10,102 for one reason-- 221 00:16:10,102 --> 00:16:16,075 we all love Loretta Lynn. 222 00:16:16,075 --> 00:16:19,345 Loretta stole my heart. 223 00:16:19,345 --> 00:16:21,613 We worked on many TV shows together, 224 00:16:21,613 --> 00:16:25,584 and she was always so very kind and sweet to me. 225 00:16:25,584 --> 00:16:27,386 And when I received her autobiography 226 00:16:27,386 --> 00:16:31,757 Coal Miner's Daughter, I started reading that. 227 00:16:31,757 --> 00:16:34,727 And I was just absolutely captured 228 00:16:34,727 --> 00:16:37,763 by the extraordinary life that she led. 229 00:16:37,763 --> 00:16:42,935 I watched the movie Coal Miner's Daughter 11 times. 230 00:16:42,935 --> 00:16:46,572 Most of those times I was watching it 231 00:16:46,572 --> 00:16:49,808 in my state room on my tour bus after leaving 232 00:16:49,808 --> 00:16:51,577 my concert at night. 233 00:16:51,577 --> 00:16:53,011 A couple of places in that movie 234 00:16:53,011 --> 00:16:57,349 made me cry every time I saw them. 235 00:16:57,349 --> 00:16:58,851 There was only one Loretta. 236 00:16:58,851 --> 00:17:05,157 Even though she was a megastar and an iconic talent, 237 00:17:05,157 --> 00:17:12,064 she was also kind and generous and loving. 238 00:17:12,064 --> 00:17:15,033 I admire, adore, and love Loretta Lynn 239 00:17:15,033 --> 00:17:20,005 with my whole heart, as I know you do too. 240 00:17:20,005 --> 00:17:26,979 My friends, here's the wonderful Tanya Tucker. 241 00:17:39,825 --> 00:17:46,832 [music - "blue kentucky girl"] 242 00:17:49,134 --> 00:17:55,874 (SINGING) You left me for the bright lights of the town. 243 00:17:56,975 --> 00:18:03,582 A country boy set out to see the world. 244 00:18:05,984 --> 00:18:12,424 Remember when those city lights shine down. 245 00:18:12,424 --> 00:18:19,398 The big old moon shines on your Kentucky girl. 246 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:28,207 I swear, I love you by the moon above you. 247 00:18:31,009 --> 00:18:38,016 How bright is it shining in your world? 248 00:18:39,618 --> 00:18:46,291 Some morning when you wake up all alone. 249 00:18:47,459 --> 00:18:53,966 You just come on home to your blue Kentucky girl. 250 00:18:55,334 --> 00:19:02,341 Now you sing with me. 251 00:19:04,977 --> 00:19:11,984 Don't wait to bring great riches home to me. 252 00:19:13,318 --> 00:19:20,325 I need no diamond rings or fancy pearl. 253 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:28,367 Just bring yourself, that's all I'll ever need. 254 00:19:29,635 --> 00:19:36,008 Well, that's good enough for this blue Kentucky girl. 255 00:19:37,175 --> 00:19:44,149 Well, I swear I love you by the moon above you. 256 00:19:45,918 --> 00:19:52,925 And how bright is it shining in your world? 257 00:19:55,427 --> 00:20:02,367 Some morning when you wake up all alone. 258 00:20:02,367 --> 00:20:09,341 Well you can come on home to your blue Kentucky girl. 259 00:20:10,576 --> 00:20:17,316 You better come on home to your blue Kentucky girl. 260 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:41,640 - I was, uh, so fortunate to have become such good friends 261 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:45,210 with Miss Loretta in sadly what was to be 262 00:20:45,210 --> 00:20:47,512 the last chapter of her life. 263 00:20:47,512 --> 00:20:51,817 So many great stories from her coming out to my farm 264 00:20:51,817 --> 00:20:57,689 and sitting around the studio, writing songs to even showing 265 00:20:57,689 --> 00:21:00,158 up at my saloon parties on property 266 00:21:00,158 --> 00:21:02,461 and being so gracious with her time with everyone and 267 00:21:02,461 --> 00:21:03,729 taking pictures. 268 00:21:03,729 --> 00:21:05,931 And I'll always cherish the time I had with her 269 00:21:05,931 --> 00:21:11,003 and just admire her so much as a lady, as a songwriter, 270 00:21:11,003 --> 00:21:14,773 as a mother and grandmother, and as somebody who 271 00:21:14,773 --> 00:21:17,175 was such a dear friend to me. 272 00:21:17,175 --> 00:21:19,811 I'll sign off by saying, Loretta, I love you. 273 00:21:19,811 --> 00:21:21,179 Rest in peace. 274 00:21:21,179 --> 00:21:23,281 Or let me say it like you always said to me and probably 275 00:21:23,281 --> 00:21:25,350 so many people here. 276 00:21:25,350 --> 00:21:26,518 I love you, honey. 277 00:21:26,518 --> 00:21:30,555 God bless you. 278 00:21:30,555 --> 00:21:37,562 - Please welcome Faith Hill and Tim McGraw. 279 00:21:41,099 --> 00:21:43,502 - Here. 280 00:21:43,502 --> 00:21:46,972 Here we are. 281 00:21:46,972 --> 00:21:50,275 My friendship with Loretta Lynn began about 200 feet 282 00:21:50,275 --> 00:21:53,845 behind this stage in the Ole Opry House studio 283 00:21:53,845 --> 00:21:57,082 C. That's where Loretta filmed her nightly talk 284 00:21:57,082 --> 00:21:59,851 show Loretta Lynn and Friends. 285 00:21:59,851 --> 00:22:03,055 And where this young singer with big dreams 286 00:22:03,055 --> 00:22:08,427 got to sit talk, laugh, and sing with the fourth force 287 00:22:08,427 --> 00:22:10,128 of nature. 288 00:22:10,128 --> 00:22:14,332 And national treasure, that is Loretta Lynn. 289 00:22:14,332 --> 00:22:19,171 Now almost 30 years later, it is our honor and privilege 290 00:22:19,171 --> 00:22:24,409 to be here as close to where our dear friendship began 291 00:22:24,409 --> 00:22:27,479 and to celebrate this extraordinary woman 292 00:22:27,479 --> 00:22:30,215 and her remarkable life. 293 00:22:30,215 --> 00:22:31,917 - You know what, I think of Loretta, 294 00:22:31,917 --> 00:22:34,019 I think of growing up in stark Louisiana 295 00:22:34,019 --> 00:22:38,423 in the '70s and '80s when her voice and her music are part 296 00:22:38,423 --> 00:22:39,758 of the soundtrack of my life. 297 00:22:39,758 --> 00:22:42,994 I grew up hearing her songs on the radio sung 298 00:22:42,994 --> 00:22:45,997 by every female singer in every local cover band 299 00:22:45,997 --> 00:22:48,066 and in between innings at Little League games 300 00:22:48,066 --> 00:22:50,669 on the stereo at my house. 301 00:22:50,669 --> 00:22:55,373 Just everywhere I turned, I heard Loretta Lynn. 302 00:22:55,373 --> 00:22:58,376 - Whoo. 303 00:22:58,376 --> 00:23:00,645 In the '60s and the '70s, Loretta 304 00:23:00,645 --> 00:23:05,117 wrote and sang songs that shocked a whole lot of people. 305 00:23:05,117 --> 00:23:09,488 You know, sometimes that's just what truth does, right? 306 00:23:09,488 --> 00:23:11,656 You got to tell it, though. 307 00:23:11,656 --> 00:23:14,025 - Loretta made it clear she was writing 308 00:23:14,025 --> 00:23:18,096 songs about women for women. 309 00:23:18,096 --> 00:23:19,164 - Time-- yes. 310 00:23:19,164 --> 00:23:26,138 Time and time-- yes. 311 00:23:27,672 --> 00:23:30,976 Time and time again, women came up to her 312 00:23:30,976 --> 00:23:33,245 and said with real appreciation, 313 00:23:33,245 --> 00:23:36,615 you're singing my life about my life. 314 00:23:36,615 --> 00:23:39,217 They thanked her for giving them a voice, 315 00:23:39,217 --> 00:23:42,220 giving their lives a place in country music. 316 00:23:42,220 --> 00:23:46,424 Loretta was unabashedly honest about hardships and joys 317 00:23:46,424 --> 00:23:50,428 of being a wife and mother, a woman living life, 318 00:23:50,428 --> 00:23:53,799 loving, lying, cheating, having babies, not having babies. 319 00:23:53,799 --> 00:23:56,802 She sang about it all. 320 00:23:56,802 --> 00:23:58,637 We women, you know, women kind of 321 00:23:58,637 --> 00:24:00,405 know about that sort of thing. 322 00:24:00,405 --> 00:24:04,543 So in case anybody wants to know the truth about things. 323 00:24:04,543 --> 00:24:09,281 She was fierce, and she was proud of who she was, 324 00:24:09,281 --> 00:24:13,018 where she came from, and how she lived her life. 325 00:24:13,018 --> 00:24:18,123 - She inspired women to simply be who they were, 326 00:24:18,123 --> 00:24:21,860 feel what they felt, stand up for themselves, 327 00:24:21,860 --> 00:24:23,962 and know they were not alone. 328 00:24:23,962 --> 00:24:26,031 Her trailblazing directly impacted 329 00:24:26,031 --> 00:24:31,603 women's lives, my wife's life, my daughter's lives. 330 00:24:31,603 --> 00:24:34,005 - And she didn't just push boundaries 331 00:24:34,005 --> 00:24:36,608 for women in country music. 332 00:24:36,608 --> 00:24:41,780 She shredded them, OK? 333 00:24:41,780 --> 00:24:42,814 Yeah. 334 00:24:42,814 --> 00:24:46,084 Yeah, she did. 335 00:24:46,084 --> 00:24:50,455 She gave us this bold new space to find our own way to dream 336 00:24:50,455 --> 00:24:55,060 and to soar in the music we make and careers and our lives 337 00:24:55,060 --> 00:24:56,394 that we have. 338 00:24:56,394 --> 00:25:00,899 She was always good, kind, and supportive of all of us. 339 00:25:00,899 --> 00:25:02,100 Every single person in this room 340 00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:04,936 has a story I'm sure they could share. 341 00:25:04,936 --> 00:25:11,943 And she was so dang wise and funny. 342 00:25:16,248 --> 00:25:18,016 No, we all good. 343 00:25:18,016 --> 00:25:21,052 We good. 344 00:25:21,052 --> 00:25:27,359 I am honored to have been in your presence, Loretta. 345 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,328 I am grateful to have-- 346 00:25:30,328 --> 00:25:32,464 have so many memories with you. 347 00:25:32,464 --> 00:25:35,333 I am proud to be a woman in country music. 