“SHE SWORE THIS SONG DIED IN 1993 — THEN A TWITTY WALKED ON STAGE.” Loretta Lynn once said into the Grand Ole Opry mic that there would never be another “Louisiana Woman” after her “Mississippi Man” was gone. So when Tre Twitty stepped onto the Ryman stage that night, no one expected anything to change. Then he said, “Hello darlin’.” The room froze. Loretta dropped her handkerchief. She gripped the piano, steadying herself. The voice wasn’t the same — but it carried the same weight. The same bend. The same ache. When the song ended, she didn’t speak. She simply placed a folded, yellowed paper into Tre’s hand. A setlist Conway Twitty wrote more than 20 years ago — and never got to sing.
The Night Loretta Lynn Heard Conway Twitty Again—In a Voice She Didn’t Expect Some country music stories don’t fade out.…