Staff pick of the week...
This week...Angie picks it!

Artist: Loretta Lynn Title: Van Lear Rose Price: $13.00	Tracks on this CD:
	Van Lear Rose
	Portland Oregon
	Trouble On the Line
	Family Tree
	Have Mercy
	High On a Mountain Top
	Little Red Shoes
	God Makes No Mistakes
	Women's Prison
	This Old House
	Mrs. Leroy Brown
	Miss Being Mrs.
	Story Of My Life

I can remember watching the movie "The Coal Miners Daughter" over and over when I was kid. I loved the way Sissy Spacek talked in that country twang...and I always had a love for Loretta Lynn just because of the movie of her life. (Not quiet as much as Jessica Lang playing Patsy Cline...but it's all connected, huh?) Anyway...that gal had some great songs...."Fist City"....if you haven't listened to that lately....I suggest you do....

So, I listened to Van Ler Rose here at Parasol a few times, and really enjoyed it...mostly impressed that a 70-ish woman was still putting out a record...and with one of the hoppest dudes in rock!!! However, it wasn't until a recent short tour I took with my friend Gina, that I learned to love this cd. Ya see...Gina bought the cd for our trip, and accidently put the cd into the car stereo cd played with the top spine stuck to the bottom...needless to say, after the cd had finished, and she had read the liner notes aloud in her best Loretta Lynn accent...the cd is STUCK in the player...so...from Urbana to St. Louis, and St. Louis to Nashville it was all Loretta Lynn Van Lear Rose...all Loretta all the time....Loretta, Gina and I became very close!!

So what about Jack White (White Stripes) working with the country goddess Loretta Lynn? I think they have transcended musical boundaries. And in her liner notes Loretta even compares Jack to Nashville producer Owen Bradley....huge props for Jack!!!
And...Loretta even wrote all the songs...and they're great!!! Check it out. A must hear cd of 2004!!!!!