348 00:25:35,333 --> 00:25:37,002 I am proud to be a mom. 349 00:25:37,002 --> 00:25:41,840 I am proud to have had the privilege-- 350 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:44,809 [humming] 351 00:25:44,809 --> 00:25:46,278 Glory. 352 00:25:46,278 --> 00:25:52,050 To have had the privilege of following for so many of us, 353 00:25:52,050 --> 00:25:55,553 of following you down the musical path 354 00:25:55,553 --> 00:25:59,090 you blazed for all of us. 355 00:25:59,090 --> 00:26:01,092 - I just want to say thank you, Loretta. 356 00:26:01,092 --> 00:26:08,099 Thank you. 357 00:26:11,870 --> 00:26:18,877 - And now ladies and gentlemen, welcome Darius Rucker. 358 00:26:22,514 --> 00:26:25,450 - 1, 2, 3, 4. 359 00:26:25,450 --> 00:26:30,322 [music - "fist city"] 360 00:26:30,322 --> 00:26:32,123 - (SINGING) You've been making your braggs 361 00:26:32,123 --> 00:26:36,094 around town that you've been loving my man. 362 00:26:36,094 --> 00:26:39,464 But the man I love, when he picks up trash, 363 00:26:39,464 --> 00:26:42,534 he puts it in the garbage can. 364 00:26:42,534 --> 00:26:45,403 And that's what you look like to me. 365 00:26:45,403 --> 00:26:48,139 And what I see is pity. 366 00:26:48,139 --> 00:26:51,543 You better close your face and get out of my way 367 00:26:51,543 --> 00:26:56,081 if you don't want to go to fist city. 368 00:26:56,081 --> 00:26:58,650 If you don't want to go to fist city, 369 00:26:58,650 --> 00:27:02,487 you better detour around my town. 370 00:27:02,487 --> 00:27:05,623 Because I'll grab you by the hair of the head 371 00:27:05,623 --> 00:27:10,128 and lift you off the ground. 372 00:27:10,128 --> 00:27:13,465 I ain't saying my man a saint, 'cause he ain't and that 373 00:27:13,465 --> 00:27:15,567 don't cat around with a kitty. 374 00:27:15,567 --> 00:27:19,237 But I'll tell you, gal to lay off of my man 375 00:27:19,237 --> 00:27:26,211 if you don't want to go to fist city. 376 00:27:27,445 --> 00:27:30,215 Come on, tell me what you told my friends if you 377 00:27:30,215 --> 00:27:33,284 think you're brave enough. 378 00:27:33,284 --> 00:27:36,921 And I'll show you what a real woman is since you 379 00:27:36,921 --> 00:27:39,357 think you're hot stuff. 380 00:27:39,357 --> 00:27:42,293 You'll bit off more than you can chew 381 00:27:42,293 --> 00:27:45,230 if you get too cute or witty. 382 00:27:45,230 --> 00:27:49,367 You better move your feet if you don't want to eat a meal 383 00:27:49,367 --> 00:27:53,071 that's called fist city. 384 00:27:53,071 --> 00:27:55,940 If you don't want to go to fist city, 385 00:27:55,940 --> 00:27:59,477 you better detour around my town. 386 00:27:59,477 --> 00:28:02,480 'Cause I'll grab you by the hair of the head 387 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:06,818 and lift you off the ground. 388 00:28:06,818 --> 00:28:10,422 I ain't saying my man is a saint 'cause he ain't, and he 389 00:28:10,422 --> 00:28:13,491 don't cat around with a kitty. 390 00:28:13,491 --> 00:28:15,994 Oh, you hear to lay off of a man 391 00:28:15,994 --> 00:28:18,963 if you don't want to go to fist city. 392 00:28:18,963 --> 00:28:22,233 You better move, you better move your hand 393 00:28:22,233 --> 00:28:29,240 and lay off of my man if you don't want to go to fist city. 394 00:28:38,783 --> 00:28:40,385 [MUSIC - LORETTA LYNN, "YOU AIN'T WOMAN ENOUGH"] 395 00:28:40,385 --> 00:28:44,689 'Cause you ain't woman enough to take my man. 396 00:28:44,689 --> 00:28:47,459 - I always wrote about life/ If you write life, 397 00:28:47,459 --> 00:28:48,827 somebody is going to like it. 398 00:28:48,827 --> 00:28:52,263 - As a songwriter, Loretta Drew most of her inspiration 399 00:28:52,263 --> 00:28:55,233 from her relationship with her husband. 400 00:28:55,233 --> 00:28:57,068 - Every time I get mad at him over something, 401 00:28:57,068 --> 00:28:58,503 well, I could write a hit song. 402 00:28:58,503 --> 00:29:00,705 That's the way that I got him back, was write about it 403 00:29:00,705 --> 00:29:02,040 and sing it to him. 404 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:05,310 (SINGING) I'm here to tell you gal to lay off of my man 405 00:29:05,310 --> 00:29:07,545 if you don't want to go to fist city. 406 00:29:07,545 --> 00:29:10,248 I recorded songs that the other girls wouldn't sing. 407 00:29:10,248 --> 00:29:12,684 I think I got eight band, but they all went number one. 408 00:29:12,684 --> 00:29:16,387 (SINGING) You set this chicken your last time 'cause now 409 00:29:16,387 --> 00:29:18,189 I've got the pill. 410 00:29:18,189 --> 00:29:20,425 I felt like I was singing about people 411 00:29:20,425 --> 00:29:21,626 sitting out there listening. 412 00:29:21,626 --> 00:29:23,261 - Writing about her daily struggles 413 00:29:23,261 --> 00:29:25,130 made Loretta's work groundbreaking 414 00:29:25,130 --> 00:29:27,332 and gave generations of women permission 415 00:29:27,332 --> 00:29:34,339 to speak their truth. 416 00:29:38,209 --> 00:29:41,846 - I am so grateful to Loretta Lynn for being an example 417 00:29:41,846 --> 00:29:45,783 for all songwriters everywhere, but most specifically female 418 00:29:45,783 --> 00:29:48,653 songwriters getting to say things that might 419 00:29:48,653 --> 00:29:50,688 make people uncomfortable. 420 00:29:50,688 --> 00:29:52,557 She was so ahead of her time. 421 00:29:52,557 --> 00:29:58,963 And the way that she exercised brutal, truthful, fearless 422 00:29:58,963 --> 00:30:02,033 honesty every time she sat down to write a song 423 00:30:02,033 --> 00:30:04,802 is something that I think changed music forever 424 00:30:04,802 --> 00:30:07,305 and paved the way for every songwriter 425 00:30:07,305 --> 00:30:13,511 that is trying to be truthful and honest today. 426 00:30:13,511 --> 00:30:20,485 - Ladies and gentlemen, Martina McBride. 427 00:30:23,188 --> 00:30:25,056 - As I stood backstage this evening, 428 00:30:25,056 --> 00:30:26,724 my mind went to a Saturday night 429 00:30:26,724 --> 00:30:31,529 in 1995, when Loretta inducted me into the Grand Ole Opry. 430 00:30:31,529 --> 00:30:34,299 It was the start of our friendship. 431 00:30:34,299 --> 00:30:36,901 I know a lot has been said and will be said tonight 432 00:30:36,901 --> 00:30:40,471 about her huge and important career, that the women 433 00:30:40,471 --> 00:30:44,042 of country music absolutely could not be who we are today 434 00:30:44,042 --> 00:30:45,710 if she hadn't gone first. 435 00:30:45,710 --> 00:30:48,479 I mean, we may still be here, but maybe not 436 00:30:48,479 --> 00:30:51,416 writing our own songs or singing about topical issues. 437 00:30:51,416 --> 00:30:54,552 She really blazed that trail and did it as only 438 00:30:54,552 --> 00:30:57,689 she could by telling her story and making it 439 00:30:57,689 --> 00:30:59,657 relatable to millions of women who 440 00:30:59,657 --> 00:31:02,794 could see themselves in her. 441 00:31:02,794 --> 00:31:06,898 I want to add a little bit more to the story of who she was 442 00:31:06,898 --> 00:31:11,569 because this music icon was also the most 443 00:31:11,569 --> 00:31:13,638 down-to-earth girlfriend. 444 00:31:13,638 --> 00:31:16,574 And that's what she called us, her girlfriends. 445 00:31:16,574 --> 00:31:18,142 The reason I make a special note of this 446 00:31:18,142 --> 00:31:20,845 is because it always just astonished me 447 00:31:20,845 --> 00:31:23,881 that Loretta Lynn, one of my heroes, 448 00:31:23,881 --> 00:31:26,417 would think of me that way. 449 00:31:26,417 --> 00:31:28,086 I remember one time she called to tell me 450 00:31:28,086 --> 00:31:30,622 she'd been on her treadmill singing "Independence Day" 451 00:31:30,622 --> 00:31:32,257 and reaching for those high notes. 452 00:31:32,257 --> 00:31:35,326 I'm trying to hit those high notes, she'd say. 453 00:31:35,326 --> 00:31:37,996 She'd always say, I love you, honey. 454 00:31:37,996 --> 00:31:40,365 Come see me anytime. 455 00:31:40,365 --> 00:31:43,201 She also used to say to me, Martina, you 456 00:31:43,201 --> 00:31:45,236 and me on a tour together. 457 00:31:45,236 --> 00:31:46,237 I said, yes, ma'am. 458 00:31:46,237 --> 00:31:47,238 That would be amazing. 459 00:31:47,238 --> 00:31:51,376 She said, we'd tired up, wouldn't we? 460 00:31:51,376 --> 00:31:53,645 We did end up doing some shows together, 461 00:31:53,645 --> 00:31:56,014 and I treasure those moments. 462 00:31:56,014 --> 00:31:58,983 She was funny and fun. 463 00:31:58,983 --> 00:32:00,351 She was wise. 464 00:32:00,351 --> 00:32:03,888 She was a brilliant songwriter and a big powerful singer 465 00:32:03,888 --> 00:32:05,657 and storyteller. 466 00:32:05,657 --> 00:32:09,994 She was so real and just always, Loretta. 467 00:32:09,994 --> 00:32:14,666 She shared her heartache, her feistiness, her spirituality, 468 00:32:14,666 --> 00:32:17,669 her childhood, her love for doing her kids, 469 00:32:17,669 --> 00:32:22,140 and her stories with all of us and with the world. 470 00:32:22,140 --> 00:32:25,677 Well, maybe some stories she didn't share with the world. 471 00:32:25,677 --> 00:32:30,448 But as I read the tributes to her life in the past weeks, 472 00:32:30,448 --> 00:32:33,217 I've heard so many other women in country music who 473 00:32:33,217 --> 00:32:36,120 have similar things to say about her impact on them, 474 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:39,424 not just her music, not just their music, 475 00:32:39,424 --> 00:32:40,958 but them personally. 476 00:32:40,958 --> 00:32:43,227 She paid attention to our careers. 