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I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is.

Loretta Lynn

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Loretta Lynn
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: April 14
Guitarist
Musician
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Singer-Songwriter
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Butcher Holler
Kentucky
Loretta Webb
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