Loretta Lynn Announces Her Return to Performing After Recent Stroke

Good news for Loretta Lynn, her fans, and country music. After suffering what was characterized as a mild stroke on May 5th of this year, and then announcing in mid July that she would be canceling all 2017 tour dates and postponing the release of her latest album, Sony Legacy’s Wouldn’t It Be Great until she could make a full recovery, Loretta apparently is now feeling good enough to book her first live performance since the stroke.
The 85-year-old announced Wednesday (9/6) that she will appear, perform, and headline the Tennessee Motorcycles and Music Revival scheduled to run Sept. 28th through Oct. 1st, 2017. Luckily for Loretta, she won’t have to travel far to get there. The event is set to transpire at her Tennessee ranch in Hurricane Mills. She will perform there along with other acts such as Ben Haggard and The Kentucky Headhunters. 4,500 attendees are expected at the event on Loretta’s 400-acre ranch over the four-day event.
No word on whether Loretta plans any future appearances in 2017 and beyond. Her album Wouldn’t It Be Great was originally scheduled for release on August 18th to coincide with multiple shows at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Now it is expected to be released at some point in 2018.
“Thank you so much for all of your prayers, love, and support,” Lynn said in a statement in July. “I’m happy to say that I’m at home with my family and getting better by the day! My main focus now is making a full recovery so that I can get back to putting all of me into what I love, sharing my music with all of you.”
Recently the Country Music Hall of Fame opened an exhibit focusing on Loretta Lynn. She was unable to attend the unveiling in late August, but her family at the time assured Loretta was making a “strong recovery.”
September 6, 2017 @ 6:38 pm
…..i just got a bit teary-eyed reading this . wow …..85 and still able to do the thing she loves the most …make music .
God bless her
September 6, 2017 @ 6:55 pm
When God made Loretta,he made her to last.God gave Loretta a beautiful voice,made her a beautiful person inside and out.Not only a great singer but a great lady.
September 6, 2017 @ 7:33 pm
To much crap going on in the world right now, needed some good news. This definitely qualifies.
September 6, 2017 @ 8:32 pm
Singing is thought to be therapeutic after a stroke. Apparently, singing happens in the right brain and speaking in the left. Right brain is said to be more emotional and left logical. So it’s easier to sing if you’re speech if your stroke was on the right side. I was worried, she was performing too soon, so I did some research. My right brain was emotional and my left brain it together, sort of thing.
September 6, 2017 @ 8:34 pm
So it’s easier to sing if your stroke was on the right side. auto correct.
September 6, 2017 @ 8:35 pm
my left brain put it together.
September 7, 2017 @ 8:03 pm
It’s easier to sing if your stroke was on the LEFT side of your brain. oh my gosh. Left is logic, right is emotion. I swear to god, I’m not doing this on purpose.
I can’t believe Loretta Lynn is 85. It seems like yesterday when “I’m a Honky Tonk Girl” first arrived on the Nashville scene. Good times singing along in the Western Room. Time sure does fly!
September 6, 2017 @ 9:55 pm
I have wanted to see Loretta in person my whole life but I’ve never been able to she’s the best performer I’ve ever known I love her music and I hope one day I’ll get to see her glad to hear she’s doing better
September 7, 2017 @ 12:17 am
I’m glad I got to see her show when she was performing in Branson in 1992 (1993?). I can’t remember if she had her own theater or was just performing at someone else’s. It might have been Gilley’s theater.
September 7, 2017 @ 1:14 pm
I seen her in that year at Lowe’s doing like 3 shows a week and Conway doing 2
September 7, 2017 @ 12:20 am
About that Branson show in ’92, it was kind of funny, Loretta would yell out to the crowd “what do y’all wanna hear?” and someone would yell back “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” and she’d sing it impromptu with her band. And then she’d yell out for another song, someone would yell something like “Fist City,” and she’d sing that. 🙂
September 7, 2017 @ 9:07 am
Wonderful news.
September 7, 2017 @ 9:55 am
Absolutely amazing and awesome she can perform at 85! Truly an inspiration.