477 00:32:43,227 --> 00:32:45,863 She made us feel like we were special to her 478 00:32:45,863 --> 00:32:48,766 and like she was in our corner. 479 00:32:48,766 --> 00:32:52,203 And I feel that part of her legacy is that it's up to us 480 00:32:52,203 --> 00:32:56,074 now to mentor and to make sure we all know we have 481 00:32:56,074 --> 00:32:59,277 each other's backs, and that the ones coming up the ladder 482 00:32:59,277 --> 00:33:03,081 feel our support too, that we are available. 483 00:33:03,081 --> 00:33:05,950 And we can now say, I love you, honey. 484 00:33:05,950 --> 00:33:12,957 Come see me any time. 485 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:22,967 And now, please welcome, Alan Jackson. 486 00:33:39,050 --> 00:33:46,057 - Thank you all so much Hi. 487 00:33:47,358 --> 00:33:50,094 Loretta. 488 00:33:50,094 --> 00:33:52,263 Loretta was always very sweet to me. 489 00:33:52,263 --> 00:33:56,267 And for a lot of years there, from time I first 490 00:33:56,267 --> 00:34:00,104 stepped on this opera stage 30 something years ago probably-- 491 00:34:00,104 --> 00:34:05,109 and I never told her this, but she 492 00:34:05,109 --> 00:34:09,447 reminded me a lot of my mama. 493 00:34:09,447 --> 00:34:11,549 Yeah, they looked a little alike, 494 00:34:11,549 --> 00:34:14,252 but their personalities were a lot alike. 495 00:34:14,252 --> 00:34:17,355 They were both real outgoing, tell 496 00:34:17,355 --> 00:34:20,057 you exactly what's on their mind, 497 00:34:20,057 --> 00:34:22,360 but very sweet and genuine. 498 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:26,063 Both came from real hard, humble backgrounds. 499 00:34:26,063 --> 00:34:29,634 They both married a man when they 500 00:34:29,634 --> 00:34:33,204 were very young, 16 years old or so and stayed with them 501 00:34:33,204 --> 00:34:35,373 their whole life. 502 00:34:35,373 --> 00:34:38,910 And they love Southern gospel music. 503 00:34:38,910 --> 00:34:45,383 And when my mama passed away, I wrote a song for her. 504 00:34:45,383 --> 00:34:49,387 And when they asked me to sing for Loretta tonight, 505 00:34:49,387 --> 00:34:53,758 I just felt like the words felt right. 506 00:34:53,758 --> 00:34:57,261 And the family was kind enough to let me sing 507 00:34:57,261 --> 00:35:00,264 this song for her tonight. 508 00:35:00,264 --> 00:35:04,836 So for Loretta, it's just for you. 509 00:35:04,836 --> 00:35:08,906 "Where Your Heart Has Always Been." 510 00:35:08,906 --> 00:35:15,880 [MUSIC - "WHERE YOUR HEART HAS ALWAYS BEEN"] 511 00:35:17,048 --> 00:35:21,085 (SINGING) The morning light was soft and low. 512 00:35:21,085 --> 00:35:25,056 The clouds had left an early snow. 513 00:35:25,056 --> 00:35:29,427 A peaceful sound was calling low. 514 00:35:29,427 --> 00:35:33,464 It's time to go. 515 00:35:33,464 --> 00:35:38,102 Then God reached out his tender hand 516 00:35:38,102 --> 00:35:42,373 and gently pulled her home with him, 517 00:35:42,373 --> 00:35:49,380 and brushed away the sorrow from her soul within. 518 00:35:51,015 --> 00:35:55,286 And I could hear the roses sing. 519 00:35:55,286 --> 00:36:00,224 A bluebird slowly claps its wings. 520 00:36:00,224 --> 00:36:07,164 The sun seems brighter than it's ever been. 521 00:36:08,566 --> 00:36:15,106 And now she's dancing in the wind with her true love again. 522 00:36:17,441 --> 00:36:24,415 Where her heart has always been. 523 00:36:25,917 --> 00:36:32,256 Where her heart has always been. 524 00:36:32,256 --> 00:36:34,425 Oh, play a fiddle for me. 525 00:36:34,425 --> 00:36:41,432 [fiddle playing] 526 00:36:50,741 --> 00:36:54,946 And I could hear the roses sing. 527 00:36:54,946 --> 00:36:59,917 A bluebird softly claps its wings. 528 00:36:59,917 --> 00:37:06,924 The sun seems brighter than it's ever been. 529 00:37:08,292 --> 00:37:14,899 Now she's dancing in the wind with her true love again. 530 00:37:17,168 --> 00:37:24,175 Where her heart has always been. 531 00:37:25,543 --> 00:37:32,516 Where her heart has always been. 532 00:37:34,018 --> 00:37:41,025 Where her heart has always been. 533 00:37:45,863 --> 00:37:50,067 The morning light was soft and low. 534 00:37:50,067 --> 00:37:57,074 The clouds had left an early snow. 535 00:38:12,323 --> 00:38:14,625 - Well, hey, to all of Loretta's friends 536 00:38:14,625 --> 00:38:16,594 and all Loretta's family. 537 00:38:16,594 --> 00:38:19,363 And I consider myself part of the family. 538 00:38:19,363 --> 00:38:23,200 I've loved Loretta since we were both new in Nashville. 539 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:25,102 We kind of grew up together. 540 00:38:25,102 --> 00:38:28,739 We used to talk about our lives and how similar we grew up, 541 00:38:28,739 --> 00:38:32,043 had a lot of laughs, shed a lot of tears over things 542 00:38:32,043 --> 00:38:34,412 that we remembered about our childhood 543 00:38:34,412 --> 00:38:35,880 and about our parents. 544 00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:38,416 And we loved country music. 545 00:38:38,416 --> 00:38:42,219 And we often talked about how we were so happy that we grew 546 00:38:42,219 --> 00:38:43,888 up the way we did so we could write 547 00:38:43,888 --> 00:38:46,257 all those wonderful songs about our lives. 548 00:38:46,257 --> 00:38:48,292 I mean, what song could be better 549 00:38:48,292 --> 00:38:50,161 than "Coal Miner's Daughter"? 550 00:38:50,161 --> 00:38:52,296 We know that Loretta is resting in peace. 551 00:38:52,296 --> 00:38:54,398 She left a wonderful legacy. 552 00:38:54,398 --> 00:38:57,468 She left a wonderful memory she was the best friend 553 00:38:57,468 --> 00:38:59,437 that anybody could ever have and one 554 00:38:59,437 --> 00:39:01,338 of the greatest artists ever. 555 00:39:01,338 --> 00:39:03,708 So go ahead and celebrate her knowing 556 00:39:03,708 --> 00:39:08,145 I'm right there with you. 557 00:39:08,145 --> 00:39:14,218 - Please welcome Hoda Kotb. 558 00:39:14,218 --> 00:39:16,554 - Well, hello, everybody. 559 00:39:16,554 --> 00:39:19,056 What a thrill it is to be here. 560 00:39:19,056 --> 00:39:20,391 I need more Kleenexes. 561 00:39:20,391 --> 00:39:23,728 This is the most beautiful celebration of Loretta Lynn. 562 00:39:23,728 --> 00:39:25,629 I was born in Norman, Oklahoma. 563 00:39:25,629 --> 00:39:29,600 I grew up in Morgantown, West Virginia and Virginia. 564 00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:33,571 I was raised in a world where country music was big, 565 00:39:33,571 --> 00:39:37,108 and there was a whole lot of love for Loretta Lynn. 566 00:39:37,108 --> 00:39:40,344 You know what Miss Loretta did throughout her career? 567 00:39:40,344 --> 00:39:42,179 She told the truth. 568 00:39:42,179 --> 00:39:46,383 And because she told the truth, women like us thought 569 00:39:46,383 --> 00:39:48,853 we could tell the truth too. 570 00:39:48,853 --> 00:39:52,523 She had her first number one record in 1967. 571 00:39:52,523 --> 00:39:56,527 She won her first Grammy in 1972. 572 00:39:56,527 --> 00:39:59,463 In the '70s and '80s, her song "Coal Miner's Daughter" 573 00:39:59,463 --> 00:40:04,568 became a life-changing record and autobiography and an 574 00:40:04,568 --> 00:40:06,837 Academy Award winning movie. 575 00:40:06,837 --> 00:40:10,574 She made the gold album Honky Tonk Angels with Dolly Parton 576 00:40:10,574 --> 00:40:13,077 and Tammy Wynette in the '90s. 577 00:40:13,077 --> 00:40:16,781 Indeed. 578 00:40:16,781 --> 00:40:21,118 She won the Grammy for Best Country Album in 2005. 579 00:40:21,118 --> 00:40:25,322 And just last year, she released Still Woman Enough, 580 00:40:25,322 --> 00:40:30,828 her 50th studio album, her 60th, counting her 10 duet 581 00:40:30,828 --> 00:40:32,863 albums with Conway Twitty. 582 00:40:32,863 --> 00:40:38,803 Decades and decades of making great country music. 583 00:40:38,803 --> 00:40:42,740 Right now, what do you say we take it back to 1967? 584 00:40:42,740 --> 00:40:46,343 Here to perform Loretta's very first number one record, 585 00:40:46,343 --> 00:40:53,350 please welcome, George Strait. 586 00:41:07,965 --> 00:41:10,734 - Thank you so much. 587 00:41:10,734 --> 00:41:13,003 I'm really happy to be a part of this celebration 588 00:41:13,003 --> 00:41:18,442 of life and memorial for Miss Loretta Lynn tonight. 589 00:41:18,442 --> 00:41:22,913 Such an icon in the music that we all love, 590 00:41:22,913 --> 00:41:28,719 and that's country music. 591 00:41:28,719 --> 00:41:33,490 She was a trailblazer, barrier breaker, original, beautiful, 592 00:41:33,490 --> 00:41:37,194 kind, sweet, and one hell of a songwriter, 593 00:41:37,194 --> 00:41:41,031 singer, and entertainer. 594 00:41:41,031 --> 00:41:44,168 I'm so glad to have gotten to know her, 595 00:41:44,168 --> 00:41:46,537 and I will miss her dearly. 596 00:41:46,537 --> 00:41:48,405 God bless your family that's here tonight. 597 00:41:48,405 --> 00:41:50,975 And God bless Loretta Lynn. 598 00:41:50,975 --> 00:41:56,213 Here's one of her many smashes. 599 00:41:56,213 --> 00:42:02,586 [MUSIC - "DON'T COME HOME A DRINKING"] 600 00:42:02,586 --> 00:42:06,023 - (SINGING) Well, you thought I'd be waiting up 601 00:42:06,023 --> 00:42:09,260 when you came home last night. 602 00:42:09,260 --> 00:42:11,829 You've been out with all the boys, 603 00:42:11,829 --> 00:42:14,832 and you ended up half tight. 604 00:42:14,832 --> 00:42:17,501 For liquor and love, they just don't mix. 605 00:42:17,501 --> 00:42:20,304 Leave the bottle or me behind. 