Before the world heard Coal Miner’s Daughter, the public knew Lynn was from Kentucky coal country, a teen bride whose husband saw her talents and pushed her to do something with them, and whose thorough devotion, violence, and volatility inspired so many of Lynn’s songs: the great love and the great burden of her life. Coal Miner’s Daughter wiped a clean streak in the window, letting us see beyond her tumultuous marriage, introducing us to her softer, introspective side, and building—on her terms—a more complete understanding of Lynn as a person.