A knee surgery and pneumonia kept country legend Loretta Lynn from fulfilling a number of her late 2011 tour dates. An unknown ailment is keeping her off the road to begin 2012. The singer has canceled her first shows of the year, a Jan. 7 stop in Ashland, Ken. and a Jan. 8 show in Durham, N.C.
Loretta Lynn, suffering from the early stages of pneumonia, was hospitalized this weekend and forced to cancel last night’s concert in Ashland, Ky., as previously reported. According to an update posted to Lynn’s official website on Saturday night, the 76-year-old is currently “doing well” but will in fact be canceling tonight’s scheduled concert in Durham, N.C. as well.
December 11, 2010 I love Loretta Lynn, always have, always will. She is the Queen of Country Music to me. I had the pleasure of doing an interview with her several years ago and to this day that interview is my most cherished conversation with any country music star. Sweet, kind, humble and genuine, what an amazing lady. Loretta and I discussed gardening, another passion of hers and I am pleased to say that we can now have a little bit of Loretta in our own gardens.
November 12, 2010
In 1960, while leaning up against an old toilet, country star Loretta Lynn wrote her first song, "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl," in just 20 minutes on a $17 guitar her husband had bought her as an anniversary present.
