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Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl

Inducted into more music Halls of Fame than any female singer to date, Loretta Lynn has earned four Grammy Awards, Kennedy Center Honors and a Presidential Medal of Freedom, and sold more than 45 million records worldwide. Still going strong after more than 50 years, Lynn is the subject of the new documentary with never-before-seen home movies, performances and interviews with Lynn and musicians.

Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl

1h 53m

Inducted into more music Halls of Fame than any female singer to date, Loretta Lynn has earned four Grammy Awards, Kennedy Center Honors and a Presidential Medal of Freedom, and sold more than 45 million records worldwide. Still going strong after more than 50 years, Lynn is the subject of the new documentary with never-before-seen home movies, performances and interviews with Lynn and musicians.

Previews + Extras

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    Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl - Trailer

    S30 E5 - 2m 47s

    Inducted into more music Halls of Fame than any female singer to date, Loretta Lynn has earned four Grammy Awards, Kennedy Center Honors and a Presidential Medal of Freedom, and sold more than 45 million records worldwide. Still going strong after more than 50 years, Lynn is the subject of the new documentary with never-before-seen home movies, performances and interviews with Lynn and musicians.

  • Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty

    S30 E5 - 2m 59s

    Loretta Lynn, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood talk about Lynn's hit partnership with Conway Twitty. This film excerpt includes footage of Lynn and Twitty performing the number 1 country songs "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man" and "After the Fire Is Gone." Brooks and Yearwood sing a lyric from "After the Fire is Gone," too.

  • Loretta Lynn Wrote for Women. Her Song "The Pill.": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Loretta Lynn Wrote for Women. Her Song "The Pill."

    S30 E5 - 2m 15s

    Loretta Lynn, Sissy Spacek and Sheryl Crow on Lynn's work and influence among women artists, and her song, "The Pill." The song about birth control was both banned and a top hit for Lynn, who has her own special brand of feminism. See archival footage of Lynn performing the songs she wrote: "The Pill" (1975) and "Wine, Women and Song" (1964).

  • Loretta Lynn: Lyricist and Songwriter: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Loretta Lynn: Lyricist and Songwriter

    S30 E5 - 2m 33s

    In this film excerpt from Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl, Sheryl Crow and Jack White talk about Loretta Lynn’s talent as a lyricist and songwriter, and Reba McEntire reveals her favorite Lynn song, "If You're Not Gone Too Long,” and sings some of it. Jack White breaks down the unique way Lynn writes choruses and verses.

  • Why Loretta Lynn Wrote "You Ain't Woman Enough": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Why Loretta Lynn Wrote "You Ain't Woman Enough"

    S30 E5 - 1m 14s

    "You Ain't Woman Enough (to Take My Man)" is from Loretta Lynn's second studio album (1966). Lynn wrote the song after a young fan at a concert confided in Lynn that a rival was trying to steal her husband. The other woman "was really painted up," says Lynn, who told the worried fan, "honey, she ain't woman enough to take your man!" Lynn then wrote the song in ten minutes. A web exclusive outtake.

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    Loretta Lynn's Gowns

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    Loretta Lynn's personal designer Tim Cobb makes the gowns she wears at concerts and events. Cobb shows two popular gowns displayed in her museum: the golden one with glass beads that she wore for her 50th anniversary appearance at the Grand Ole Opry in 2010; and the light blue one she wore for the cover of the Van Lear Rose album (2004). This is an outtake from Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl.

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