The secret of Loretta Lynn, historians Mary Bufwack and Robert ... Recognizing the talent in Loretta’s voice, Doolittle bought her a guitar. Soon she was performing locally and, by early 1960 ...

Loretta Lynn, who rose from a hardscrabble upbringing ... Her daddy played the banjo, her mama played the guitar and she grew up on the songs of the Carter Family. When Lynn was 13, she met ...

Loretta Lynn’s rags-to-riches story is the stuff ... she married at just 15 and had a family before she ever picked up a guitar. But when Lynn did try her hand at music, she learned quickly.

"Our precious mom, Loretta Lynn, passed away peacefully this morning ... The family made its own entertainment - her mother played guitar, with her father accompanying on banjo - and she grew ...