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Your Squaw Is on the Warpath (1969)

Where the lyrics of Your Squaw Is on the Warpath take you, and where it was really made.

The 1969 pressings carried an extra track called Barney, but it was pulled after a cigarette company claimed copyright over its commercial theme.

Key places

Recording sessions at Bradley's Barn (1968)

Recording site Bradley's Barn — Recording sessions for the album began at Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, on May 9, 1968. Three more sessions followed later that year. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Thirteenth solo studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn
• Released February 17, 1969 by Decca Records
• Includes cover versions of hit country songs: "Harper Valley P.T.A." by Jeannie C. Riley, "Kaw-Liga" by Hank Williams, and the 1968 hit "I Walk Alone" by Marty Robbins
• Original 1969 pressings also included a song called "Barney"

Background

• The first single, "You've Just Stepped In (From Stepping Out on Me)," was released in May 1968
• That single peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart
• The second single, "Your Squaw Is on the Warpath," was released in September 1968 and peaked at No. 3

Recording

• Sessions took place at Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, beginning May 9, 1968
• Three additional sessions followed on August 30, November 18 and 19
• "Living My Lifetime for You" was recorded at the January 9 session for the 1968 album Fist City
• "(This Bottle's) Taking the Place of My Man" was recorded at an April 20, 1967 session for Lynn's 1967 album Singin' with Feelin'
• Owen Bradley produced the album
• Session players included Floyd Cramer on piano and Grady Martin on guitar, with The Jordanaires providing background vocals

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Early life

• Born Loretta Webb on April 14, 1932, in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, the oldest daughter in a coal miner's family.
• Married Oliver Vanetta "Doolittle" Lynn in 1948 at age 15; the marriage lasted almost 50 years until his death in 1996.
• Began singing in local clubs in the late 1950s and formed her own band, the Trailblazers.

Career

• Signed with Zero Records in 1960; her first release was "Whispering Sea" and "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl".
• Joined Decca Records through the Wilburn Brothers; joined the Grand Ole Opry on September 25, 1962.
• Scored a string of hits from the 1960s, including "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" and "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin'".
• Wrote songs on women's issues such as birth control ("The Pill") and double standards ("Rated 'X'"), many inspired by her own marriage.
• Recorded five No. 1 duets with Conway Twitty between 1971 and 1975.
• Her 1976 autobiography Coal Miner's Daughter became a bestseller and inspired the 1980 Oscar-winning film starring Sissy Spacek.
• Named Artist of the Decade for the 1970s by the Academy of Country Music, the only woman to win this honor.
• Released Van Lear Rose (2004), produced by Jack White, which won the Grammy for Best Country Album.
• Had a stroke in 2017 and broke her hip in 2018, which ended her touring after 57 years.
• Died on October 4, 2022, at age 90, at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Billboard, March 8, 1969 issue: said Lynn could do no wrong with unique, fine performances and top sales
• Billboard said the title tune went right to the top of the country charts
• Billboard highlighted "You've Just Stepped In," "Kaw-Liga," and "Taking the Place of My Man"
• Cash Box, March 1, 1969 issue: predicted the album would quickly reach the charts for Lynn
• Cash Box cited "Kaw-Liga" and "Harper Valley P.T.A." as key tracks

Reappraisal

• AllMusic gave the album a positive review, 4 out of 5 stars
• AllMusic criticized the album cover as one of the classic politically incorrect album covers

Records

• Peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot Country LPs chart
• Peaked at No. 168 on the US Billboard Top LPs chart

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The original 1969 pressings included "Barney," which was removed after a copyright claim.
• The Salem cigarette company said the song violated its copyrighted commercial theme, and the original LP was recalled and re-released without it.
• "Barney" was also excluded from the digital download release.
• The first single, "You've Just Stepped In (From Stepping Out on Me)," was released in May 1968 and peaked at No. 2 on the Hot Country Singles chart.
• AllMusic criticized the cover as one of the classic politically incorrect album covers.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

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