Loretta Lynn Pays Tribute to Patsy Cline With New Memoir and Single

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On April 3, country music legend Loretta Lynn released a new book chronicling her friendship with another hero of the genre, Patsy Cline. Entitled Me & Patsy Kickin’ Up Dust: My Friendship with Patsy Cline, the book is an endearing portrait of a relationship that not only changed the course of the singers’ careers, but also the trajectory of country. Dolly Parton has provided the foreword. (Last year, Cline and Lynn’s friendship was dramatized in the television film Patsy and Loretta, starring Megan Hilty and Jessie Mueller as the two country stars.) An audiobook version is also available, appropriately read by Loretta’s daughter named after her late friend, Patsy Lynn.

To mark the occasion, Loretta also released a new cover of Patsy’s staple “I Fall to Pieces.” The classic holds special meaning for Loretta. In 1961, she dedicated a radio performance of the song to Cline who was recuperating in a hospital following a car accident. Lynn later visited Cline and the pair became close friends until the latter’s untimely death on March 5, 1963 at the age of 30.

Nearly six decades on, the inimitable Loretta Lynn revisits the song that began their relationship. The new recording was recorded at the Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville, Tennessee and produced by Patsy Lynn Russell and John Carter Cash. Cash also produced Lynn’s recent Grammy-nominated album, Full Circle, as well as 2018’s Wouldn’t It Be Great, with its Grammy-nominated title track.

You can enjoy Loretta Lynn’s version of the timeless classic below and order the new book on Amazon U.S., Amazon U.K., or Amazon Canada!

Sam Stone

Sam Stone has been obsessed with catalog music ever since his folks gave him a Contours best-of collection for his fourth birthday. He quickly began to learn all he could about rock and roll history and beyond, a passion that continues to this day.

Sam followed his love for music to the classroom, earning a B.A. from Towson University in Electronic Media and Film, concentrating on radio and audio production, as well as an M.A. in Audio Arts from Syracuse University. He has put his knowledge and skills to work at prominent reissue labels and is excited to bring his perspectives on catalog music to a broader audience. When he’s not writing for The Second Disc, Sam can be found researching about music, talking about Joni Mitchell’s career, and adding another box set to his Amazon wish list.

1 thought on “Loretta Lynn Pays Tribute to Patsy Cline With New Memoir and Single”

Robert Lett
April 13, 2020 at 3:51 pm

Love them both, always found it odd that since they were great friends that no photos of them together survive. At least I have never seen any.

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