![]() As one third of the Holy Trinity of Country Queens (alongside Dolly and Tammy), Lynn was by far the most pragmatic, her spirit steadfastly rooted in the soil, even amid the deluge of dollars and gongs, and the acquisition of an entire town-cum-personal ranch in Tennessee. Introduced to her music via Coal Miner’s Daughter (the 1980 biopic of Lynn, with Sissy Spacek’s remarkable Oscar-nabbing turn as Loretta), White has since declared her the greatest female singer-songwriter of the 20th century.įor the 70-year-old girl from Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, the appeal of the White stuff?despite the obvious hipster kudos?is more complex. The Stripes’ third album, 2001’s White Blood Cells, was dedicated to Lynn, while a cover of 1972 classic “Rated X” popped up on the “Hotel Yorba” single. ![]() In Jack White’s case, the motive appears to be simple fandom. Loretta and Jack? Scratch below the somewhat unlikely premise and there’s a sense of synchronicity about the twinning of Nashville’s Hickory homesteader with Detroit’s golden boy. ![]()
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