606 00:42:20,304 --> 00:42:27,311 And don't come home a-drinking with loving on your mind. 607 00:42:27,311 --> 00:42:33,217 No, don't come home a-drinking with loving on your mind. 608 00:42:33,217 --> 00:42:38,923 Just stay out there on the town and see what you can find. 609 00:42:38,923 --> 00:42:41,725 'Cause if you want that kind of love, 610 00:42:41,725 --> 00:42:44,495 then you don't need none of mind. 611 00:42:44,495 --> 00:42:47,264 Well, don't come home a-drinking 612 00:42:47,264 --> 00:42:54,271 with loving on your mind. 613 00:43:03,180 --> 00:43:09,053 You never take me anywhere because you're always gone. 614 00:43:09,053 --> 00:43:11,789 And many a night, I've laid awake 615 00:43:11,789 --> 00:43:14,591 and cried here all alone. 616 00:43:14,591 --> 00:43:17,294 Then you come in kissing on me. 617 00:43:17,294 --> 00:43:20,130 It happens every time. 618 00:43:20,130 --> 00:43:26,704 No, don't come home a-drinking with loving on your mind. 619 00:43:28,072 --> 00:43:33,210 No, don't come home a-drinking with loving on your mind. 620 00:43:33,210 --> 00:43:38,983 Just stay out there on the town and see what you can find. 621 00:43:38,983 --> 00:43:41,719 'Cause if you want that kind of love, 622 00:43:41,719 --> 00:43:44,455 well, you don't need none of mind. 623 00:43:44,455 --> 00:43:51,028 So don't come home a-drinking with loving on your mind. 624 00:43:52,396 --> 00:43:58,602 No, don't come home a-drinking with loving on your mind. 625 00:44:14,985 --> 00:44:17,721 - Loretta Lynn has always been my hero. 626 00:44:17,721 --> 00:44:21,158 She was a woman that I looked up to, not only because 627 00:44:21,158 --> 00:44:23,093 of her performances and her saying, 628 00:44:23,093 --> 00:44:26,196 but because of the way she conducted herself 629 00:44:26,196 --> 00:44:29,400 and how she treated people, which I always thought 630 00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:30,701 was the best in the world. 631 00:44:30,701 --> 00:44:33,203 I appreciate the family so much for sharing 632 00:44:33,203 --> 00:44:37,674 their mama, their grandma, their sister with us. 633 00:44:37,674 --> 00:44:39,243 We love Loretta. 634 00:44:39,243 --> 00:44:44,148 I've always loved Loretta, and I always will. 635 00:44:44,148 --> 00:44:45,949 - (SINGING) Hey, Louisiana woman. 636 00:44:45,949 --> 00:44:47,017 - Mississippi man. 637 00:44:47,017 --> 00:44:49,553 - We'll get together every time we can. 638 00:44:49,553 --> 00:44:51,655 The Mississippi River can't keep us apart. 639 00:44:51,655 --> 00:44:54,224 - There's too much love in this Mississippi heart. 640 00:44:54,224 --> 00:44:56,693 - Too much love in this Louisiana heart. 641 00:44:56,693 --> 00:44:59,763 - Loretta Lynn's effortless partnership with Conway Twitty 642 00:44:59,763 --> 00:45:02,599 made them one of country music's most iconic duos 643 00:45:02,599 --> 00:45:03,767 of all time. 644 00:45:03,767 --> 00:45:06,870 With more than 13 singles, 10 studio albums, 645 00:45:06,870 --> 00:45:08,939 20 awards, and countless fans. 646 00:45:08,939 --> 00:45:12,209 - Me and Conway never had an argument the whole 20 years 647 00:45:12,209 --> 00:45:13,844 we had a business together. 648 00:45:13,844 --> 00:45:17,214 I've had other artists call up and asked to record with me 649 00:45:17,214 --> 00:45:19,249 and do it and say, she's got a singing partner. 650 00:45:19,249 --> 00:45:22,586 - She brought her signature sass to the Honky Tonk Angels 651 00:45:22,586 --> 00:45:24,588 when she teamed up with Dolly and Tammy Wynette. 652 00:45:24,588 --> 00:45:25,923 [MUSIC - DOLLY PARTON, LORETTA LYNN, 653 00:45:25,923 --> 00:45:27,024 AND TAMMY WYNETTE, "SILVER THREADS AND GOLDEN NEEDLES"] 654 00:45:27,024 --> 00:45:29,159 Silver threads and golden needles cannot 655 00:45:29,159 --> 00:45:33,063 mend this heart of mine. 656 00:45:33,063 --> 00:45:36,867 - (SINGING) Well, Portland, Oregon, and sloe gin fizz. 657 00:45:36,867 --> 00:45:38,602 If it ain't love, then tell me what is. 658 00:45:38,602 --> 00:45:43,240 Uh-huh. 659 00:45:39,603 --> 00:45:43,240 Uh-huh. 660 00:45:43,240 --> 00:45:46,210 - And her Grammy-winning work with producer and rocker Jack 661 00:45:46,210 --> 00:45:49,079 White introduced her authentic depth and brilliance 662 00:45:49,079 --> 00:45:51,381 to a whole new audience-- a testament 663 00:45:51,381 --> 00:45:52,516 to her timeless voice. 664 00:45:52,516 --> 00:45:55,185 - (SINGING) And a pitcher to go. 665 00:45:55,185 --> 00:46:01,992 Ooh. 666 00:46:03,026 --> 00:46:09,133 - Ladies and gentlemen, Little Big Town. 667 00:46:09,133 --> 00:46:15,939 [music - "let her fly"] 668 00:46:15,939 --> 00:46:20,377 - (SINGING) There's a wreath on the door. 669 00:46:20,377 --> 00:46:25,149 She don't live here no more. 670 00:46:25,149 --> 00:46:32,089 As of today, she flew home. 671 00:46:32,089 --> 00:46:38,962 And we all gathered here in sorrow and tears. 672 00:46:39,963 --> 00:46:46,837 It won't be the same with her gone. 673 00:46:47,838 --> 00:46:52,075 There's a place on the hill that's 674 00:46:52,075 --> 00:46:55,913 peaceful and still, where's she'll 675 00:46:55,913 --> 00:47:02,586 sleep beside Daddy again. 676 00:47:03,754 --> 00:47:10,294 The whole family tree is shedding it's leaves, 677 00:47:11,295 --> 00:47:18,001 but we'll all meet in heaven again. 678 00:47:19,803 --> 00:47:22,940 Oh, she's an angel. 679 00:47:22,940 --> 00:47:26,877 Let her fly, let her fly. 680 00:47:26,877 --> 00:47:33,884 She's gone home to glory to her home in the sky. 681 00:47:36,119 --> 00:47:41,792 When God sees her coming, heaven's choir 682 00:47:41,792 --> 00:47:47,097 will smile and sing, oh, she's an angel. 683 00:47:47,097 --> 00:47:51,802 Let her fly. 684 00:47:51,802 --> 00:47:54,204 Oh, she's an angel. 685 00:47:54,204 --> 00:47:57,908 Let her fly. 686 00:47:57,908 --> 00:48:04,915 - (SINGING) She used to rock me when I was a child. 687 00:48:06,383 --> 00:48:13,357 Sing "Rock of Ages" and "In The Sweet Bye and Bye." 688 00:48:15,392 --> 00:48:22,232 Her life wasn't easy, oh, but how hard she tried. 689 00:48:23,300 --> 00:48:30,040 You know she's an angel, Lord let fly. 690 00:48:31,041 --> 00:48:33,443 Oh, she's an angel. 691 00:48:33,443 --> 00:48:37,414 Let her fly. 692 00:48:35,445 --> 00:48:37,414 Let her fly. 693 00:48:37,414 --> 00:48:44,421 She's gone home to glory to her home in the sky. 694 00:48:46,790 --> 00:48:53,363 When God sees her coming, heaven's choir will smile 695 00:48:54,364 --> 00:48:57,834 and say, oh, she's an angel. 696 00:48:57,834 --> 00:49:02,372 Let her fly. 697 00:48:59,469 --> 00:49:02,372 Let her fly. 698 00:49:02,372 --> 00:49:04,908 Oh, she's an angel. 699 00:49:04,908 --> 00:49:09,780 Let her fly. 700 00:49:06,843 --> 00:49:09,780 Let her fly. 701 00:49:09,780 --> 00:49:12,883 Oh, she's an angel. 702 00:49:12,883 --> 00:49:19,890 Let her fly. 703 00:49:28,799 --> 00:49:35,739 - Please welcome Margo Price. 704 00:49:36,740 --> 00:49:39,209 - Loretta's influenced generations 705 00:49:39,209 --> 00:49:41,311 of singers and songwriters. 706 00:49:41,311 --> 00:49:45,015 We've all discovered her in our own way. 707 00:49:45,015 --> 00:49:48,518 One of my favorite stories is about a little nine-year-old 708 00:49:48,518 --> 00:49:51,788 boy in Detroit, Michigan. 709 00:49:51,788 --> 00:49:54,491 He watched the movie Coal Miner's Daughter 710 00:49:54,491 --> 00:49:57,661 and was mesmerized by it all-- 711 00:49:57,661 --> 00:50:02,699 the music, the singer, and the story. 712 00:50:02,699 --> 00:50:06,703 This film opened up a young rock and roller fans eyes 713 00:50:06,703 --> 00:50:10,107 to the beauty of country music. 714 00:50:10,107 --> 00:50:13,944 20 years later, he was part of the stripped down rock 715 00:50:13,944 --> 00:50:17,314 duo, The White Stripes. 716 00:50:17,314 --> 00:50:21,785 In 2001, their album White Blood Cells 717 00:50:21,785 --> 00:50:23,820 became their breakthrough. 718 00:50:23,820 --> 00:50:28,759 It went gold, charted singles in the US and the UK, 719 00:50:28,759 --> 00:50:32,462 and set them up to win some MTV Music Awards 720 00:50:32,462 --> 00:50:39,436 and was dedicated to Loretta Lynn. 721 00:50:41,037 --> 00:50:45,175 Then as only Loretta could, she invited the White Stripes 722 00:50:45,175 --> 00:50:49,212 to her home for chicken and dumplings 723 00:50:49,212 --> 00:50:53,817 and asked Jack White to produce a new album for her. 724 00:50:53,817 --> 00:50:58,855 The album Van Lear rose is their masterpiece, a country 725 00:50:58,855 --> 00:51:03,360 music album so good it hurts. 726 00:51:03,360 --> 00:51:07,030 Somehow the match-up just worked. 727 00:51:07,030 --> 00:51:11,735 In 2005, Van Lear Rose won the Grammy for Best 728 00:51:11,735 --> 00:51:16,673 Country Album of the year. 729 00:51:16,673 --> 00:51:20,243 They had this glorious, creative, deep, 730 00:51:20,243 --> 00:51:22,479 and trusting friendship. 731 00:51:22,479 --> 00:51:25,582 Jack knew she was a national treasure. 732 00:51:25,582 --> 00:51:28,919 He was wise enough to sit down with her, 733 00:51:28,919 --> 00:51:32,289 turn the camera on and let her talk, 734 00:51:32,289 --> 00:51:36,326 knowing he was recording music history. 735 00:51:36,326 --> 00:51:38,795 Here's a moment he wanted to share-- 736 00:51:38,795 --> 00:51:42,699 the story behind one of the first songs Loretta 737 00:51:42,699 --> 00:51:46,002 ever wrote. 