Bob Dylan and The Band
The character in Coal Miner's Daughter that gives the advice, "coal mine, moonshine, or move on down the line" was portrayed by the actor William Sanderson.
You might have seen him in the 1980s situation-comedy Newhart: he and two other guys would walk in the room and Sanderson's character would say, "Hi, I'm Larry, and this is my brother Daryl, and this here's my other brother Daryl."
Another aspect of the movie which I found interesting is, Loretta Lynn's father is portrayed by Levon Helm, who is better known as drummer for The Band, than as an actor, but he played the hell out of this role.
In the movie, after Loretta and Doolittle Lynn have been married for a short time, they separate, then meet up and Doo tells her, "I'm leavin' Kentucky." He's going out west to Washington state and find a job.
He says, "There ain't nothin' for me in Kentucky, Loretta. Except a chest full of coal dust and bein' a old man, time I'm forty; ask your daddy."
He says, You got to come with me; I love ya, and he tells her he's going to send for her to come out and join him as soon as he has the money.
I kind of wondered why he picked Washington state. To get far away from Kentucky? Go any further, he'd be in the Pacific Ocean.
When Coal Miner's Daughter came out in 1980, I decided I wanted to see it based on a review I read in The New Yorker magazine - probably written by Pauline Kael. I remember it said the story-telling style in the film was, "This happened, then this happened, then this happened...."
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