OK, imagine standing in the middle of a remote Kentucky hollow. I mean, literally surrounded by mountains with one dirt road leading in and one leading out. And now imagine a girl being born there in 1932, second of eight children, living in a cabin with no electricity and no running water.

She literally went door to door at radio stations across the country, just showing up unannounced, shaking hands with disc jockeys, and personally handing them copies of her record. Think about the sheer audacity and stamina that requires.

• We are going to explore one of the most incredible life stories in all of American music
• This is the story of Loretta Lynn, the Coal Miner’s Daughter
• She was married by the age of 15 and had four children by the time she was 20
• Her songs like The Pill, Rated X, and One’s on the Way addressed issues that no one else in country music would dare touch
• She didn’t just open doors for women in country music. She basically kicked them down