738 00:51:46,002 --> 00:51:48,905 - Thank you for doing that song with me at the Bridgestone 739 00:51:48,905 --> 00:51:50,240 Arena show we did. 740 00:51:50,240 --> 00:51:51,908 That's one of my favorite things you've ever written. 741 00:51:51,908 --> 00:51:56,146 And when I first got that, I got a hold of your Zero 45, 742 00:51:56,146 --> 00:51:57,447 your very first record. 743 00:51:57,447 --> 00:51:59,216 And you think-- and that maybe one of the first songs 744 00:51:59,216 --> 00:52:00,250 you ever wrote, right? 745 00:52:00,250 --> 00:52:01,751 - I think it might be the first one. 746 00:52:01,751 --> 00:52:02,752 - Really? 747 00:52:02,752 --> 00:52:04,054 - Yeah, because it's a waltz. 748 00:52:04,054 --> 00:52:07,224 And when I wrote the song, [inaudible] do my fishing. 749 00:52:07,224 --> 00:52:10,694 And I was sitting up in the branches of tree, fishing. 750 00:52:10,694 --> 00:52:11,728 And I wrote the song. 751 00:52:11,728 --> 00:52:13,230 And it's probably my first song. 752 00:52:13,230 --> 00:52:14,231 - You were up in the tree? 753 00:52:14,231 --> 00:52:16,466 - I was up in a tree. 754 00:52:16,466 --> 00:52:18,468 I was fishing down. 755 00:52:18,468 --> 00:52:19,836 - And you do it-- you can still do it D? 756 00:52:19,836 --> 00:52:21,505 We're all right we're doing it in D, the original? 757 00:52:21,505 --> 00:52:22,672 - Yeah. 758 00:52:22,672 --> 00:52:24,541 If I sung out, you couldn't stand it in here. 759 00:52:24,541 --> 00:52:25,709 - Oh, sing out loud, please. 760 00:52:25,709 --> 00:52:27,377 - Oh, lower D? 761 00:52:27,377 --> 00:52:28,545 That's a two. 762 00:52:28,545 --> 00:52:29,546 - I'll give you D. 763 00:52:29,546 --> 00:52:33,717 [GUITAR PLAYING "WHISPERING SEA"] 764 00:52:33,717 --> 00:52:39,990 - (SINGING) I sat down by the sea, and it whispered to me. 765 00:52:39,990 --> 00:52:45,529 It brought back an old love affair that used to be. 766 00:52:45,529 --> 00:52:50,834 It told me that you had found someone new 767 00:52:50,834 --> 00:52:56,606 and left me to cry over you. 768 00:52:56,606 --> 00:53:02,245 Whispering sea, rolling be why don't you listen to me cry? 769 00:53:02,245 --> 00:53:07,384 I cry as though my heart has broke in two. 770 00:53:07,384 --> 00:53:10,353 Oh, how I love him so. 771 00:53:10,353 --> 00:53:13,356 No one will ever. 772 00:53:13,356 --> 00:53:20,363 No one, but the drifting, whispering sea. 773 00:53:29,506 --> 00:53:34,177 Well, I thought I'd left behind all his love, but I was blind. 774 00:53:34,177 --> 00:53:40,317 I should have known that there was no use to pretend. 775 00:53:40,317 --> 00:53:43,186 I thought a new love I would find, 776 00:53:43,186 --> 00:53:46,056 that it never crossed my mind. 777 00:53:46,056 --> 00:53:50,927 But the whispering sea, it talked to me. 778 00:53:50,927 --> 00:53:56,766 Whispering sea, rolling by, why don't you listen to me cry? 779 00:53:56,766 --> 00:54:01,938 I cry as though my heart has broke in two. 780 00:54:01,938 --> 00:54:04,908 Oh, how I love him so. 781 00:54:04,908 --> 00:54:07,677 No one will ever know. 782 00:54:07,677 --> 00:54:13,883 No one but the drifting, whispering sea. 783 00:54:13,883 --> 00:54:15,018 Was that the way I cut it? 784 00:54:15,018 --> 00:54:16,620 - It was the way you cut it, yeah. 785 00:54:16,620 --> 00:54:17,621 It's beautiful. 786 00:54:17,621 --> 00:54:19,122 Thank you for doing that. 787 00:54:19,122 --> 00:54:20,991 - Mercy me. 788 00:54:20,991 --> 00:54:22,325 - That song means a lot to me. 789 00:54:22,325 --> 00:54:23,093 I've been playing that song ever since the first time 790 00:54:23,093 --> 00:54:24,227 I heard it. 791 00:54:24,227 --> 00:54:25,295 I've been playing it probably once a week. 792 00:54:25,295 --> 00:54:26,730 - You're kidding. 793 00:54:26,730 --> 00:54:33,303 - It's hard to pick up a guitar and not try to play that one. 794 00:54:34,938 --> 00:54:41,945 [music - "van lear rose"] 795 00:54:46,149 --> 00:54:49,452 - (SINGING) One of my fondest memories 796 00:54:49,452 --> 00:54:55,291 was sitting on my daddy's knee, listening to the stories 797 00:54:55,291 --> 00:54:58,862 that he told. 798 00:54:58,862 --> 00:55:01,531 He'd pulled out some old photographs, 799 00:55:01,531 --> 00:55:04,601 like a treasured memory from the past 800 00:55:04,601 --> 00:55:11,608 and say, child, this here's the Van Lear Rose. 801 00:55:22,752 --> 00:55:26,456 Oh, how it would bring a smile, when he talked 802 00:55:26,456 --> 00:55:30,326 about her big blue eyes and how her beauty 803 00:55:30,326 --> 00:55:34,364 ran down to her soul. 804 00:55:34,364 --> 00:55:37,500 She'd walk across the coal miner's yard. 805 00:55:37,500 --> 00:55:42,172 The miners would yell loud and hard as they dream of who 806 00:55:42,172 --> 00:55:44,874 would hold the Van Lear Rose. 807 00:55:44,874 --> 00:55:48,912 She was the belle of Johnson County. 808 00:55:48,912 --> 00:55:52,248 Ohio river to Big Sandy. 809 00:55:52,248 --> 00:55:57,554 A beauty to behold, like some diamond in the coal. 810 00:55:57,554 --> 00:56:00,990 All the miners, they would gather around 811 00:56:00,990 --> 00:56:04,627 and talk about the man that came to town. 812 00:56:04,627 --> 00:56:07,597 Right under their nose, stole the heart 813 00:56:07,597 --> 00:56:14,604 of the Van Lear Rose. 814 00:56:19,676 --> 00:56:23,346 Now the Van Lear Rose could have had her pick and all 815 00:56:23,346 --> 00:56:28,651 the fellas that figured rich until this poor boy caught 816 00:56:28,651 --> 00:56:31,521 her eye. 817 00:56:31,521 --> 00:56:35,592 His buddies, they'd all laugh and say, you're dreaming, boy. 818 00:56:35,592 --> 00:56:37,160 She'll never look your way. 819 00:56:37,160 --> 00:56:42,565 You'll never ever hold the Van Lear Rose. 820 00:56:42,565 --> 00:56:45,502 She was the belle of Johnson County. 821 00:56:45,502 --> 00:56:49,172 Ohio river to Big Sandy. 822 00:56:49,172 --> 00:56:54,611 A beauty to behold like a diamond in the coal. 823 00:56:54,611 --> 00:56:57,580 All the miners, they would gather around 824 00:56:57,580 --> 00:57:00,517 and talk about the man that came to town. 825 00:57:00,517 --> 00:57:04,754 Right under their nose stole the heart 826 00:57:04,754 --> 00:57:11,761 of the Van Lear Rose. 827 00:57:16,900 --> 00:57:20,637 Then one night in mid-July underneath 828 00:57:20,637 --> 00:57:23,173 that old Kentucky sky. 829 00:57:23,173 --> 00:57:28,678 Well, that poor boy won that beauty's heart. 830 00:57:28,678 --> 00:57:31,581 Then my daddy would look at my mommy and smile 831 00:57:31,581 --> 00:57:34,117 as he brushed the hair back from my eyes. 832 00:57:34,117 --> 00:57:39,022 And he'd say, your mama, she's the Van Lear Rose. 833 00:57:39,022 --> 00:57:42,826 She was the belle of Johnson County. 834 00:57:42,826 --> 00:57:45,995 Ohio River to Big Sandy. 835 00:57:45,995 --> 00:57:51,835 A beauty to behold like a diamond in the coal. 836 00:57:51,835 --> 00:57:55,071 All the miners, they would gather around 837 00:57:55,071 --> 00:57:57,740 and talk about the man that came to town. 838 00:57:57,740 --> 00:58:01,511 Right under their nose, stole the heart 839 00:58:01,511 --> 00:58:04,747 of the Van Lear Rose. 840 00:58:04,747 --> 00:58:08,852 Yeah, right under their nose, stole the heart 841 00:58:08,852 --> 00:58:15,859 of the Van Lear Rose. 842 00:58:36,613 --> 00:58:40,717 - The first time I ever met Loretta, 843 00:58:40,717 --> 00:58:45,221 first time I ever saw Loretta, she was coming out 844 00:58:45,221 --> 00:58:47,657 of the back of a music venue. 845 00:58:47,657 --> 00:58:52,428 And the back door opened and out came this gorgeous woman. 846 00:58:52,428 --> 00:58:54,430 And she was so mad. 847 00:58:54,430 --> 00:58:57,600 Her band was following behind her, and she was saying, 848 00:58:57,600 --> 00:58:58,902 bam, bam, bam. 849 00:58:58,902 --> 00:59:00,503 I couldn't hear nothing but them 850 00:59:00,503 --> 00:59:03,273 goddamn drums beat in my ear. 851 00:59:03,273 --> 00:59:06,175 And I had been going there to see 852 00:59:06,175 --> 00:59:08,711 her to tell her that I didn't think I could do her film. 853 00:59:08,711 --> 00:59:12,982 But when I laid eyes on her, I just-- 854 00:59:12,982 --> 00:59:15,451 well, I was thunderstruck. 855 00:59:15,451 --> 00:59:19,088 Loretta has had a major impact on my career. 856 00:59:19,088 --> 00:59:21,858 But all my life, as a friend, she's just-- 857 00:59:21,858 --> 00:59:25,228 she always said, Sissy, we were twins in another life. 858 00:59:25,228 --> 00:59:30,099 And I laughed about that then, but I know that you-- 859 00:59:30,099 --> 00:59:35,405 I believe that you travel through time and space 860 00:59:35,405 --> 00:59:42,145 with soulmates, family members, people that you-- 861 00:59:43,279 --> 00:59:45,348 that means something to you that you love. 862 00:59:45,348 --> 00:59:47,483 And Loretta was like my sister. 863 00:59:47,483 --> 00:59:49,018 Sometimes she was like my mother. 864 00:59:49,018 --> 00:59:51,354 She was my girlfriend. 865 00:59:51,354 --> 00:59:52,889 Loretta, I'm going to try to behave 866 00:59:52,889 --> 00:59:56,993 myself so that some day, I'll be up there with you. 867 00:59:56,993 --> 00:59:59,662 And we can pin those lyrics to your songs 868 00:59:59,662 --> 01:00:03,633 on all the lampshades around the room and get our guitars 869 01:00:03,633 --> 01:00:07,270 and sing as we walk from lampshade to lampshade. 870 01:00:07,270 --> 01:00:08,271 I love you. 871 01:00:08,271 --> 01:00:09,772 I love your family. 