"Loretta Lynn & Friends": it was a 7 week series, (1 hour episodes) television show, released January 1995 on the former TNN Network (The Nashville Network 1983-2000) that later would become the CMT channel.
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Side Note: Frank Sinatra was still living at the time, ans he should've come to sing "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man" with her lol. I was disappointed that didn't happen although he was in bad health. Inside joke: if you've heard the Loretta Lynn interviews about her experience singing on the "Sinatra & Friends" show in the 1970s... she was having a hard time learning the song "All or Nothing at all". She didn't know the song and hated it. Finally she was like let's sing a Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty song. Frank told her when she had a show called "Loretta Lynn & Friends", he would come and sing that song with her but she was on his show and that's what they were singing. 🤦‍♀️😂 She didn't appear on his show again.
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Although, I can't find information on the individual shows, nor the full seven episodes, I was able to piece together footage and guests among all seven shows. Loretta would have a seasoned artist/singer and new artist/singer on each show for 7 weeks. They would perform songs and talk with each other.
Loretta had broken her left hand prior to the show, but of course that didn't stop the show from going on. It's fun looking back on those new artists who are now seasoned artists. They have all had success. Loretta was 62, sounding beautiful and looking just as beautiful. That was during Mooney's sick years and he passed away a year and a half later... but looking back you can tell this series was the therapy she needed during that time, plus her Doo got to be a part of it.
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THIS LIST IS IN VIDEO ORDER:
1. Martina McBride, Kitty Wells, Owen Bradley (Loretta's music producer for 25 years.) Martina and Loretta sing "You Ain't Woman Enough". Loretta and Kitty sing together. Loretta sings "Here I Am Again", Owen Bradley plays the keyboard. John Anderson was on this episode too.)
2. Patty Loveless (I couldn't find footage of the other guests on this episode, but it was Neal McCoy and Johnny Russell. Loretta sings "After The Fire Is Gone" with Patty in this video.)
3. Pam Tillis, Ricky Scaggs (She sings "Don't Tell Me What To Do" Pam's hit with her, then Pam sings Loretta's hit with her "Somebody Somewhere". Loretta sings "Before I'm Over You" with Ricky Scaggs. Bill Monroe was also on this episode.)
4. Billy Dean (They sing "Today I Started Loving You Again".) Episode was with 4 male artists, other 3 were: Travis Tritt, Mark Collie, and Doug Stone.
5. Vince Gill, Tanya Tucker (almost the full episode. Tanya sings a song by herself. There is a clip shown from one of Loretta's appearances on the Dinah Shore show and phone call with Gregory Peck. Loretta has a phone call with Naomi Judd. Loretta and Tanya sing "I Wanna Be Free". They along with Doolittle, present Loretta with a cake and flowers for the 25th anniversary release of the song "Coal Miner's Daughter". They sing as a trio "You Can't Be A Beacon". Vince and Loretta sing "Making Believe".)
6. Aaron Tippin (Loretta sings "Lead Me On" with him, Crystal Gayle sings by herself and sings "Put it Off Until Tomorrow" with Loretta. Great stroll down memory lane during the talk segment. Loretta, Crystal, and Cissie sing "Wings of a Dove". Cissie Lynn (Loretta's daughter. Cissie sings a song for her mama "Letter to Loretta". They all sing "Let Your Love Flow" at the end.)
7. Faith Hill, Brenda Lee (with Doo Lynn) - Loretta, Faith, and Brenda sing a medley of Patsy Cline songs. Loretta sings "Take Me As I Am" with Faith. Loretta sings "Love is the Foundation" with Doolittle sitting by her side
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Update: if you look up the channel on KZfaq, that launched April 2023, "TNN The Nashville Network", all complete 7 episodes have been uploaded. It's a great channel. Check it out.
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In Memory of Loretta Lynn 1932-2022
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