How ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ Loretta Lynn got her big break in Vancouver chicken coop
British Columbia is a long way from the Appalachian coal fields, but the role that a south Vancouver chicken coop played in the rise of country music legend Loretta Lynn is being recalled after her death at the age of 90.
The foundation said Lynn was discovered by Canadian producers Don Grashey and Chuck Williams when she performed at the chicken coop in 1959, and their Zero Records label produced her first hit, “I’m a Honky Tonk Girl.” “That was the main piece of information we were able to get from her when I spoke to her,” said Howatson.In 2013, Lynn performed at the Red Robinson Theatre in Coquitlam, where Howatson met her backstage and gave her a photo of the chicken coop.The Vancouver Heritage Foundation said investors in Lynn’s first record included future Vancouver mayor Art Phillips.
Lynn’s biggest hits came in the 1960s and ’70s, including “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” “You Ain’t Woman Enough,” “The Pill,” “Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ ,” “Rated X” and “You’re Looking at Country.”
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