872 01:00:09,772 --> 01:00:13,276 I got to know you from the inside out by playing you. 873 01:00:13,276 --> 01:00:15,345 And it was the greatest gift. 874 01:00:15,345 --> 01:00:17,413 Thank you for the legacy. 875 01:00:17,413 --> 01:00:23,286 You were an angel. 876 01:00:23,286 --> 01:00:28,458 I love you. 877 01:00:28,458 --> 01:00:35,431 - Please welcome, Sheryl Crow. 878 01:00:36,799 --> 01:00:38,434 - Well, before I go to that, I'm 879 01:00:38,434 --> 01:00:43,039 just amazed at how many people Loretta has brought together. 880 01:00:43,039 --> 01:00:45,174 She's so much bigger than country music 881 01:00:45,174 --> 01:00:46,943 here and Jack White up there. 882 01:00:46,943 --> 01:00:48,344 And obviously, I'm here. 883 01:00:48,344 --> 01:00:51,481 She's just so much bigger than any genre. 884 01:00:51,481 --> 01:00:54,784 It's such a privilege to be here with you tonight 885 01:00:54,784 --> 01:00:56,152 and to join all of you remembering 886 01:00:56,152 --> 01:00:58,454 and celebrating Loretta Lynn. 887 01:00:58,454 --> 01:01:01,891 I feel really fortunate to have gotten to record with Loretta. 888 01:01:01,891 --> 01:01:04,761 I got to perform live with her on a couple of occasions, 889 01:01:04,761 --> 01:01:08,164 and I got to make a music video for "Coal Miner's Daughter" 890 01:01:08,164 --> 01:01:11,134 with her and Miranda Lambert. 891 01:01:11,134 --> 01:01:13,503 But what I loved most about Loretta 892 01:01:13,503 --> 01:01:16,072 was not her incredible storytelling 893 01:01:16,072 --> 01:01:20,343 or the fierce and brave songs that she wrote. 894 01:01:20,343 --> 01:01:23,846 What I loved about Loretta was I got to witness her 895 01:01:23,846 --> 01:01:28,017 on her ranch, taking time to walk out and meet her fans 896 01:01:28,017 --> 01:01:30,953 and sign autographs and take pictures. 897 01:01:30,953 --> 01:01:34,123 She loved her fans so much that she 898 01:01:34,123 --> 01:01:36,359 invited them into her world. 899 01:01:36,359 --> 01:01:38,761 And I love that about her. 900 01:01:38,761 --> 01:01:41,898 A little over six years ago, Loretta and Willie Nelson, 901 01:01:41,898 --> 01:01:43,966 two dear friends, recorded together 902 01:01:43,966 --> 01:01:47,036 for the very first time. 903 01:01:47,036 --> 01:01:49,338 Their iconic soul-stirring voices 904 01:01:49,338 --> 01:01:51,374 created a haunting and beautiful 905 01:01:51,374 --> 01:01:54,710 recording of "Lay Me Down." 906 01:01:54,710 --> 01:01:57,947 What a beautiful tribute to her that tonight, 907 01:01:57,947 --> 01:02:01,517 Loretta's granddaughter and Willie Nelson's son 908 01:02:01,517 --> 01:02:03,252 will sing "Lay Me Down." 909 01:02:03,252 --> 01:02:10,259 So please welcome, Emmy Russell and Lukas Nelson. 910 01:02:19,001 --> 01:02:20,203 - Hello, everybody. 911 01:02:20,203 --> 01:02:21,938 Well, I'm Emmy. 912 01:02:21,938 --> 01:02:23,973 Thank you all for being here. 913 01:02:23,973 --> 01:02:25,408 You know, this is the first time 914 01:02:25,408 --> 01:02:29,612 I'm singing since Mema got kind of sick back in when I was 18. 915 01:02:29,612 --> 01:02:31,314 I'm 23 now. 916 01:02:31,314 --> 01:02:33,116 And she always stood in the corner 917 01:02:33,116 --> 01:02:34,584 and called me on on stage. 918 01:02:34,584 --> 01:02:38,588 And I'd sing a song, one original song, and one song 919 01:02:38,588 --> 01:02:40,990 that everybody knew. 920 01:02:40,990 --> 01:02:42,792 And it's the first time that she's not here to look 921 01:02:42,792 --> 01:02:45,628 at me with her proud eyes. 922 01:02:45,628 --> 01:02:48,965 And it's just special. 923 01:02:48,965 --> 01:02:55,571 And thank you for listening, so. 924 01:02:56,572 --> 01:03:03,179 [music - "lay me down"] 925 01:03:19,428 --> 01:03:21,797 (SINGING) I raised my head, and I 926 01:03:21,797 --> 01:03:27,236 set myself in the eye of a storm, 927 01:03:27,236 --> 01:03:30,973 in the belly of a whale. 928 01:03:30,973 --> 01:03:36,546 My spirit stood on solid ground. 929 01:03:36,546 --> 01:03:42,652 I'll be at peace when they lay me down. 930 01:03:42,652 --> 01:03:45,354 - (SINGING) And when I was a child, 931 01:03:45,354 --> 01:03:52,361 I cried until my needs were satisfied. 932 01:03:53,963 --> 01:03:59,569 My needs have grown up, pound for pound. 933 01:03:59,569 --> 01:04:06,142 I'll be at peace when they lay me down. 934 01:04:07,176 --> 01:04:09,679 When they lay me down someday, my soul 935 01:04:09,679 --> 01:04:13,716 will rise and fly away. 936 01:04:13,716 --> 01:04:18,921 This old world will turn around. 937 01:04:18,921 --> 01:04:25,661 I'll be at peace when they lay me down. 938 01:04:25,661 --> 01:04:30,666 This life isn't fair, it seems. 939 01:04:30,666 --> 01:04:36,405 And it's filled with tears and broken dreams. 940 01:04:36,405 --> 01:04:41,911 There are no tears where I am bound. 941 01:04:41,911 --> 01:04:48,918 I'll be at peace when they lay me down. 942 01:05:12,708 --> 01:05:15,177 When they lay me down someday, my soul 943 01:05:15,177 --> 01:05:19,081 will rise and fly away. 944 01:05:19,081 --> 01:05:23,686 This old world will turn around. 945 01:05:23,686 --> 01:05:30,593 And I'll be at peace when they lay me down. 946 01:05:31,627 --> 01:05:34,430 When they lay me down someday, my soul 947 01:05:34,430 --> 01:05:38,501 will rise and fly away. 948 01:05:38,501 --> 01:05:43,839 This old world will turn around. 949 01:05:43,839 --> 01:05:50,813 I'll be at peace when they lay me down. 950 01:05:53,849 --> 01:05:59,922 When I was a child, I cried. 951 01:05:59,922 --> 01:06:06,929 Thank you so much. 952 01:06:20,776 --> 01:06:24,680 - Loretta was absolutely such a hero in so many ways. 953 01:06:24,680 --> 01:06:29,518 She is the reason that all of us girls have a voice today. 954 01:06:29,518 --> 01:06:32,688 She's such a big part of that reason for blazing a trail 955 01:06:32,688 --> 01:06:35,858 and for not being afraid and always being brave and always 956 01:06:35,858 --> 01:06:37,727 being exactly true to who she was, 957 01:06:37,727 --> 01:06:41,430 and singing about her real life and not being ashamed to show 958 01:06:41,430 --> 01:06:42,498 the flaws and all. 959 01:06:42,498 --> 01:06:44,500 So I'm so thankful that I got to spend 960 01:06:44,500 --> 01:06:45,634 a little time with her. 961 01:06:45,634 --> 01:06:51,440 And I can't wait til we meet again one day. 962 01:06:51,440 --> 01:06:54,744 - How beautiful has tonight been. 963 01:06:54,744 --> 01:06:58,047 Well, let's go back to 1975. 964 01:06:58,047 --> 01:07:03,219 In 1975, 60 radio stations banned our next Loretta song-- 965 01:07:03,219 --> 01:07:04,220 "Preachers." 966 01:07:04,220 --> 01:07:05,254 Y'all know the one. 967 01:07:05,254 --> 01:07:07,723 "Preachers" even preached about it. 968 01:07:07,723 --> 01:07:11,961 And let's just say, they weren't team Loretta. 969 01:07:11,961 --> 01:07:13,763 Opry executives talked about not 970 01:07:13,763 --> 01:07:15,664 letting her perform it here. 971 01:07:15,664 --> 01:07:19,969 Legend has it she said, if you ban it, I'll quit the Opry. 972 01:07:19,969 --> 01:07:23,672 And yet it was one of the biggest records of her career. 973 01:07:23,672 --> 01:07:27,576 And it resonated so strongly that it made the pop charts. 974 01:07:27,576 --> 01:07:30,379 Here to perform a song that resonates today, 975 01:07:30,379 --> 01:07:36,152 please welcome, Margo Price. 976 01:07:36,152 --> 01:07:41,390 [music - "the pill"] 977 01:07:41,390 --> 01:07:47,897 - (SINGING) You wined me and dined me when I was your girl, 978 01:07:49,198 --> 01:07:54,270 promised if I'd be your wife, you'd show me the world. 979 01:07:54,270 --> 01:07:57,239 But all I've seen of this whole world 980 01:07:57,239 --> 01:08:00,276 is a bed and a doctor bill. 981 01:08:00,276 --> 01:08:03,612 I'm tearing down your brooder house 982 01:08:03,612 --> 01:08:08,417 because now I've got the pill. 983 01:08:08,417 --> 01:08:11,153 All these years, I've stayed at home 984 01:08:11,153 --> 01:08:14,623 when you've had all your fun. 985 01:08:14,623 --> 01:08:20,329 Every year that it's gone by, another baby's come. 986 01:08:20,329 --> 01:08:23,365 There's going to be some changes made 987 01:08:23,365 --> 01:08:26,469 right here on nursery hill. 988 01:08:26,469 --> 01:08:30,473 You've set this chicken your last time 'cause now 989 01:08:30,473 --> 01:08:34,210 I've got the pill. 990 01:08:34,210 --> 01:08:40,216 This old maternity dress I got is going in the garbage. 991 01:08:40,216 --> 01:08:43,519 The clothes I'm wearing from now on 992 01:08:43,519 --> 01:08:48,390 won't take up so much yardage. 993 01:08:48,390 --> 01:08:53,262 Miniskirts, hot pants, and a few little fancy frills. 994 01:08:53,262 --> 01:08:57,466 Yeah, I'm making up for all those years 995 01:08:57,466 --> 01:09:04,206 since I've got the pill. 996 01:09:05,474 --> 01:09:09,979 I'm tired of all you crowing how you and your hens 997 01:09:09,979 --> 01:09:16,585 play while holding a couple in my arms and others on the way. 998 01:09:17,586 --> 01:09:18,821 This chicken's done. 999 01:09:18,821 --> 01:09:23,425 Tore up her nest, and I'm ready to make a deal. 1000 01:09:23,425 --> 01:09:30,299 And you can't afford to turn it down since I've got the pill. 1001 01:09:31,634 --> 01:09:37,139 This incubator is overused because you kept if filled. 