At 82, Loretta Lynn Signs a New Record Deal with Sony Legacy
10 years ago Liv Carter 2
Loretta Lynn has never been one to stick to the norm. At a time of life when most people have slowed down, she teamed up with Jack White for 2004’s Van Lear Rose. The unlikely partnership rejuvenated her career, and her spirit.
“All these rock people came out to see me, and they were nice people,” she remembers while talking to Nashville Scene. “They came to see the girl that Jack White cut the album on, and they loved it. They loved it!”
Now, at the age of 82, Lynn still spends more than 100 days a year on the road, playing to thousands of fans at each stop. And just to make it clear that she has absolutely no plans to retire, she just inked a new five-album record deal with Sony Legacy.
She has been busy writing and recording, and is sticking to what she does best, instead of bending to the current musical trends.
“Me and Shawn Camp have been writing some songs together,” Lynn said. “He’s a good little writer, and I’ve been busy recording. I cut 90-some songs. I did all my biggest ones over again, and I cut some old-timey story songs like Mommy taught me when I was in Kentucky. Like this guy that got mad at his girlfriend because she got in a bad way with him — you know, pregnant. Well, he killed her and threw her in the bottom of the Ohio River. Tied a railroad steel around her neck! When somebody would do something like that, people would write about it.”
In an industry notorious for always chasing the next big thing, and flash-in-the-pan success, Lynn doesn’t have the highest opinion of some modern stars who wants all the trappings of success before having established sustained careers. Her path was hard, but she is grateful for all of it. “I’m glad I had to work hard to do it,” she said. “Them that runs out and gets a bus after one record, they’ll never stay. It’ll be one or two songs and that’ll be over, and I’m glad it ain’t me.”
Liv Carter
She holds several certificates from Berklee College of Music, and a certificate in Positive Psychology from UC Berkeley.
Her main influences are coffee, cats, and Alexander Hamilton.
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