Loretta Lynn was as pure and emotional powerful of a country singer as there ever was. More than Tammy Wynette (though Tammy comes close), more than Kitty Wells, more than Dolly Parton.
She was a hardcore Appalachian, a wife and mother of six who had a tumultuous marriage at what likely was an age too young, who broke into the music business. When she undressed a man in songs like "Don't Come Home a-Drinkin' with Loving on Your Mind" and "Fist City," or stopped a homewrecker in her tracks with songs like "You Ain't Woman Enough to Take My Man," you know she had been there.
But you look at today, and you realize how much of a hard life women like Loretta had back then. Was it any wonder she embraced "The Pill?" Now you look at today's songwriters. Take, for example, Taylor Swift, who also writes a lot from personal experience. Taylor is 32 years old. She has no children, never been married, never even reached engagement. Every relationship she's had, she's broken off, and she's used every relationship and controversy she's had as grist for her career advancement. She's never had to confront an unfaithful husband, because she never let it get that far. Or you have some of these woke singers who whine about how the industry is unfair to them, because Morgan Wallen still has a career.
Girls like Taylor Swift ain't woman enough to match Loretta Lynn.