1002 01:09:37,139 --> 01:09:43,979 The feeling good comes easy now since I've got the pill. 1003 01:09:44,980 --> 01:09:46,248 It's getting dark. 1004 01:09:46,248 --> 01:09:48,217 It's roosting time. 1005 01:09:48,217 --> 01:09:51,053 Tonight's too good to be real. 1006 01:09:51,053 --> 01:09:53,856 Oh, but, daddy, don't you worry none 1007 01:09:53,856 --> 01:09:58,661 'cause mama's got the pill. 1008 01:09:58,661 --> 01:10:05,668 Oh, daddy, don't you worry none 'cause mama's got the pill. 1009 01:10:20,616 --> 01:10:23,619 - One of the things we all agree on around the world 1010 01:10:23,619 --> 01:10:25,821 is everybody loved Loretta. 1011 01:10:25,821 --> 01:10:27,890 Loretta was one of those rare people that 1012 01:10:27,890 --> 01:10:30,492 could walk to anybody's house and knock on the door 1013 01:10:30,492 --> 01:10:32,962 and be welcomed in as an honored guest. 1014 01:10:32,962 --> 01:10:36,732 At our house, her name is spoken love and reverence. 1015 01:10:36,732 --> 01:10:39,401 Connie has never wavered in her statement 1016 01:10:39,401 --> 01:10:40,803 that Loretta is her favorite country 1017 01:10:40,803 --> 01:10:42,671 girl singer of all time. 1018 01:10:42,671 --> 01:10:45,541 And when it comes to country music songwriting and singing, 1019 01:10:45,541 --> 01:10:47,943 well, Loretta Lynn was as good as it gets. 1020 01:10:47,943 --> 01:10:52,047 Standard that everybody else can go up to. 1021 01:10:52,047 --> 01:10:58,454 Ernie, Patsy, Peggy, Crystal, Peggy Sue, all the kids 1022 01:10:58,454 --> 01:11:03,592 and grandkids, extended family, you have our love, my prayers. 1023 01:11:03,592 --> 01:11:05,928 And God bless you in the days ahead. 1024 01:11:05,928 --> 01:11:12,067 Thank you for sharing Loretta Lynn with us for so long. 1025 01:11:12,067 --> 01:11:19,074 - Please welcome back Darius Rucker. 1026 01:11:20,609 --> 01:11:22,444 - Loretta's songs blazed straight through 1027 01:11:22,444 --> 01:11:23,912 conservative country radio stations 1028 01:11:23,912 --> 01:11:25,581 of the '60s and the '70s. 1029 01:11:25,581 --> 01:11:28,050 "The Pill," "Fist City." 1030 01:11:28,050 --> 01:11:29,351 "Don't Come Home A-drinking With Loving 1031 01:11:29,351 --> 01:11:31,553 On Your Mind," "Rated X," and "You Ain't 1032 01:11:31,553 --> 01:11:33,489 Woman Enough To Take My Man." 1033 01:11:33,489 --> 01:11:36,325 A lot of stations tried to ban these songs and more, 1034 01:11:36,325 --> 01:11:37,926 but they couldn't. 1035 01:11:37,926 --> 01:11:39,161 The public demanded to hear them, 1036 01:11:39,161 --> 01:11:40,696 and they were changing the dial. 1037 01:11:40,696 --> 01:11:43,132 Life told from Loretta's point of view 1038 01:11:43,132 --> 01:11:46,301 blew a lot of people's minds and sent shockwaves. 1039 01:11:46,301 --> 01:11:48,570 It empowered a lot of women to stand up for themselves 1040 01:11:48,570 --> 01:11:50,839 in ways they never could. 1041 01:11:50,839 --> 01:11:52,141 She was honored with the highest 1042 01:11:52,141 --> 01:11:54,309 awards in the music industry and our country 1043 01:11:54,309 --> 01:11:55,944 could bestow upon her. 1044 01:11:55,944 --> 01:11:57,613 She was groundbreaking. 1045 01:11:57,613 --> 01:11:59,181 She was original. 1046 01:11:59,181 --> 01:12:00,983 She was a trailblazer. 1047 01:12:00,983 --> 01:12:02,751 And yet it's said over and over again 1048 01:12:02,751 --> 01:12:04,920 she was so kindhearted and down-to-earth. 1049 01:12:04,920 --> 01:12:07,022 And I can attest to that. 1050 01:12:07,022 --> 01:12:09,091 When she had Jack White the sub for the first time 1051 01:12:09,091 --> 01:12:10,559 and made those chicken and dumplings, 1052 01:12:10,559 --> 01:12:12,795 she also made sure to send them out the door 1053 01:12:12,795 --> 01:12:16,598 with a loaf of bread and a stick of butter. 1054 01:12:16,598 --> 01:12:18,934 Because that's how down-to-earth legends 1055 01:12:18,934 --> 01:12:21,370 raise and butcher holler roll. 1056 01:12:21,370 --> 01:12:27,176 And now let's hear some more from Loretta. 1057 01:12:27,176 --> 01:12:29,578 - Loretta blazed a trail as both a woman 1058 01:12:29,578 --> 01:12:32,881 in country and as an artist, and the world took notice. 1059 01:12:32,881 --> 01:12:35,584 - I've gotten so many awards, but the high point, I guess, 1060 01:12:35,584 --> 01:12:38,587 was getting the Entertainer of The Year the first time. 1061 01:12:38,587 --> 01:12:41,123 I didn't think girls would ever win the award, and I got it. 1062 01:12:41,123 --> 01:12:42,858 [MUSIC - LORETTA LYNN, "YOU'RE LOOKING AT COUNTRY"] 1063 01:12:42,858 --> 01:12:47,763 'Cause if you're looking at me, you're looking at country. 1064 01:12:47,763 --> 01:12:49,231 - Over the course of her career, 1065 01:12:49,231 --> 01:12:51,867 she earned over 70 awards, including the 1066 01:12:51,867 --> 01:12:53,402 Presidential Medal of Freedom. 1067 01:12:53,402 --> 01:12:56,038 At age 56, she was inducted into the Country 1068 01:12:56,038 --> 01:12:57,272 Music Hall of Fame. 1069 01:12:57,272 --> 01:12:59,875 - She was born a coal miner's daughter, 1070 01:12:59,875 --> 01:13:02,010 but she has become a country music 1071 01:13:02,010 --> 01:13:04,680 legend, Ms. Loretta Lynn. 1072 01:13:04,680 --> 01:13:07,082 - I didn't think this has ever happened to me. 1073 01:13:07,082 --> 01:13:09,918 So, you know, getting in the Hall of Fame, 1074 01:13:09,918 --> 01:13:12,855 I can see the hall of shame, not the hall of fame. 1075 01:13:12,855 --> 01:13:14,156 [laughing] 1076 01:13:14,156 --> 01:13:16,425 I told my girls when I started in the business, I said, 1077 01:13:16,425 --> 01:13:19,628 you either have to be different, great, or first. 1078 01:13:19,628 --> 01:13:20,629 And I think. 1079 01:13:20,629 --> 01:13:24,066 I was just a little different. 1080 01:13:24,066 --> 01:13:26,435 I come in writing honky tonk songs. 1081 01:13:26,435 --> 01:13:28,337 Girls was back and back from. 1082 01:13:28,337 --> 01:13:30,839 And they wouldn't work the honky tonk, 1083 01:13:30,839 --> 01:13:32,407 so I took all the honky tonks. 1084 01:13:32,407 --> 01:13:34,143 [MUSIC - LORETTA LYNN, "DON'T COME HOME A DRINKIN'] 1085 01:13:34,143 --> 01:13:37,613 So don't come home a-drinking with loving on your mind. 1086 01:13:37,613 --> 01:13:40,182 - From dive bars to Kennedy Center Honors, 1087 01:13:40,182 --> 01:13:42,251 Loretta touched billions of fans. 1088 01:13:42,251 --> 01:13:46,021 She had 51 top 10 hits, 22 number one albums, 1089 01:13:46,021 --> 01:13:48,957 and sold 45 million records worldwide. 1090 01:13:48,957 --> 01:13:51,393 But in the end, success and fame weren't 1091 01:13:51,393 --> 01:13:53,195 as important to her as love. 1092 01:13:53,195 --> 01:13:55,998 - I would like to be remembered just as a good person. 1093 01:13:55,998 --> 01:14:00,269 I would like to be remembered that I've never hurt no one. 1094 01:14:00,269 --> 01:14:03,038 I hope I never say anything to hurt nobody. 1095 01:14:03,038 --> 01:14:04,640 That's how I'd like to be remembered 1096 01:14:04,640 --> 01:14:06,408 is just a good person. 1097 01:14:06,408 --> 01:14:07,676 [MUSIC - LORETTA LYNN, "LAY ME DOWN"] 1098 01:14:07,676 --> 01:14:12,781 I'll be at peace when they lay me down. 1099 01:14:12,781 --> 01:14:19,555 When I was a child, I cried. 1100 01:14:20,589 --> 01:14:27,362 - Please welcome Brandi Carlile. 1101 01:14:35,204 --> 01:14:36,471 - One sec, I want to say something. 1102 01:14:36,471 --> 01:14:40,242 I just want to say that Loretta Lynn was my hero. 1103 01:14:40,242 --> 01:14:43,011 But she got to be around on this earth long enough 1104 01:14:43,011 --> 01:14:45,247 to be my hero's hero. 1105 01:14:45,247 --> 01:14:47,816 And that's why I love what Martina came out here and said 1106 01:14:47,816 --> 01:14:50,719 so much because I can feel the way 1107 01:14:50,719 --> 01:14:54,456 that Loretta treated her girlfriends by the way 1108 01:14:54,456 --> 01:14:55,724 that they treat me. 1109 01:14:55,724 --> 01:15:00,195 Wynonna Judd and Tanya Tucker and Martina. 1110 01:15:00,195 --> 01:15:03,532 And I promise you right now, Loretta Lynn, 1111 01:15:03,532 --> 01:15:06,435 to pay that forward, for as long as they let 1112 01:15:06,435 --> 01:15:09,671 me do this job, to any younger girl that wants 1113 01:15:09,671 --> 01:15:11,940 to come out here and take this big beautiful risk 1114 01:15:11,940 --> 01:15:14,409 and do this job. 1115 01:15:14,409 --> 01:15:17,613 I'm going to sing this for Loretta 1116 01:15:17,613 --> 01:15:19,982 and her girlfriend Patsy up in heaven. 1117 01:15:19,982 --> 01:15:24,987 There we go. 1118 01:15:24,987 --> 01:15:31,860 [music - "she's got you"] 1119 01:15:33,128 --> 01:15:39,768 (SINGING) I've got your picture that you gave to me. 1120 01:15:41,003 --> 01:15:47,376 And it's signed with love just like it used to be. 1121 01:15:48,577 --> 01:15:55,117 The only thing different, the only thing new. 1122 01:15:56,418 --> 01:16:00,022 She's got your pictures. 1123 01:16:00,022 --> 01:16:04,593 She's got you. 1124 01:16:04,593 --> 01:16:11,366 I've got your records we used to share. 1125 01:16:12,634 --> 01:16:19,141 And they still sound the same as when you were here. 1126 01:16:20,342 --> 01:16:27,182 The only thing different, the only thing new, 1127 01:16:28,684 --> 01:16:32,654 I've got your records. 1128 01:16:32,654 --> 01:16:36,491 She's got you. 1129 01:16:36,491 --> 01:16:43,332 I've got your memory or has it got me? 1130 01:16:44,566 --> 01:16:51,173 I really don't know, but I know it won't let me be. 1131 01:16:54,509 --> 01:17:01,416 I've got your class ring that proved you'd care. 1132 01:17:02,751 --> 01:17:09,358 And it still looks the same as when you gave it, dear. 1133 01:17:10,359 --> 01:17:13,862 The only thing different. 1134 01:17:13,862 --> 01:17:20,869 The only thing new, I've got these little things. 1135 01:17:22,504 --> 01:17:26,742 She's got you. 1136 01:17:26,742 --> 01:17:33,248 I've got your memory, or has it got me? 1137 01:17:34,249 --> 01:17:35,717 I really don't know. 1138 01:17:35,717 --> 01:17:42,524 But I know it won't let me be. 1139 01:17:42,524 --> 01:17:44,459 Oh. 1140 01:17:44,459 --> 01:17:51,466 I've got your class ring that proved you'd care. 1141 01:17:52,801 --> 01:17:59,374 And it still looks the same as when you gave it, dear. 1142 01:18:00,575 --> 01:18:07,215 The only thing different, the only thing new, 1143 01:18:08,517 --> 01:18:14,256 I've got these little things. 1144 01:18:14,256 --> 01:18:21,263 She's got you. 1145 01:18:44,753 --> 01:18:46,388 - Ooh, Brandi Carlile. 1146 01:18:46,388 --> 01:18:47,622 Oh, my gosh. 1147 01:18:47,622 --> 01:18:53,061 And how lucky were that we had you, Miss Loretta. 1148 01:18:53,061 --> 01:18:58,633 What a legacy you have left. 1149 01:18:58,633 --> 01:19:03,071 Loretta, you gave us all hope, proving that with hard work, 1150 01:19:03,071 --> 01:19:06,741 determination, and the truth, even a coal miner's daughter 1151 01:19:06,741 --> 01:19:09,711 could grow up to be an icon. 1152 01:19:09,711 --> 01:19:12,447 It has been such a privilege for me 1153 01:19:12,447 --> 01:19:16,952 to celebrate Loretta's life and music with all of you. 1154 01:19:16,952 --> 01:19:18,653 I know you loved her. 1155 01:19:18,653 --> 01:19:22,691 And you know how much she loved you, too. 1156 01:19:22,691 --> 01:19:25,160 Thanks to all the incredible artists 1157 01:19:25,160 --> 01:19:27,729 from different generations of country music 1158 01:19:27,729 --> 01:19:30,132 who joined together tonight to honor 1159 01:19:30,132 --> 01:19:32,134 the coal miner's daughter. 1160 01:19:32,134 --> 01:19:34,269 One thing is for sure-- 1161 01:19:34,269 --> 01:19:39,741 Loretta Lynn will be remembered for how fiercely she loved. 1162 01:19:39,741 --> 01:19:41,810 She adored her family. 1163 01:19:41,810 --> 01:19:46,581 She once told me, they are her greatest legacy. 1164 01:19:46,581 --> 01:19:50,485 Please welcome Loretta's daughter, Patsy Lynn, 1165 01:19:50,485 --> 01:19:57,492 and Loretta's granddaughter, Tayla Lynn. 1166 01:20:19,281 --> 01:20:23,618 - Mema never forgot where she came from. 1167 01:20:23,618 --> 01:20:26,721 She's with us tonight. 1168 01:20:26,721 --> 01:20:28,590 She was actually proud of it. 1169 01:20:28,590 --> 01:20:32,561 Success never changed her. 1170 01:20:32,561 --> 01:20:34,095 The person that you saw on stage 1171 01:20:34,095 --> 01:20:38,567 was the same person she was at home in her living room. 1172 01:20:38,567 --> 01:20:42,270 She leaned on God in troubled times 1173 01:20:42,270 --> 01:20:45,540 and sang his praises in her joy. 1174 01:20:45,540 --> 01:20:47,976 When I was a little girl, she told me 1175 01:20:47,976 --> 01:20:50,745 that she learned how to read by reading the Bible, 1176 01:20:50,745 --> 01:20:52,781 and that changed my life. 1177 01:20:52,781 --> 01:20:56,551 If someone like Mema, like Loretta Lynn, 1178 01:20:56,551 --> 01:21:00,222 loved Jesus so much, then I could too. 1179 01:21:00,222 --> 01:21:05,527 I could get to know him like she did, as a friend. 1180 01:21:05,527 --> 01:21:07,662 He was her best friend. 1181 01:21:07,662 --> 01:21:10,565 She was never ashamed of her faith. 1182 01:21:10,565 --> 01:21:13,301 Because of that, I learned how to be a good old Southern 1183 01:21:13,301 --> 01:21:16,972 Jesus loving woman who says, yes, Jesus and a little wink 1184 01:21:16,972 --> 01:21:21,076 of bless her heart. 1185 01:21:21,076 --> 01:21:23,178 Y'all know what she's talking about. 1186 01:21:23,178 --> 01:21:26,047 Her prayers and faith brought me out of some dark places 1187 01:21:26,047 --> 01:21:30,418 and into my own faith and walk with the Lord. 1188 01:21:30,418 --> 01:21:32,821 She made an eternal difference for me. 1189 01:21:32,821 --> 01:21:36,958 And it's the greatest legacy a grandmother can ever give-- 1190 01:21:36,958 --> 01:21:40,795 a gift of faith. 1191 01:21:40,795 --> 01:21:45,734 I love you, Mema. 1192 01:21:45,734 --> 01:21:50,705 - You know, I knew tonight was going to be very difficult. 1193 01:21:50,705 --> 01:21:55,877 I knew that it was going to be extremely emotional for all 1194 01:21:55,877 --> 01:21:59,781 of us, extremely emotional. 1195 01:21:59,781 --> 01:22:06,621 It is, though, joy. 1196 01:22:06,621 --> 01:22:09,090 I'm so proud. 1197 01:22:09,090 --> 01:22:12,827 I'm so proud of what my mom has accomplished. 1198 01:22:12,827 --> 01:22:19,734 I am so touched as our family is of how many people, how 1199 01:22:20,869 --> 01:22:25,707 many artists, how many people in the world 1200 01:22:25,707 --> 01:22:31,313 that she has touched, whether you're a singer on this stage 1201 01:22:31,313 --> 01:22:35,016 or whether you're at home watching television, 1202 01:22:35,016 --> 01:22:39,721 and your daughters and your granddaughters 1203 01:22:39,721 --> 01:22:42,324 are finding out for the first time 1204 01:22:42,324 --> 01:22:46,995 who Loretta Lynn is by all this wonderful music. 1205 01:22:46,995 --> 01:22:49,531 That comforts us. 1206 01:22:49,531 --> 01:22:56,538 Because with the loss of our mom, we are heartbroken. 1207 01:22:59,407 --> 01:23:05,313 It's such a empty feeling in so many ways. 1208 01:23:05,313 --> 01:23:12,087 But then my mom has laid down the most incredible legacy. 1209 01:23:12,087 --> 01:23:18,827 She has laid down such a legacy that she will never leave us. 1210 01:23:20,228 --> 01:23:26,568 She will always be here because of every single one of you. 1211 01:23:31,239 --> 01:23:37,212 My sister Sissy, my brother Ernest Ray, 1212 01:23:37,212 --> 01:23:43,151 my twin sister Peggy, my Aunt Crystal Gail, Betty Ruth. 1213 01:23:43,151 --> 01:23:44,152 My Aunt Peggy. 1214 01:23:44,152 --> 01:23:46,187 I don't know if Peggy [inaudible] 1215 01:23:46,187 --> 01:23:48,223 where Peggy and Sonny are. 1216 01:23:48,223 --> 01:23:52,394 But my family, all of my nieces and nephews and grandchildren, 1217 01:23:52,394 --> 01:23:54,963 I know that you think there's a lot of people downstairs. 1218 01:23:54,963 --> 01:23:56,698 They're mostly our family. 1219 01:23:56,698 --> 01:23:58,299 We come from a big family. 1220 01:23:58,299 --> 01:24:01,136 And we are proud of it. 1221 01:24:01,136 --> 01:24:07,742 We owe-- thank you. 1222 01:24:07,742 --> 01:24:13,214 We owe all of you a big thank you for coming with us tonight 1223 01:24:13,214 --> 01:24:16,684 and helping us, helping us. 1224 01:24:16,684 --> 01:24:18,787 We cried together. 1225 01:24:18,787 --> 01:24:20,722 We laughed together. 1226 01:24:20,722 --> 01:24:25,193 And we enjoyed some incredible music together 1227 01:24:25,193 --> 01:24:27,562 tonight and some memories. 1228 01:24:27,562 --> 01:24:29,397 God bless you all. 1229 01:24:29,397 --> 01:24:32,200 Love you, mama. 1230 01:24:32,200 --> 01:24:39,207 - Thank you. 1231 01:24:43,578 --> 01:24:50,585 - Please welcome to the stage, the Highwomen. 1232 01:25:08,870 --> 01:25:15,343 [MUSIC - "COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER"] 1233 01:25:15,343 --> 01:25:18,480 - (SINGING) Well, I was borned a coal 1234 01:25:18,480 --> 01:25:25,453 miner's daughter in a cabin, on a hill in Butcher Holler. 1235 01:25:29,524 --> 01:25:32,994 We were poor, but we had love. 1236 01:25:32,994 --> 01:25:36,831 That's the one thing daddy made sure of. 1237 01:25:36,831 --> 01:25:43,471 He shoveled coal to make a poor man's dollar. 1238 01:25:43,471 --> 01:25:50,245 Well, my daddy worked all night in the Van Lear coal mines. 1239 01:25:51,312 --> 01:25:57,519 All day long in the field hoeing corn. 1240 01:25:57,519 --> 01:26:00,555 Mommy rocked the babies at night 1241 01:26:00,555 --> 01:26:04,292 and read the Bible by the coal light. 1242 01:26:04,292 --> 01:26:10,865 And everything would start all over come break of morn'. 1243 01:26:12,133 --> 01:26:18,406 Daddy loved and raised eight kids on a miner's pay. 1244 01:26:18,406 --> 01:26:25,046 Mommy scrubbed our clothes on a washboard every day. 1245 01:26:25,046 --> 01:26:28,716 Well, I've seen her fingers bleed. 1246 01:26:28,716 --> 01:26:32,287 To complain, there was no need. 1247 01:26:32,287 --> 01:26:38,793 She'd smile in mommy's understanding way. 1248 01:26:40,028 --> 01:26:45,900 In the summertime, we didn't have shoes to wear. 1249 01:26:45,900 --> 01:26:52,540 But in the wintertime, we'd all get a brand new pair. 1250 01:26:53,908 --> 01:27:00,081 From a mail order catalog, money made from selling a hog, 1251 01:27:00,081 --> 01:27:05,853 Daddy always managed to make the money somewhere. 1252 01:27:05,853 --> 01:27:12,760 Yeah, I'm proud to be a coal miner's daughter. 1253 01:27:13,895 --> 01:27:19,634 I remember well, the well where I drew water. 1254 01:27:19,634 --> 01:27:24,272 The work we done was hard. 1255 01:27:24,272 --> 01:27:27,208 At night, we'd sleep 'case we were tired. 1256 01:27:27,208 --> 01:27:34,015 Never thought of ever leaving Butcher Holler. 1257 01:27:35,383 --> 01:27:41,389 Well, a lot of things have changed since a way back then. 1258 01:27:41,389 --> 01:27:47,829 And it's so good to be back home again. 1259 01:27:47,829 --> 01:27:51,966 Not much left but the floors. 1260 01:27:51,966 --> 01:27:57,138 Nothing lives here anymore, except the memories 1261 01:27:57,138 --> 01:28:01,442 of the coal miner's daughter.